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Norwegian-Russian collaboration in Master
Studies within Environmental Science
Tor Hemmingsen
University of Stavanger
26-27th
May2011
Tromsø
Background
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St. Petersburg State University (SPbSU) has a long and good background on
environmental issues onshore
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University of Stavanger (UiS) together with IRIS (International Reasearch
Institute of Stavanger) has a long and good background on environmental issues
offshore
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A request came from St. Petersburg State University (SPbSU) to University of
Stavanger (UiS) to apply for a common project to the Foreign Department of
Norway in order to establish a Joint Master in Environmental Science for Oil
Production
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Request for application came in June 2007, and was finished July same year
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The project was accepted end of 2007 by the Foregn Department and later
coordinated through the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in
Higher Education (SIU)
3,4 MNOK for collaboration projecs with St. Petersburg
University of Stavanger, Department for Mathematics and Natural
Science has received 3.4 million NOK from The Norwegian Centre for
International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU) for a cooperative
project with St.Petersburg State University and IRIS.
Fra før har instituttet fått 1.5 millioner kroner fra SIU for oppgradering av
personell til PhD ved Kazakstan British Technical University.
Prosjektet ”Joint Norwegian-Russian Master of Science program in
Geoecological monitoring and rational use of natural resources in the
Northern oil and gas production regions” inngår i Norads Russia Program
som har en tildelingsramme på 42 millioner kroner fordelt på 15 prosjekter.
See http://www.uis.no/nyheter/article7229-12.html (6/11-2007)
3,4 MNOK for collaboration projecs with St. Petersburg
forts.
- Dette programmet kommer svært beleilig i forhold til det norsk-russiske
samarbeidet rundt Shtokman-feltet og vil forhåpentligvis kunne utløse andre nye
forskningsprosjekter, sier Tor Hemmingsen.
- Formålet med prosjektet er å tilrettelegge en felles strategi for hvordan vi kan ta
hensyn til miljø ved olje- og gassproduksjon i Nordområdene.
- Målet er å utvikle et felles masterprogram tilpasset olje- og gassindustrien i Nord
basert på norsk og russisk kompetanse i tillegg til å utvikle felles forskningsprosjekter
innenfor dette området.
- Planen er å utnytte begge institusjoners tilbud på masterkurs hvor utveksling av
masterstudenter inngår i prosjektet. Dette passer godt inn i profilen for det nye
internasjonale studiet ”Environmental Technology” som er til styrebehandling for
godkjenning i disse dager, sier Tor Hemmingsen.
See http://www.uis.no/nyheter/article7229-12.html (6/11-2007)
Contract for collaboration between UiS and St. Petersburg
State University
Kontrakten ble undertegnet av dekan Nickolay V. Kaledin,
Fakultet for geografi og geoøkologi, St. Petersburg State
University, og dekan Per Arne Bjørkum, Det teknisknaturvitenskapelige fakultet, UiS.
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Dette er et historisk samarbeidsprosjekt mellom to
velrenommerte universiteter, sier dekan Nickolay V. Kaledin.
- Det åpner for muligheten til å utveksle både studenter og
forelesere, og vil utvilsomhet være en basis for å utvikle ny
kunnskap gjennom målrettet og hardt arbeid.
- Dette er et prosjekt som begge parter vil få stort utbytte av,
sier dekan Per Arne Bjørkum. Det vil berøre viktige områder
som klima og miljø. To områder som krever stor grad av
internasjonalt samarbeid.
UiS-prosjektet ledes av Tor Hemmingsen, Institutt for
matematikk og naturvitenskap.
Dean Nickolay V. Kaledin,
left, and dean Per Arne
Bjørkum, signed the contract
between UiS og St.
