The BUP announces the Master Thesis Training
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This event is an opportunity for master students to join an interdisciplinary and intercultural environment. Participants will receive supervision from an expert on their thesis, develop connections with students from all around the Baltic Sea Region and become better acquainted with academic perspectives.
The Master Thesis Training (MTT) will take place on 24-27 March 2025 in Uppsala.
The event will accept participants from BUP participating universities who are studying towards a master's degree and are working on their thesis during the spring term of 2025. The content of the thesis should be within sustainability science and from a Baltic Sea Region perspective. The Master Thesis Training will be held with a main focus on-site in Uppsala.
Previous editions of the Master Thesis Training have been highly rated by those who participated, receiving a rating of 9.2/10 in both 2023 and 2024 with students remarking that the event was helpful for them in improving their thesis. Previous event reports including student voices can be found here: Event reports.
The objective of the MTT is to provide master students from BUP participating universities with the opportunity to meet and discuss scientific problems with a focus on sustainability in an interdisciplinary and regional context. This will help students to improve their thesis writing process, connect with other students in similar positions and familiarise themselves with the scientific traditions of other universities. Moreover, several aspects of thesis writing will be covered including language, citation, AI, helpful tools, procrastination, and mental health.
The event will be held at Geo Centre in Uppsala, however, there will also be a limited number of spots for online participants who are not able to attend in person (e.g. priority for online participation will be given to Ukrainian-male students who can't travel).
All program points will take place in Uppsala and they will only partly be able to be streamed live for online participants. Therefore, online participation does not provide the same learning and interaction opportunities as participation on-site. Nevertheless, once admitted to the event participation is mandatory for both online and on-site students in order to get a certificate.
The MTT is free of charge for master students from BUP participating universities and all costs of accommodation, food and activities will be covered by the BUP. Students will be accommodated in shared hotel rooms with other participants.
The deadline to apply is 26 January 2025.