# Baltic University Programme > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Baltic_University_Programme > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Baltic_University_Programme.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_University_Programme > Source revision: 1356052862 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **The Baltic University Programme** (BUP) is one of the largest university cooperations in the world with 116 participating universities (as of April 2025) in the [Baltic Sea Region](/source/Baltic_Sea_Region). It has its Coordinating Secretariat at [Uppsala University](/source/Uppsala_University), in Sweden. The Programme has strived since its foundation in 1991 to find novel ways of interaction among universities by promoting openness, internationalisation and mobility. The main aim is to support building strong regional educational and research communities. The focus of the programme is [Sustainable development](/source/Sustainable_development), [Environmental protection](/source/Environmental_protection) and [Democracy](/source/Democracy). The participating universities are located in countries that fully or partly lay within the [Drainage basin](/source/Drainage_basin) area of the [Baltic Sea](/source/Baltic_Sea) and include the countries of [Czechia](/source/Czech_Republic), [Estonia](/source/Estonia), [Finland](/source/Finland), [Germany](/source/Germany), [Latvia](/source/Latvia), [Lithuania](/source/Lithuania), [Poland](/source/Poland), [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia), [Sweden](/source/Sweden) and [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine). In each country, a National Centre provides the local contacts within the Programme, the National Centres are also responsible for content and arrangement of the BUP events in a half-year rotation Presidency within the Programme. Some of the activities that are arranged are: student conferences, PhD students trainings, university teacher's trainings, summer schools, research conferences and different online activities. Much of the Programme's work is centralised around the 10 themes.[1] 1. [Circular economy](/source/Circular_economy) 1. [Climate change](/source/Climate_change) 1. Education for sustainable development 1. Energy Systems (previously [Renewable energy](/source/Renewable_energy)) 1. [Sustainable food system](/source/Sustainable_food_system) 1. [Sustainable mobility](/source/Sustainable_mobility) 1. Sustainable societies 1. [Sustainable tourism](/source/Sustainable_tourism) 1. Sustainable Water resources 1. Urban-Rural development ## BUP Logotype and BUP history During 2018 an update to the BUP logotype was made. This was done to better explain the BUP history and future aim. The logotype shows a satellite in the middle, reflecting on the innovative way of teaching and networking. In the 1990s the BUP set up satellite TV arrangements, which was very novel at the time. The use of satellite TV allowed for a much broader participation and student involvement. The first satellite TV broadcast was staged in October 1991. It had documentaries from many of the countries in the Baltic Sea Region and with several researcher present in the broadcast. In the following year, several such broadcasts were performed enabling discussions between universities in the network. After a few years, the broadcast were made not only from Sweden and Uppsala but from all countries around the Baltic Sea, from Visby, Åbo/Turku, and St Petersburg, to Gdansk and Berlin, and there were as well space bridges. By the late 1990s, the internet had been developed and started to replace Satellite TV. Discussion between student groups were made using this new channel for interaction instead. The history of involving people that were far apart from each other, is something the BUP have chosen to honour in the logotype. The satellite in the middle is a reflection of connecting and enlightening the people in the Baltic Sea Region. In February 2022, the BUP stopped all collaboration with universities in [Russia](/source/Russia) and [Belarus](/source/Belarus) as a consequence of [Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine](/source/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine).[2] ## Organizational structure The Programme is governed by an international board[3] and coordinated by the coordinating secretariat at [Uppsala University](/source/Uppsala_University), [Sweden](/source/Sweden). The programme also has three associate secretariats located at [Åbo Akademi University](/source/%C3%85bo_Akademi_University) in Finland, [Lodz University of Technology](/source/Lodz_University_of_Technology) in Poland and [Hamburg University of Applied Sciences](/source/Hamburg_University_of_Applied_Sciences) in Germany.[4] Secretariats Country University Secretariat type Sweden Uppsala University Coordinating Secretariat Finland Åbo Akademi University Associated Secretariat Poland Lodz University of Technology Associated Secretariat Germany Hamburg University of Applied Sciences Associated Secreteriat National centres and participating universities[5] Country National Centre Number of participating universities as of April 2025 Czechia University of Ostrava 4 Estonia Tallinn University 4 Finland Åbo Akademi University 8 Germany Hamburg University of Applied Sciences 9 Latvia Riga Technical University 5 Lithuania Klaipeda University 8 Poland Lodz University of Technology 34 Slovakia University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 4 Sweden Södertörn University 11 Ukraine Lviv Polytechnic National University 29 Total 116 ## Footnotes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Sjöström, Adam (6 May 2024). ["Themes - The Baltic University Programme - Uppsala University, Sweden"](https://www.uu.se/en/collaboration-innovation/the-baltic-university-programme/about-us/themes). *www.uu.se/balticuniv*. Retrieved 2025-04-09. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Statement regarding the current war in Ukraine - Uppsala University"](https://www.uu.se/en/collaboration-innovation/the-baltic-university-programme/about-us/news/archive/2022-03-03-statement-regarding-the-current-war-in-ukraine). *www.uu.se*. 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2024-09-12. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Walter Leal Filho (2002). [*Prospects of Integration and Development of R & D and the Innovation Potential of Black Sea Economic Co-operation Countries*](https://books.google.com/books?id=lvBzV9yMm-cC&q=Baltic+University+Programme+1991&pg=PA129). IOS Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-58603-263-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-58603-263-0). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Sjöström, Adam (27 February 2025). ["About us - The Baltic University Programme - Uppsala University, Sweden"](https://www.uu.se/en/collaboration-innovation/the-baltic-university-programme/about-us). *www.uu.se/balticuniv*. Retrieved 2025-04-09. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Ambros, Pontus. ["Participating Universities - The Baltic University Programme - Uppsala University, Sweden"](https://www.uu.se/en/collaboration-innovation/the-baltic-university-programme/about-us/participating-universities). *www.uu.se/balticuniv*. Retrieved 2025-04-09. ## References - [Official website](http://www.uu.se/balticuniv) This article relating to education in Europe is a stub. 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