The Baltic University Programme
Latest News
- BUP Newsletter #65 now published 2021-11-04
- New Participating University: Volga State University of Water Transport 2021-11-02
- New BUP Initiative- Quality Assurance 2021-10-14
- A Supervisor Collegium to aid PhD and Master students 2021-10-07
- Call for applications for IFZO-Research Fellowship 2021-09-14
- BUP at the Annual Forum 2021, EUSBSR 2021-09-08
- Ecosystems without borders - international conference 2021-09-02
- BUP associated teachers join forces to offer a new course 2021-08-24
- Cruise Management Course – School in Gdynia 2021-08-09
- 4th international Scientific Conference “Contemporary challenges in tourism and recreation” 2021-07-02
Upcoming Events
Space bridges seminars
Sustainability in the Baltic Sea Region
Welcome to us
The Baltic University Programme (BUP) is a lively network of 95 universities located in 12 countries of the Baltic Sea Drainage Area. It started in 1991 as an enthusiastic effort to bridge the information divide left by the Iron Curtain and has been growing ever since. Thirty years of a fruitful cooperation later, the BUP and its mission can hardly be more topical: a sustainable development of the Baltic Sea Region.
The BUP supports cooperation among researchers, teachers, and students from the Participating Universities, but extends as well to international offices and other university bodies. It also assists university leaderships in strategic issues related to internationalisation. As they share similar experiences and face similar challenges – global as well as specific to the region – the participants actively pool their knowledge and find innovative ways of promoting and implementing sustainability in their region.
The BUP supports research, cooperation and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in a Baltic Sea Region context, to aid the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Academia and research community constitute a very important group of stakeholders who can strongly support the achievement of the SDGs. Whether it is at the global, regional or local level, universities can contribute in multiple ways. This is through knowledge generation, innovations, data, technical analysis, and above all through training the next generation of students in building a sustainable future.