Teacher Exchange

Teacher exchange plays an important part in international bilateral cooperation. Most of the teacher exchanges with the University of Tromsø take place within the framework of the scholarship programmes; Erasmus, Erasmus Link, Nordplus and Barentsplus. The exchanges under these programmes are based on bilateral agreements (Nordplus on disciplinary networks). Teacher exchange may also take place solely on the basis of bilateral agreements without the support from international scholarship programmes.

Academic staff who would like to teach, usually for a week or two, at a partner institution should contact their home institution for more information. If there is an interest but no formal cooperation exists, an exchange cooperation agreement must first be established.

The Institutional Socrates Coordinator at the home institution can assist in establishing an Erasmus agreement. If your home institution is in the remaining candidate countries to the EU; Bulgaria, Rumenia or Turkey, there is a possibility for both student and teacher scholarship from the Erasmus Link scholarship programme following establishment of a an Erasmus Link agreement.

The University of Tromsø has more than one hundred cooperation agreements which include student and teacher exchange. To find out if your university is on our partner list, you can look up our partner university list.

As an exchange teacher coming to the University of Tromsø you will be assisted in resolving practical matters, such as finding accommodation.