The area around the Baltic Sea can be called a region of higher education. Since 1990, no group of actors within the region has been more actively engaged in joining forces and creating new networks for transnational co-operation than universities and research institutions. The Baltic Sea region has thus much to offer for both students and teachers.

One of the most promising innovations in this context has been the development of Baltic Sea Region Studies. This area studies programme, which is the result of the co-operation among 11 universities in all Baltic Sea countries, entails two years of academic training in politics, history, economy, and culture of the Baltic Sea region in order to qualify students to obtain the degree of a "Master in Baltic Sea Region Studies". Several universities in the region have already implemented the new master programme, namely in Turku (Finland) and Tartu (Estonia), at the University of Latvia (Riga), and at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas (Lithuania).

On the pages listed below you find detailled information on the offerings of the participating universities: Turku | Tartu | Riga | Kaunas