The department is involved in the Sokrates/Erasmus programme (European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students). Through this programme students of the department have an opportunity to study at several European universities, including the Technical Universities of Darmstadt, Graz and Munich, the University of Bath, the University of Catalonia in Barcelona and the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon.
The department also accepts visiting students from these and other partner institutions. Exchange of students within the Nordic countries is also easy with the financial support of NORDPLUS, a program coordinated by the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Postgraduate studies at the department can usually be accomplished in English. The department may admit foreign graduate and postgraduate students, who want to study for either the M.Sc. or Ph.D. degree, or visiting students. The Academy of Finland and the Ministry of Education and Science offer grants for foreign postgraduate students within the international exchange programs. Postgraduate studies are usually performed within one of the graduate schools, HeCSE or ComBi (see Section 4.2).