Photo 1: TAPS Reception at UWSP
TAMK University of Applied Sciences together with other European and US partner universities got EU-US Atlantis funding for 2008-2012 to implement a Trans Atlantic Paper Science (TAPS) dual undergraduate degree. This project gives students and faculty members a unique opportunity to study global paper science through international collaboration. US, German and Finnish students will travel to partner universities for an academic study and addition to this they will do an internship abroad. Total duration of an exchange is one year.
A dual Bachelor of Science degree, emphasis in Paper Science, will be awarded after completion of TAPS requirements. The coordinating university in Europe is Munich University of Applied Sciences in Germany and the coordinating university in the United States is University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point (UWSP). Partner universities in this project are North Carolina State University (NCSU) / US, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Jyväskylä / Finland and TAMK.
Several meetings and negotiations between the partner universities have been needed in order to agree on Paper Science Engineering Requirements and General Education Program Requirements (GEP) to fulfill the total requirements needed to for a dual degree.
Both student exchange and faculty exchange within TAPS-projects have started well. There are already five TAMK paper engineering students that have studied in US and TAMK has received seven students from US(three students from UWSP and four from NCSU) and three students from Germany (MUAS).
Ideal situation would be that by the end of this project in 2012 eight TAMK paper engineering students have finished TAPS program and got their dual degree from US. During the project there will be also excellent exchange opportunities for TAMK faculty members to do a teacher exchange in US or Germany.
Furtner information:
Ulla Häggblom-Ahnger (ulla.haggblom-ahnger@tamk.fi)
Kirsi Tolvanen (kirsi.tolvanen@tamk.fi)
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