The BUP's Winter School; Science by the Coast, Bachelor and Master Students Application

Available 2025-09-26 – 2025-11-02
Contact person Lara Kerschl, employed at The Baltic University Programme
The last application day is 2 November 2025, 23:59 (CEST). At the time of the event, you must be enrolled at a BUP participating university.

This is the application form for the The Baltic University Programme's 2026 Winter School Science by the Coast. Note this is the application for Bachelor and Master students. PhD students have a separate form to complete.

Date: 02- 06 February 2026
Location: Hel Marine Station, Hel (Poland)

The Summer School is organised by:
University of Gdansk - Hel Marine Station, Poland
The Baltic University Programme's Coordinating Secretariat at Uppsala University, Sweden

General information

1.
First name - Required
2.
Last name - Required
3.
Email - Required
4.
How do you describe your gender? - Required
5.
Date of birth (DD/MM/YYYY) - Required
6.
In which country do you currently reside? - Required
7.
Are you an exchange student? - Required
8.
If you are an exchange student, which country do you usually reside in when you are NOT on exchange?
9.
Nationality- according to your passport - Required

Affiliation

10.
University affiliation - Required
11.
If you are affiliated with a university not mentioned in the list, which one?
12.
What is the name of your department? - Required
13.
Level of the degree you are currently pursuing - Required
14.
Which year are you currently studying at university? - Required
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th More than 5th

English skills

The winter school will be held in English, it is therefore important that you as an applicants have English language proficiency in both spoken and written English.

15.
On what level would you grade your skills in English? - Required
Basic Good Excellent Fluent

Motivation

16.
What motivates you to take part in this winter school? (100-250 words). Consider your studies, future aspirations and personal background. - Required
17.
This year's winter school is taking place in Hel (Poland) on the Baltic Sea. What particular perspectives and knowledge about the Baltic Sea Region, environment and sustainability are you hoping to gain? (100-250 words) - Required

Additional information

18.
Have you taken part in any previous BUP events? - Required
19.
If yes, which BUP event(s) have you taken part in?
20.
We are looking to increase our reach at BUP participating universities, therefore we are curious to know where you first heard about our the winter school? - Required

BUP news via email

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21.
Would you like to sign up for BUP news via email? - Required

Uppsala University, through The Baltic University Programme (BUP) will store and use the personal information collected in this form in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). By submitting this form, you consent to that the BUP store the personal data provided in this online form (email address, first name, last name, date of birth) in order to promote and send out information regarding the winter school, until the end of next year’s event after which it will be erased. If you choose to sign up to receive news via email from the BUP we will keep your email address until you ask to be removed from the list. Data will not be shared with any third party unless required by law and after assessment in accordance with the Swedish Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act (Offentlighets- och sekretesslagen 2009:400). You have the right to ask for a clarification regarding which of your personal data Uppsala University is processing or for your personal data to be rectified if they are inaccurate. You can ask us to remove your personal data at any time and you have the right to request the restriction of our processing of your personal data. In order to do this, please write to Adam Sjöström, our contact person regarding personal data, via info@balticuniv.uu.se.

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