CIMOFinnish Language and

Culture

Marjut Vehkanen

December 2012

CIMOCentre for International Mobility

• CIMO = Centre for International Mobility• an organization operating under the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture• established in 1991• CIMO offers services and expertise to encourage cross-cultural communication.

CIMO´s year 2012

• The Budget 40,2 million €

• Scholarships and grants awarded  25,8 million €

• 24 571 people took part in CIMO’s programmes

CIMOCentre for International Mobility

• CIMO administers scholarships, exchange programs and international trainee exchanges.

• CIMO offers information, advisory services and publications.

• CIMO promotes teaching of the Finnish language and culture in universities outside Finland and arranges summer courses in Finnish language and culture for international students.

Finnish Language and Culture studies

• Finnish language and culture is taught at more than 100 universities in about 30 countries around the world.

• CIMO’s Unit for the Finnish Language and Culture supports Finnish language and culture studies at universities outside Finland. Our support is available to universities, their teachers and students.

• As an expert body acts Council for Finnish Studies at Universities abroad (abr. UKAN)UKAN has been supporting Finnish language studies outside Finland for 43 years.

Finnish Language and Culture Support for universities outside Finland

CIMO

• supports Finnish Language and Culture studies at universities outside Finland by providing professional and material support:

– sends native Finnish teachers– provides universities with Finnish literature, study

materials and periodicals

Finnish Language and Culture Support for universities outside Finland

FLTA program 1/2

• in co-operation with Fulbright Center CIMO sends Finnish Language and Culture Teaching Assistants (FLTA) to 4-5 different universities in the United States yearly

• The purpose of the FLTA program is to diversify the teaching of Finnish Language and Culture in the United States, to further strengthen the academic status of Finnish Studies at North-American universities, and to intensify the cooperation between Finnish and American scholars and universities.

Finnish Language and Culture Support for universities outside Finland

FLTA program 2/2

• The FLTAs study and/or pursue research at an American university while at the same time serve as Finnish language and culture teaching assistants on campus.

• Program is funded by CIMO and the Fulbright Center

• Program is administered by the Fulbright Center• 2011 - 2012 FLTAs are at the University of

Seattle, Bloomington, Madison and UC Berkeley.

Fulbright Center

• The Fulbright Center http://www.fulbright.fi

is a service organization that specializes in cultural exchange between Finland and North America. The services include grant programs for Finns and Americans, and advising and information services.

Inquiries regarding the FLTA program as well as Fulbright grants for American students and scholars: office@fulbright.fi

Finnish Language and Culture, CIMO’s support for students

• summer courses in Finnish language and culture in Finland (held by Finnish universities)

• courses in literary translation (Finnish Literature Information Centre FILI and CIMO)

• Suomea Suomessa training program (in cooperation with Finnish employers or families)

• scholarships for students and researchers to study at Finnish universities

International summer courses

• intended for students of Finnish at universities outside Finland

• for advanced students• courses of four different levels• In 2012 held in Jyväskylä, Savonlinna,Tampere,

Vaasa, Oulu• 330 applicants out of which 181 get accepted

Finnish in Finland (Suomea Suomessa)

• Training program for international university students

• A trainee might work in customer service, as a summer camp director, teacher, translator, or perhaps an assistant on different kinds of projects.

• The training period varies from 1 to 6 months

• Mainly during summer months (June – August)

• Trainees are paid either by the employer or through a CIMO grant.

• 25 trainees took part in the program in 2011 - 2012

Family Placements (Finnish in Finland)

• for students whose Finnish language skills are not yet adequate to the challenges of a work environment

• Trainees are expected to share the family's daily tasks, such as looking after children and doing light house work.

• The working time is maximum 5 hours a day or 25 hours a week

• Room and board are provided by the host family. In addition to free room and board, the trainee will receive 40–70€ in pocket money per week during the training period.

Scholarships for Advanced Studies of the Finnish Language at Finnish

Universities

• CIMO offers scholarships for MA degree students of Finnish language and literature at universities outside Finland.

• Preference is given to applicants who are working on their Master's thesis.

• The maximum period for which the scholarship can be applied for is one academic term, while the minimum scholarship period is 3 months.

• The monthly allowance is 800 euros. No additional allowance for housing is paid. The scholarship holder is also responsible for expenses due to international travel to and from Finland.

• http://www.studyinfinland.fi

Scholarships for Post-Master's Studies and Research at Finnish Universities

• Scholarships for post-Master's studies and research at Finnish universities are available for international postgraduate students and researchers of Finnish language and culture.

• The scholarship period may vary from 3 to 12 months. The monthly allowance is 1200 euros. No additional allowance for housing is paid. Travel expenses are not covered by CIMO.

Short-term Scholarships for Post-graduates and Researchers of Finnish language and

culture

• CIMO awards (tentatively for one year) scholarships to foreign post-graduates and researchers of the Finnish language and culture for short-term visits, e. g. to archives, seminars, interviews or meetings with a tutor.

• Attendance at a conference is no sufficient reason for a scholarship - the visit should also include other kind of work related to the applicant's research.

• The grant can be awarded for 1-4 weeks. The amount of the grant is 300 euros/week.

• http://www.studyinfinland.fi

Academic year 2011-2012

• Finnish language and culture is taught in about 100 universities in 30 countries

• 200 teachers; 21 sent by CIMO

• more than 5.000 students• 19 Finnish trainees assist in teaching of Finnish

language and Culture in foreign universities

Academic year 2011-2012

• 4 Fulbright Finnish Language and Culture Teaching Assistants spend 9 months in universities in USA (Universities of California, Indiana and Wisconsin, Columbia University)

• 181 participants in the international summer courses (incl. Translation course)

• 258 participants in Erasmus Intensive Language Courses (Finnish beginner’s level)

Finnish Studies Around the World 2010

Berkeley

Seattle

Portland

Bloomington

New York

Eugene

TorontoMadison

Hancock

Reykjavík

Minneapolis

Provo

Beijing

Nanjing

Lisbon

Porto

London

Leeds

Norwich

Madrid Athens

KopenhagenStockholm

Uppsala

Tromssa

Alta

Tokio

Arkhangelsk

SaranskSyktyvkar

Uumaja

Luulaja

Joškar-Ola

Iževsk

St. Petersburg

Bologna

Forlì

Napoli

Sofia

Cluj-Napoca

What can CIMO offer to other than Finnish language students?

• CIMO has a number of scholarship programs for post-Master’s level studies and research at Finnish universities. They are targeted at all academic fields, with the exception of the scholarships for advanced-level degree students of the Finnish language, which are specific to that particular field.

• Note: CIMO does not have any scholarship programs or other financial assistance available for Bachelor’s or Master’s level degree studies in Finland. Neither do we have any grants for beginner’s level studies of Finnish or Swedish.

• For more information go to www.studyinfinland.fi

Further information

• http://www.cimo.fi

• http://www.studyinfinland.fi

• For inquiries on Finnish language and culture studies outside Finland, CIMO’s Finnish language summer courses, Suomea Suomessa training programme or Finnish language scholarships write to ukan@cimo.fi

• For other inquiries on studies or training in Finland write to cimoinfo@cimo.fi

KIITOS.Thank you!