Are you interested in studying at a NORDTEK partner university for a semester or two? If the answer is YES, please get in touch with the contact person at your university to get more information about the application process.
You can apply for a scholarship to study at these universities.
List of contact persons can be found here.
Long term mobility
Short term mobility
Express mobility
Students can be awarded scholarships for express mobility, up to 1 month.
Length of stay: The minimum duration of express mobility is one week (5 working days), maximum 30 days.
Objectives: Summer schools and/or courses, intensive programmes etc.
Condition of scholarship
Express mobility scholarships are awarded according to the same guidelines, criteria’s and rules as regular student mobility grants. See more information under Scholarships for Students. Generally, NORDTEK students should not pay any fees to the host institution.
Nordplus express scholarship amount
Scholarship consists of travel and accommodation support. Scholarship rates are stated in the Nordplus guidelines.
Starting January 1, 2025, a green travel top-up of 150 EUR will be provided for all mobilities funded by Nordplus. Green travel top-up is paid from NORDTEK budget. This top-up applies to travel using sustainable methods such as carpooling, buses, trains, bicycles and ferries. To receive the top-up, participants must submit supporting documents (e.g., tickets, invoices) to Head of Mobility, Ms. Anna Andersson.
If NORDTEK has funding left, we can support express mobility applications on first come first served basis.
Summer schools
Upcoming Summer Schools:
ESTONIA
Tallinn University of Technology
Please note that PhD students are not eligible for a Nordplus grant when studying courses.
FINLAND
Aalto University
Aalto Summer School offer is available here. Teaching takes place between 20 July and 28 August 2026. Discount of 10% available for students of Aalto’s partner universities!
Application period 30 January – May 31.
Aalto University Summer Courses on offer:
- Change Management for Digital Transformation
- Designing Brand Strategy
- English for Innovation and Impact
- Happiness Science from Finland
- Human-Centered UX Design
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Introduction to AI and Machine Learning
- Introduction to AI-Enabled Wearable Technologies
- Introduction to Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence
- Managing Diversity and Inclusion
- Nanotechnology – Introduction to Molecular Programming
- Nordic Design Futures
LUT University
LUT Summer School will be held on the Lappeenranta campus from August 3 to August 7, 2026, as well as online learning components.
Application period open until 31 May
LUT Summer School 2026 courses
LUT Summer School offers intensive one-week courses, focused on sustainability, climate action, marketing and management. Each course is worth 3 ECTS and includes one week of classroom teaching on the Lappeenranta campus 3–7 August 2026, as well as online learning components and/or preliminary assignments to support the study week.
Bachelor’s course:
• Sustainable Food Value Chain Transition
• Energy Transitions and Society
Master’s course:
• Critical Issues in International Business and Entrepreneurship
More information about the courses and LUT Summer School: https://www.lut.fi/en/studies/lut-summer-school
LATVIA
Riga Technical University
Riga Technical University (RTU), Latvia will be offering Summer Schools:
Riga Technical Summer Schools with Scholarship Opportunities (scholarships are provided by the Latvian State Education Development Agency)
Information about the scholarships (dates, requirements, etc.) can be found here – Latvian State Education Development Agency
For NORDTEK partners there is a 20% discount (in case applicants are not selected for the scholarship).
LITHUANIA
Kaunas University of Technology
KTU PhD Summer School will take place at the Baltic seaside resort of Palanga.
Application deadline: 27 May, 2026.
KTU PhD Summer School focuses on development of key competences required for achieving best results in successful defence of the doctoral dissertation and identifying further research directions. The school:
• equips participants with essential skills that are necessary in all fields of science;
• provides participants valuable networking opportunity with participants from other countries;
• creates and shares friendly social environment;
• awards participants with certificate of attendance.
For more information about the event and to access the registration form, please visit our website.
Vilnius Tech
SWEDEN
Linköping University
LiU Summer Academy will take place from 29 June to 24 July 2026. LiU Summer Academy is entirely on-site and does not include any digital components. Students are expected to attend weekday lectures.
Application period 2 February – 20 March 2026
Linköpings Universitys Summer Courses on offer:
- Alternative Energy: past, present, future, and innovations
- Is There an App for That? – Potentials and Pitfalls of using Smartphones as Medical Devices
- Leadership and Organisational Behaviour in Contemporary Organisations
- Nanotechnology – Sustainability Challenges and Social Impact
- Superman, Daisy Duck and Tintin: reading and learning in the world of comics
- Swedish International Management in a (De-)Globalized World
- Sweden: Language, Culture and Society
- The Use (and Abuse) of Culture
Denmark
University of Southern Denmark
Erasmus+
Students can receive an Erasmus+ scholarship for studying at one of the NORDTEK universities.
For conditions and details please contact the contact person at your home university. Erasmus+ scholarships are granted from the student’s home university.
Application for Nordplus Scholarship
Students can receive an Nordplus scholarship for studying at one of the NORDTEK universities. All students get the same grant amount irrespectively from where they come and to where they go. The standard amount for each semester is maximum 1480€, according to Nordplus regulations. However, the scholarship amount per student can also be less if the total funding available for scholarships is insufficient.
For conditions and details please contact the contact person at your home university. Nordplus scholarships are granted centrally from NORDTEK.
Starting January 1, 2025, a green travel top-up of 150 EUR will be provided for all mobilities funded by Nordplus. Green travel top-up is paid from NORDTEK budget. This top-up applies to travel using sustainable methods such as carpooling, buses, trains, bicycles and ferries. To receive the top-up, participants must submit supporting documents (e.g., tickets, invoices) to Head of Mobility, Ms. Anna Andersson.
Conditions for long term mobility
- The scholarship is only for exchange studies and not for students who have been admitted as degree students to the host university.
- To follow courses at bachelor’s level the student must have completed at least two years of studies within engineering (i.e. 120 ECTS) by the beginning of his/her exchange term.
- To follow courses at master’s level, the student must have completed what compares to three years of university studies within a relevant engineering programme (i.e. 180 ECTS) by the beginning of his/her exchange term.
- Scholarships are granted for one or two semesters.
- During the exchange period, the student must be present in the host university (virtual mobility is not funded).
- The applicant cannot receive a scholarship to attend a university in the applicant’s own home country (i.e. country of nationality or normal country of residence).
- Completed courses must be transferred to the student’s home university.
- If the exchange period is prematurely terminated, the scholarship must be repaid for the corresponding period.
- A student who has not fully participated in exchange studies and has not passed any courses at the host university, has to pay back the scholarship.
Decision
Mobility task force consisting of NORDTEK’s Secretary General, the Mobility Programme Coordinator and the national coordinators make the decision on the allocation of scholarships.
Payments
After arriving to the host university, get in touch with the local NORDTEK contact person to get your signed Confirmation of Arrival form.
The grant will be paid to the student’s bank account after sending the Scholarship Certificate and the Confirmation of Arrival to the NORDTEK Mobility Programme Coordinator (Tinna Ólafsdóttir, tinnaolafs@hi.is).
Prolonging the exchange period
It is possible to prolong the exchange studies up to 2 semesters. For conditions and details please contact the contact person at your home university.