The 3rd Korea Arctic Academy

14.03.2017 to 30.03.2017

UArctic and the Korea Maritime Institute (KMI) are pleased to announce an opportunity for students from UArctic member institutions in Arctic States to participate in the 3rd Korea Arctic Academy in Korea.

About the program:

The 3rd Korea Artic Academy is a 10 day study program in July 6-15, 2017 at the Korea Maritime Institute together with other students from Korean universities.

Participants will need to be available for the 10-day Program and consider their travel time to Korea.   

The Program will include lectures on Arctic issues (4 to 5 days) given by Korean and international experts, and field trips (3 to 4 days) to Korean government related organizations, research institutions, and industrial sites.

A certificate of completion will be co-issued by UArctic and KMI to participants who successfully complete the program.

Note: A maximum of two students will be nominated for the program.

Required Documents:

CV (should include email address and telephone number) and Motivation letter together in one document.

Documents must be submitted to the Head of the International Department - Anton Grigoriev ([email protected]) by March 30, 2017

 

Eligibility criteria:
- Students with an indigenous background will be given preference for the program during the selection process. The program is open to students of all academic backgrounds.

- The student should be registered at a UArctic member institution in an Arctic State for an academic degree.

- The student should have finished their second year of study.

- The student is motivated to actively participate and to enhance understanding of the Arctic and Korea.

- The student must have sufficient knowledge of English, both oral and written.

 

The organizer (will be announced soon, tentatively KMI) in Korea will cover:
- Round-trip flight tickets between Korea (Busan) and the nearest airport to the student.
- Designated accommodation in Korea during the official period of the Academy (5-15 July, 11 nights).
- Additional lodging caused inevitably by flight schedule in accordance to KMI’s financial guideline.
- Transportation within Korea needed for participation in the program activities.

Note: KMI will not be providing any other types of support other than the ones mentioned above.

 

Students are responsible for the following expenses:                                     

- Personal travel insurance covering medical expenses, flight accidents etc.
- Costs incurring from taking land transportation within one’s own country.
- Costs for activities that is not part of the official program.
- Costs for additional stay in Korea before or after the official program period, 5(check-in) - 16(check-out), July.
- Any additional costs resulting from altering the flight schedule provided by organizer to include other destinations other than the student’s home country.
- Other personal expenses such as costs for issuing passport and documentations needed for participating in the Academy

Decisions procedure:

The final decision on the participants is targeted to be made by the UArctic and Korea Maritime Institute by the end of April. Home institutions and selected students will be notified about the decision then.

Selected students should submit a 10-slide power point presentation to the KMI Secretariat by the end of May, 2017. The KMI Secretariat will approach each selected students with detailed information after the selection process has been completed.

If the selected student does not reply to or submit the requested material by the KMI Secretariat based on the notified guidelines, KMI holds the right to cancel his/her participation to the Academy and give that opportunity to the next applicant for the purpose of the program.