The Baltic University Programme (BUP)
at the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz

History and Future

The Baltic University Programme was initiated by Uppsala University in 1991. It has its roots in the major changes in the Baltic sea region at the end of the Cold War. The global efforts to promote sustainable development started in the same period, with the World Summit for Environment and Development in Rio in 1992.

Sustainable Development that adresses environmental, economic and social issues, has become a widespread goal during the changes in the Baltic Sea region.

Today the Programme has developed into one of the larger university networks in the world. The participating universities cooperate in areas of common interest for the whole region – a sustainable regional development.

Future Activities of the Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz:

• Life long learning (including virtual platform and e-learning)
  - providing offers for every early ages throughout all stages and elements of educations cycles and above
• Part time studies (including virtual platform and e-learning)
• Improving flexibility and interchangeability in the elemnts of higher education programmes (which is also true a for the BUP)