Finnish-Russian Cross-Border University, CBU
Finnish-Russian
Cross-Border University, CBU, is a joint project
of seven Finnish and Russian universities
with the goal to
offer joint Master's degree programmes in selected study fields.
Before the official start of
the CBU Master's degree programmes in 2007
several pilot projects are launched.
Information Technology is one of the pilot areas,
and it starts
offering educational activities within the CBU framework already
during the academic year 2005-2006.
The first CBU students will study according to a personal study plan,
where participation in CBU activities is significant.
In Helsinki, during the piloting period
any participating student
can use CBU credits to augment the requirements for his/her
local Master's degree.
The language of education is English.
Computer Science Courses: Information Technology Pilot
Members in the IT-pilot network
are the following universities:
Lappeenranta University of Technology,
University of Joensuu,
University of Kuopio,
University of Helsinki,
St. Petersburg State University,
St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, and
Petrozavodsk State University.
The coordinating university is
Lappeenranta University of Technology.
The
main themes of the IT pilot are
and the current subtopics include:
The IT pilot will promote following forms of collaboration:
- student exchange and teachers mobility
- jointly developed courses accessible to the cbu-communit
- intensive periods, summer schools, winter school
- virtual and e-learning technology in some areas.
In
2006-07 a number of teacher's exchange visits, cbu-courses, Winter
School and Summer School events will be organized.
CBU
will cover the costs of two students from each participating
university to each of the courses. The student
scholarship covers travel expenses to the city, where course will be
organized, accommodation costs and meals during the course.
Interested students
should contact Tiina Niklander.
In Helsinki,
due to potential overlapping of CBU and local courses,
a study plan
containing CBU credits must be accepted by the professor in charge of
the corresponding sub-programme.
Page updated by opintoesimies
Dec 20, 2007.