The Baltic University Programme annually arranges and organises courses for students
The courses offered are on Bachelor, Master, and PhD levels. There are locally organised BUP courses within the network of BUP member universities, but also international courses open for the whole BUP. The courses are free of charge. The course materials are available on the BUP webpage.
Sail for students
A course/conference onboard a tall sailing ship STS Frederyk Chopin. The journey lasts for 12 days, in Baltic or nearby European waters.
BUP Summer Course
The content is based on various interdisciplinary aspects of sustianable development, e.g. Circular Economy, Maritime Spatial Planning, and Energy.
BUP Students’ Conference
The content is based on various interdisciplinary aspects of sustianable development, e.g. Circular Economy, Personal Contribution to Sustainability, and Sustainability Innovations. Read more about Student Conference 2020 in Nitra Slovakia, May 13-16 2020: https://www.balticuniv.uu.se/education/students-courses-and-conferences/student-conference-2020/
BUP PhD Students’ Training
Sustainable development in an interdisciplinary, international, multicultural, and regional context.
Events
Besides the courses for students, BUP also attends interesting events in the field of sustainability, where there are possibilities for students from the member universities to attend. As an example, BUP will arrange a student event during the 13th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy of the Baltic Sea Region in Turku, Finland, in June 2020.
More information about upcoming events is posted here and on the BUP Uppsala webpage.
Awards and grants
For PhD students, BUP has an annual PhD Award in two categories, Social Sciences and Humanities, and Natural Sciences and Engineering. The winners are newly graduated doctors from the BUP member universities. The thesis has to fulfil the criteria of inter/multidisciplinarity, innovation and sustainable development. All research fields are welcome, but a focus on the Baltic Sea Region is an extra advantage. The candidates are nominated by their supervisors, read more here.
BUP also offers a Mobility Research Grant for Young Scientists and a Travel Grant for PhD students.