The Baltic University Programme (BUP)
The Baltic University Programme (BUP) is a university cooperation with more than 110 participating universities located in ten countries in the Baltic Sea Region, cooperating for education and research in Sustainable Development and Democracy.
We foster knowledge and cooperation in the fields of sustainable development and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) with a focus on our ten BUP themes.
We aim to support building strong regional educational and research communities, as well as organising academic events for students. We support the key role that universities play in a democratic, peaceful, and sustainable development.
The BUP has been one of the world’s largest university cooperations for over 30 years. Photo: Pontus Ambros
The BUP educational material bank
The material bank is envisioned to give colleagues at BUP participating universities the opportunity to download and use a wide range of material while creating courses at their university. The material can be used as a whole or as part of a course, for example, there are many example lectures that may prove useful.
Call for contributions to BUP’s 35-year celebratory webinars
To celebrate the Programme’s 35th anniversary in 2026, we will host a series of webinars dedicated to sustainability and the ten BUP themes. All BUP colleagues are invited to contribute and are welcome to apply to give a presentation.
The BUP Course Platform
One of the key missions of the BUP is the creation of courses from different academic disciplines with both theoretical and practical focuses. View our free massive open online courses (MOOCs) that are unique in that they focus on sustainability in a Baltic Sea Region context.
Introduction video about the BUP
In this video, you can learn more about what the BUP is and what we offer to colleagues and students at our participating universities.
You can read more about our current events, calls and projects by browsing the menu. Here you can also find information about the BUP Course Platform, educational material bank, as well as more information about researchers within the 10 BUP themes. If you want to get in touch with our International Board, National Centres, Coordinating Secretariat, Associated Secretariats, or Student Representatives, you can find their details under the heading “Contact”. You can also browse information related to the target groups: students, teachers and researchers. Under the heading “About us” you can find stories about our 30-year history as an organisation, told via our Directors, the book Celebration of three decades and aided by a multitude of annual reports. Among our publications, you will find our past published textbooks. You can also find a list of all our participating universities and other organisational information, such as the BUP Presidency and news, by browsing the menu.