The course will consist of one intensive week at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Alnarp, Sweden, (preliminary the 3:th - 7:th of October) and a similar week at the Latvia University of agriculture (LLU), Jelgava, Latvia, (preliminary the 21:st - 25:th of November) with home studies in between. The programme includes lectures, group discussions, study visits, student presentations, social events etc. The home studies include reading literature and working with a group assignment that will be presented during the second intensive week. All teaching and literature will be in English. The course literature will be available eight weeks before the start of the course. Teachers will come from the universities involved in the course (see below). A minimum of 15 and a maximum of 25 students is required for the course to run.

The course is a venture between The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (prime organizer Rural Buildings and Animal Husbandry, Alnarp, Sweden), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Latvian Agricultural University, Lithuanian Veterinary Academy, and Lithuanian Agricultural University.

No course fee will be charged for Nordic or Baltic students and costs for travelling and accommodation will be covered (NOVA/BOVA and NORDPLUS). Registration should be done using the following applications system:

http://wh-desk.slu.se/moveonline/move/moveonline/incoming/welcome.php

The system will open for applications to the course from the 15:th of March until the 15:th of April.

Here you can read about how a former student experienced the course:  

http://slunik.slu.se/kursfiler/BI1170/10290.1112/Review_from_a_former_student.doc 

Contact person:

Anne-Charlotte Olsson
LBT/SLU
P.O. Box 59
S 230 53 Alnarp
Sweden

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Phone: +46 40 415092