International Activities

In this page, you can find a yearly overview of all the activities relevant for physiotherapy professionals, educators and students that are being organized by our member institutions.

 

We kindly inform you that all further information and contact regarding any of these activities should be made to the specific organising institution of the activity in question.

 

2026 Overview

 

Date Activity Member Institution More Information
September Intent to open a new Virtual Exchange. Interested in adding more partners. Universidad Europea de Madrid (Spain)  
September, 8th (2 hours) Online event to celebrate World Physiotherapy Day Savonia University of Applied Sciences (Finland)

For more information, contact Marja Äijö (marja.aijo@savonia.fi)

Flyer World Physiotherapy Day Programme
September, 17th The 8th International Scientific Conference “Health of Different Age Groups”, at UP Faculty of Management, Koper, Slovenia. University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences (Slovenia)

The conference website is: https://fvz.upr.si/conference2026/

The general conference email address is: conference@fvz.upr.si

For any additional organisation-related questions, you may also contact Eva Filipčič Lešnik at eva.lesnik@fvz.upr.si, or assoc. prof. dr. Žiga Kozinc at ziga.kozinc@fvz.upr.si for content-related information.
November, 23rd - 27th BIP Emergencies and Catastrophes ISAVE, Instituto Superior de Saúde (Portugal)  
November 27th - 29th Congress One Health ISAVE, Instituto Superior de Saúde (Portugal)  
December Conference - "Barrier-Free Living: Interdisciplinary Perspectives" Cyprus International University  
December The Virtual Exchange is a meeting of a cohort for the 5th Semester (Subject: Intercultural Competence): They measure Intercultural Competence before and after the meeting in students, as a research project.  Hochschule Fresenius (Germany) For more information, see the university's webpage, or contact Annegret Hagenberg (annegret.hagenberg@hs-fresenius.de)

 

2027 Overview

Date Event Member Institution More Information
January - February International Winterschool 2027 ZHAW School of Health Sciences (Switzerland) https://www.zhaw.ch/de/gesundheit/studium/internationales-studium/winter-school
February, 1st - 5th 2nd International Workshop on Vestibular Assessment and Rehabilitation in Physiotherapy Education ESSATLA - Escola Superior de Saúde Atlântica (Portugal)

For further information, please contact vestibular.erasmus@uatla.pt

Flyer (International Workshop for Teachers)
February, 6th - 7th 37th Edition of the International Congress that takes place in Madrid (with live streaming as well).  Escuela Universitaria de Fisioterapia de la ONCE (Spain)  

 

Other Initiatives/Activities:

  • CEERRF (France) actively promotes internationalisation through a range of annual initiatives open to partner institutions:
    • International Week (Internationalisation at Home): Each year, they invite lecturers and experts from partner institutions to share their expertise with students and staff, fostering mutual learning and intercultural exchange.
    • Blended Intensive Programme (BIP): Annual BIP as a hosting institution, with the objective of developing reciprocal participation in future BIPs hosted by partner universities.
    • COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning): Aim to develop COIL projects, which are virtual collaborative learning experiences where students and teachers from different countries work together online on shared academic activities.
    • OSCE-based Evaluation Collaboration (Objective Structured Clinical Examination): Invite partner institutions to participate in their annual clinical assessment sessions. This provides opportunities to share methodologies, develop joint clinical cases, and collaborate on simulation-based education.
    • For more information, please see below:
  • Savonia University of Applied Sciences (Finland) is open for possibilities of teaching exchanges at their institution. For more information, please contact Marja Äijö (marja.aijo@savonia.fi)
  • Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (Finland) is open for BIPs or/and possibilities of teaching exchanges at their institution. Please contact Johanna Vähä-Jaakkola (johanna.vaha-jaakkola@samk.fi) or Sari Lintukorpi (sari.lintukorpi@samk.fi) for more information.
  • SUPSI (Landquart) (Switzerland) is open to participation in projects.
  • Ghent University is open to new partnerships for student exchange. For more information, please contact international.revaki@ugent.be

  • University College Dublin, Ireland. ERWP, Belgium: Recorded Webinar and Open Education Resource: https://www.euprominence.com/open-education-resource

     

    OER Webinar Launch March 24th, 2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw9_htCM3N8

    (Open Education Resource freely available  to all Physiotherapy Educators and Students)