BCBU Master’s Programs

The Master's programs within BCBU are closely connected, independent entities, which cooperate with each other in preparing, and implementing courses and programs.

• International Master's Degree Programme BEE, coordinator: University of Oulu; BEE in Facebook 

• Master's Degree Programme in Comparative Social Work CSW, coordinator: University of Lapland; CSW in Facebook

• Health and Wellbeing in Circumpolar Area MCH, coordinator: University of Oulu; MCH in Facebook: open group and 

• Software, Systems and Services Development in the Global Environment GS3D, coordinator: University of Oulu

• Master’s Degree Program in International and Comparative Law MICLaw, coordinator: University of Lapland

Graduated in the BCBU Master's Degree Program: Elena Nichols in Social Work on 2012. Read her story at the UArctic web page.

Barents Cross-Border University BCBU

Background

Barents Cross-Border University project (BCBU) started from the cooperation between universities in Northern Finland and Northwest Russia. The cooperation has expanded and today there are partners from the whole Barents Region and even wider. The cooperation has a starting point in mutual interests of the partner universities as well as in principles and aims of the partnership programs and the EU's Northern Dimension policy.

The main aim has been to develop international multidisciplinary joint Master’s programs. The programs follow the principles of the Bologna process and the teaching will be in English. Later the cooperation will also cover doctoral education in the same fields.

The built-up of the Barents Cross Border University concept started in fall 2005, and the first joint rector meeting was held in January 2006 (Memorandum of Understanding in Archive). The main aim is to establish several joint master's programs leading on to double degrees (in e.g. the fields of comparative social work, environmental engineering, information systems, circumpolar health and well-being, and law).

Important files with presentations in seminars, different guidelines and standards, proposals, and downloadable BCBU leaflet and logos are placed in Archive.

Activities in the project are presented in the Bulletins

Next seminars and meetings

• Next Rector Meeting will be on 2014. 

Key Milestones in BCBU

Note: Links to additional material are located in the programs

• Vice Rector Meeting and workgroup meetings in Arkhangelsk on November 2011

• Rector meeting in Oulu on February 2011 

• Vice Rector Meeting and workgroup meetings in Murmansk on November 2010

• Rector meeting and Working group meetings, March 2010 in Rovaniemi. See Bulletin 7.

• Seminar in March 2010: The Role Institutions of Higher Education Have in Helping Business Meet the Challenges in the Barents Region. See Bulletin 7.

• Vice Rector meeting  in Petrozavodsk 2009

• Rector meeting in Oulu 2009. See Bulletin 5.

• Rector meeting and Working group meetings, Archangel 2008. See Bulletin 3.

• Rector meeting and Working group meetings, March 2008  in Rovaniemi. See Bulletin 2.

• Vice Rector meeting and Working group meetings, Murmansk 2007. See Bulletin 1.

• Rector meeting in Oulu on March 2007

• Vice Rector meeting and Working group meetings, Petrozavodsk November 2006

• Rector meeting in Rovaniemi January 2006

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