BUP Master Thesis Training 2025

The BUP is pleased to announce the fourth edition of the Master Thesis Training (MTT). The event will take place on 24-27 March 2025 in Uppsala. The MTT is an opportunity for master students at BUP participating universities to come together in an interdisciplinary and intercultural environment within the sphere of sustainability science. The event provides an opportunity for students to gain additional 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 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.

Objectives of the training

The objective is to provide master's 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.

Application and practical information

Only students who are currently writing their master thesis related to sustainability in a Baltic Sea Region context and who are enrolled at a BUP participating university will be considered. List of BUP participating universities.

The thesis topic should be related to at least one of the BUP themes.

If you are writing a thesis that is outside of these themes, but strongly linked with sustainability science then please do apply! Diversity is a strength of this event.

We will welcome a maximum of 30 on-site participants.

How to apply

Remember to include the following information- a summary of the master thesis including; 1) problem formation, 2) research topic and interests (your motivations and knowledge gap), 3) research question(s), purpose or aim (not all needed), 4) relation to sustainability science, 5) methodology (i.e. what you will do, why and how), 6) timetable of thesis (what have you done so far, what is still to do). Please observe that this information should be attached directly to the online application form.

Please be as precise as possible, even if you're still in the early stages of your thesis. We understand that there may be changes before the training in March.

Application form.

Applications should be written in English.

The deadline to apply is 26 January 2025.

The applicants will recieve a response at the latest on 7 February 2025.

Practical information

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.

All students must however cover their travel costs to and from Uppsala, Sweden.

There is no fee to take part in Master Thesis Training in Uppsala since your participation will be covered by The Baltic University Programme.

However, if you don't show up or cancel your participation with late notice, after 17 February 2025, we hold the right to charge you or your university department the cost of your participation (320 €). We only accept late cancellations due to illness, family-related matters, or force majeure, if sufficient documents can be provided (doctor's certificate, etc.).

Accessibility

If you have any questions regarding the accessibility of the event and venues, don’t hesitate to reach out to us.