University of Salford (Manchester, UK) is the oldest international partner we have, we established cooperation in 1995, four years after School of Art and Media started. The cooperation has featured student and staff exchange, a joint MA in Screenwriting, film projects etc.

The Salford students at our main entrance

This spring we host eight students from the School of Media, Music and Performance. They seem well and happy although Tampere wished them welcome with temperatures far below -20 °C. One  of the first things they were introduced with was sauna and swimming in the hole in the ice. Brave exchange students we have!