Petersburg State University
Saint-Petersburg State University
University of Stavanger
“Joint Norwegian-Russian Master of Science
program in Geoecological monitoring and
rational use of natural resources in the
Northern oil and gas production regions”
Sponsored by
The Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher
Education (SIU)
First Board Meeting at UiS
Saint-Petersburg State University and University of Stavanger
created joint commission with equal number of representatives and
equal responsibility established by each institution
The commission is
responsible for all
the problems in this
project and aimed
for the program
success
Joint commision
• The Joint commission must meet or confer at least twice during
the term
• The decisions by the joint commission shall be in accordance with
practiced laws and regulation at the partner institutions
Omtale av programmet i TU 13/10
University of Stavanger
Since 2005
*1912
*1969
UiS has 8500 students and 1200 employed with
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a broad specter of studies in technical natural science
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extended cooperation with industry in the area with respect to teaching, thesis
works and research
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main educator of engineers in the region
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master in oil related areas like Environmental Engineering, Offshore
Technology, and Petroleum Engineering
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PhD studies for all Master studies
General Information
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1228
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The total University faculty and staff exceeds
15,000 members
The teaching staff of the University exceeds
5,000 people, among them:
over 1,000 Professors (Doctors of Science/Art)
over 2,000 Associate Professors (Candidates of
Science/Art)
Today the University has:
20 faculties in 461 buildings
over 32,300 students
over 2,500 PhD students
over 250 post-doctoral students
programs in 71 specialities & 31 areas of
higher professional education
I. P. Pavlov
I. I.Mechnikov
L.D. Landau
A.M.Prokhorov
Nobel Prize Winners
N. N.Semenov
I.Brodsky
V.V.Leontiev
Eight winners of the Nobel Prize worked or studied at
St.Petersburg State University
L.V. Kontarovich
Our Graduates XXth century
Sergey Mironov
Boris Gryzlov
Alexei Kudrin
Sergei Ivanov
Vladimir Putin
Andrej
Fursenko
Michael
Piotrovsky
Vadim
Znamenov
German
Gref
Dmitrij
Victor
Cherkesov Medvedev
Vladimir
Kramnik
Anatoly
Karpov
Andrei
Illarionov
Tatiana
Kazankina
Cooperation Master Program includes four semesters
1.
The students shall spend the first semester at their home
universities
2.
All students shall spend their second semester at SPbSU
(Russia)
3.
All students shall spend their third semester at UiS (Norway)
4.
The location in the fourth semester will depend on subject of
their thesis
Master's Degree Programme
Environmental Monitoring and Nature Management in the
Northern Oil and Gas Producing Regions
Year 2, Autumn 2011 (at UoS)
Year 1, Autumn 2010 (at UoS)
Water chemistry
10 ECTS
Aquatic ecotoxicology
10 ECTS
Natural water systems
10 ECTS
Instrumental analysis
10 ECTS
Environmental microbiology
Environmental regulations
and standards and their
implementation in the industry
5 ECTS
Offshore field development
5 ECTS
Internship
5 ECTS
5 ECTS
Year 2, Spring 2012
Year 1, Spring 2011 (at SPbSU)
Introduction to Russian language
4 ECTS
Arctic environment field course
10 ECTS
Environmental safety and nature
management in the Russian arctic
4 ECTS
Geoecological monitoring in oil and
gas producing regions
4 ECTS
Modern approaches to the assessment
of the anthropogenic load on the
environment
6 ECTS
Environmental project management
2 ECTS
Master Thesis
30 ECTS
Master projects may be done either at UiS or at SPbSU or
at an external institution. Supervision is provided by
professors or associate professors at UiS and SPbSU.
External thesis projects normally rely on supervision by the
external industrial institution.
Students study features influence of factories and industrial
complexes on an environment
Student’s
scientific work
A collaboration
between Russian
and Norwegian
partners of
project
Research partners, Russia:
- VNIIOkeangeologia
- Sevmorgeologia
- Proekson JSC
Partners
Research partner, Norway:
-IRIS, BiotaGuard, DNV, SafeClean
Industrial partners: Lentransgas (GAZPROM),
STATOIL?
Outcomes and needs for the Master programme
• The outcome is
– Well qualified personell with knowledge of environmental issues both
in Norwegian and Russian sector
– Well qualified personell with knowledge of rules and procedures both
in Norwegian and Russian sector
– Contact points for further projects abroad
– Establishing a good collaboration between Norwegian and Russian
R&D at university level
– The industry and other companies are invited to sponsor a prolonged
Joint Master program between Norway and Russia
– Contacts
• Tor Hemmingsen (E-mail: tor.hemmingsen@uis.no)
• Steinar Sanni
(E-mail: steinar.sanni@iris.no)
Status today
• 3 Norwegian students and 5 Russian students will finalize June 2011
- with both Norwegian and Russian professors involved in Master
thesis supervision
• 8 new students started by August 2010
• The study is financed by SIU until June 2012 – after that support
from the industry or other funding will be needed
• The main cost is stipends for covering 6 months stay during the
study, and eventually cost stay if the Master thesis is done outside
the home country
• The project receives very good evaluations from SiU and interest in
the NAREC group
• However, due to the poor economy there is a risk of termination of
the project
• The involvement from the industry should be strengthened!