BUP PhD Students Training 2025

The Baltic University Programme (BUP) announces the PhD Students Training 2025 with the theme 'Strengthening the Security and Resilience of the Baltic Sea Region – Environmental, Political, Social, and Economic Shocks and Crises'. The event will be held in connection to the BUP Symposium, and it will take place on-site in Uppsala, Sweden, between 24-28 November 2025.

This training aims to provide knowledge, skills and network opportunities to PhD students focusing on security and resilience in the Baltic Sea Region. We will welcome a total of 30 PhD students from BUP participating universities. Accepted students will receive mentoring and feedback on their thesis from an expert in the field, as well as participate in a research event – the BUP Symposium.

The event is hosted and organised by the BUP Coordinating Secretariat in Uppsala, in collaboration with Adam Mickiewicz University and Lodz University of Technology.

This PhD Students Training consists of three parts:

Online seminars
Training days
The BUP Symposium

Photo: Sasha Matic

Apply

Apply to attend.

Program

Read the preliminary program (pdf).

Program

October/November – Online seminar(s)

24 November – Registration, welcome, keynote presentation

25 November – Presentations, individual supervision sessions

26 November – Keynote presentation, parallel workshop sessions, BUP Symposium starts, keynote presentation

27 November – Parallel sessions, poster presentations

28 November – Parallel sessions continue, panel discussion, end of the BUP Symposium

Quick information

24-28 November 2025
Held in English
Open for PhD degree candidates at BUP participating universities
Application deadline 30 May 2025, 23:59 (CEST)
Free of charge
Uppsala, Sweden

Online seminars

Accepted students are expected to actively participate in the seminar in order to obtain a complete diploma from the training. More information about the seminars will be announced later on.

Training days in Uppsala

During the training days at Uppsala University, the PhD students will give and receive feedback on their own work, as well as input from senior experts in their field. The training will also include sessions of scientific presentations and parallel workshops.

The BUP Symposium

The BUP Symposium will welcome 80 researchers from the BUP participating universities, in addition to the PhD students from this event.

At the BUP Symposium, the PhD participants are welcome to hold poster presentations. The posters need to be sent to the BUP Coordinating Secretariat two weeks before the presentation for approval. The presenters need to have their posters printed in an A0 format when they arrive in Uppsala. We will accept 10 poster presentations.

Read more about the BUP Symposium on the BUP website.

Photo: Sasha Matic

Practical information

There is no participation fee for the training and the BUP will provide all meals. However, the students are expected to cover their travel and accommodation. To cover the expenses the PhD candidates can apply for Erasmus+ grants. This program will most probably be organised as a BIP (Blended Intensive Programme) for which Erasmus+ grants are eligible. Please contact an Erasmus coordinator at your home university regarding questions on how to apply.

We are happy to help with all necessary documentation needed for the Erasmus application (invitation letter, training program etc.).

As Ukrainian and Swedish students are not eligible for Erasmus grants for this event, the selected students from these countries will be contacted by the BUP Coordinating Secretariat individually regarding the possibility of receiving financial support for accommodation.

Ukrainian students who can't travel will have the possibility to join some parts of the PhD Students Training online through Zoom.

Cancellation policy

If you don't show up or cancel your participation with late notice, after 31 October 2025, we hold the right to charge you or your university department the cost of your participation (300 €). We only accept late cancellations due to illness, family-related matters, or force majeure, if sufficient documents can be provided (doctor's certificate, etc.).

Credits

No ECTS are granted for this training but each participant will get a certificate with suggested ECTS. After the successful accomplishment of the training it is up to the home university to decide whether they grant a participant the suggested ECTS or not.