New Master’s program: Siberia and Arctic Studies

About the program

The program is aimed at training highly qualified experts of the scientific profile who possess a wide range of knowledge about the natural conditions of Siberia and the Arctic, who work with current methods of environmental research and scientific methodology. The program is aimed at inter- and transdisciplinary research of the unique characteristic features and global significance of the Siberian mega-region.

Lecturers

Siberian and Arctic Studies will be implemented by the TSU Centre of Excellence BioClimLand jointly with the Institute of Biology, Faculty of Physics, and Faculty of Chemistry.

International partners of the programme include:

• Lund University (Sweden)
• University of Alaska Fairbanks (USA)
• University of Toulouse (France)
• French-Siberian Centre of Education and Science
• International Network of Research Stations INTERACT,
• International Association of Permafrost Studies
• The program has a developed scientific infrastructure (scientific laboratories, field research stations in AKTRU, Kaybasovo and Khanymey). Master students and program faculty members can participate in large research and educational network programmes and INTERACT projects, International Scientific Union (ISU) of Russia and France CAR-WET-SIB, TEMPUS EU, and etc.

Areas of activity of graduates:

• Scientific and research activity;
• Design and production activity;
• Control and expert activity;
• Organizational and management activity;
• Teaching activity at a higher educational institution.