Cross Border University,
Rector Meeting 20.2.2009

Chair Rector Ylä-Kotola/Rector Lajunen

Short situation reports on the BCBU Master’s Programs
Update of the current situation and actual problems of each Master’s program

• Master's programs at the University of Oulu: BEE, MCH, GSD (pdf, 170 kb)
• Master's programs at the University of Lapland: CSW (pdf, 3,4 Mb)
• Arkhangelsk State Technical University (pdf, 240 kb)
• Murmansk State Pedagogical University (pdf, 190 kb)
• Northern State Medical University (pdf, 760 kb)

• Pomor State University (pdf, 50 kb)

Possible new master’s programs

Master’s Programme in Law; others

University of the Arctic Outi Snellman, Vice-President, Administration, UArctic

Funding possibilities (pdf, 510 kb)
Hanna Honkamäkilä, EU Coordinator University of Oulu

• Possible financing instruments in both partner countries, European and international instruments

Marketing possibilities of the BCBU Master’s programmes (pdf, 170 kb)
Katja Kurasto, Project Coordinator, Oulu University of Applied Sciences

• Study in Oulu –marketing project

Agreements: possible up-date of the general framework agreement

(see Leena Lehtinen’s presentation in Arkhangelsk in Oct 2008, pdf 1,7 Mb)

Development plans of BCBU

• Progress of the Bologna process

• Double/joint degree arrangements (update)

• Education policy of the Barents Region

• Expanding BCBU beyond founding members – possible new members

• Short presentation of the Hokkaido University (pdf, 1,2 Mb) by Vice-President Mr. Takeo Hondo