Tiger University Program

The Nations Support Program for the ICT in Higher Education, Tiger University was approved by the Estonian Government in January 2002. Its administration was delegated to the Estonian Information Technology Foundation.

The Tiger University Program goals are to:

• Support for the development of the ICT infrastructure at higher educational establishments,
• Support for the development of ICT academic staff and degree courses' infrastructure.

The priorities are:

• development of ICT infrastructure (upgrading the academic backbones and networks, PC procurements, equipping the labs, providing software),
• development of ICT-related curricula (new curricula, creation of study materials, e-University, e-learning, literature and electronic resources),
• motivating the academic staff (mentoring PhD students, academic sabbaticals, lecturers' and PhD students mobility scheme, internships, visiting lecturers).

Program Council has been set up to coordinate and run the program. Together with the staff it announces the competitions, appoints experts, reviews submissions, is authorised to make allocations, and later monitors and follows up on the results.

More information on the Tiger University can be found on http://www.eitsa.ee/?url=tigeruniversity

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