Double-Degree Programmes and the New Framework for M.Sc. Thesis Work

The 1st  at the NURE project, funded by the Tempus programme, “The new framework for M.Sc. Thesis Work” (EU TEMPUS TACIS Compact Project UM_CP-20560-1999) developed a Methodology of credit-based transfer for courses / practical placements obtained at host EU partner universities under bilateral agreements and was piloted within double-degree programmes with Finnish and Dutch universities.

Double-degree MSc programmes were launched in 2000 with 2 partners: the Finnish University of Jyväskylä and the Dutch Vrije University of Amsterdam.

 

For 13 years Double-degree programmes brought outstanding results :

More than 80 students obtained 2 MSc Diplomas:

• the NURE – Ukrainian one and
• the Finnish one (in Mobile Computing)

or

• the Dutch one (in Artificial Intelligence);

Several “Laudatur” grades for the diplomas, the very first in the history of the IT faculty of JYU -FI;

27 students got European PhD.

The Directorate for Education and Culture of the European Commission in 2008  recognised the double-degree programme with University of Jyväskylä the best international programme in Finland.