Bolognan vanavedess

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Bolognan vanavedessä, 21.3.2006, Turkutyöryhmä 3

• BALTIC SEA REGION STUDIES
• UNIVERSITY OF TURKU
• Ms Tarja Hyppönen, co-ordinator
• http//balticstudies.utu.fi

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BALTIC SEA REGION STUDIES

• SINCE 1997
• NON DEGREE STUDIES AT UNDERGRADUATE /POSTGRADUATE
  LEVEL
• MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMME
• INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND PROJECTS

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BALTIC SEA REGION STUDIES

• multidisciplinary approach
• focus on the BS region
• cross-university, cross-faculty, cross-dept
• co-ordinated by the Faculty of Humanities
• in English

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BALTIC SEA REGION STUDIES

• NON DEGREE STUDIES
• in fields of
• . History and Culture
• . Languages and Communication
• . Society and Economics

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BALTIC SEA REGION STUDIES

• NON DEGREE STUDIES
• courses worth at least 25 ECTS annually,
  organised and funded by the programme
• based on the academic expertise and interest of
  the departments gt proposals to the programme
• integrated to the curriculum of the departments
• - credits go to the departments

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BALTIC SEA REGION STUDIES

• NON DEGREE STUDIES
• International classroom, and international
  teaching and learning environment
• exchange students
• Finnish degree students
• teachers from UT and partner universities
• Internationalisation at home

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BALTIC SEA REGION STUDIES

• MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAMME
• a multidisciplinary programme under the Faculty
  of Humanities (government decree on Master's
  programmes 14.7.2005)
• 120 ECTS, 2 years
• leading to Master of Arts in Baltic Sea Region
  Studies
• started Autumn 2005

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BALTIC SEA REGION STUDIES

• MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAMME
• The focus is on historical and current
  political, economic and cultural development in
  the Baltic Sea Region, national and international
  co-operation in and among the countries of the
  region, as well as the regions perspectives in
  the context of European regionalisation and
  globalisation. These processes of economic,
  cultural and political interaction and
  region-building have to be scientifically
  observed and analysed.

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BALTIC SEA REGION STUDIES

• MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAMME
• JOINT DEGREE (JD)
• Based on joint curriculum planning between the
  partner universities
• Students are admitted to one of the partner
  universities (gt home university)
• Each student will study at least one semester at
  a partner university
• The degree is awarded by the home university,
  with an additional explanation on the joint
  degree, and a diploma supplement

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BALTIC SEA REGION STUDIES
MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAMME The frame agreement on
the collaboration and main structure has been
signed in August 2005 by University of
Turku University of Latvia University of Tartu
(Estonia) Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas,
Lithuania) Other partners will join later
(Gdansk, Copenhagen, Humboldt in Berlin,
Södertörn..
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BALTIC SEA REGION STUDIES

• MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAMME
• Programme administration
• - Academic Director Adj. Prof. Marko Lehti
• - Co-ordinator Ms Tarja Hyppönen
• - Programme Board (local)
• - Steering Committee (international)

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BALTIC SEA REGION STUDIES

• INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
• BalticStudyNet, 2005-6
• Erasmus Mundus, action 4, Enhancing the
  Attractiviness
• Network for Promoting and Developing Higher
  Education in the Baltic Sea Region, co-ordinated
  by the Humboldt University, Berlin.
• Other partners Univ of Turku, Univ of
  Copenhagen- conferences, workshops, summer
  school, publications, other material, www-portal

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BALTIC SEA REGION STUDIES

• INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
• BalticStudyNet
• MARE EUROPAEUM
• International Summer School in Baltic Sea Region
  Studies to 25 non EU, Master level students
• July 23 - August 6, 2006
• Copenhagen - Turku - Berlin

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BALTIC SEA REGION STUDIES

• INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
• International Classroom
• The Nordplus NABO project, Academic year 2004-5
• co-ordinated by the Centre for Baltic Studies
  of the University of Tartu, 6 other partners
• Baltic Studies Network
• Nordic Grant Scheme for Network Co-operation
  Baltic countries and Northwest Russia
• Academic years 2000-1 and 2001-2,
• co-ordinated by the University of Turku, 6
  other partners

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BALTIC SEA REGION STUDIES

• INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
• The Baltic World as a Multicultural Space
• 5th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe, 5-7
  June, 2003 in Turku
• 170 scholars from Europe, USA, Canada, Australia
• The Baltic as a Multicultural World Sea, Region
  and Peoples
• Ed. Marko Lehti, 2005, BWV Berliner
  Wissenschafts-verlag GmbH