This page highlights available Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) opportunities for students and staff.
A Blended Intensive Programme is a short, intensive learning experience that combines online collaboration with physical mobility. It uses innovative teaching and learning methods and aims to strengthen the capacity of higher education institutions to develop and implement new educational practices. Check this page regularly for updates on upcoming opportunities and application information.
Below you may find the current available BIP opportunities:
Host Institution:
Parthenope University of Naples (UPN), Italy
Virtual Mobility Dates:
14–17 September 2026
Physical Mobility Dates:
21–25 September 2026
Language of Instruction:
English
About the Programme:
The Coastal Protection and Sustainability Blended Intensive Programme offers a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the challenges facing coastal environments in the context of climate change, urbanisation, and human-induced landscape transformation.
Participants will explore sustainable strategies for mitigating natural hazards such as coastal erosion, flooding, and landslides, with a particular focus on environmentally responsible interventions in vulnerable coastal areas. The programme combines online lectures, interactive group work, and field excursions to encourage critical thinking and innovative approaches to sustainable coastal management.
Application and Selection Process:
Interested students must submit their application through the BIP Application Form by 24th July 2026.
Selection Criteria:
Funding:
This mobility is eligible for Erasmus+ funding. Students should contact the Erasmus+ Office at the University of Malta for information regarding funding and grant procedures.
Important Note:
Students must apply through the University of Malta's internal application process. Applications submitted directly to the host institution will not be considered.
Factsheet and relevant documents:
The SEA-EU Co-Creation Lab is a Blended Intensive Programme bringing together academic staff from SEA-EU universities to collaboratively develop an interdisciplinary micro-credential on “Transformative Competencies for a Sustainable and Secure Future.”
The programme will focus on sustainability, resilience, security, futures literacy and societal transformation through co-creation, peer learning and collaborative curriculum design.
The University of Malta is hosting this Blended Intensive Programme in collaboration with Kiel University and the University of Split.
The opportunity is open to academic staff, educational designers, researchers and programme developers interested in sustainability, resilience, futures literacy, security, interdisciplinary teaching, curriculum innovation or micro-credential development.
Applicants should have English proficiency at B1 level or above and be willing to actively contribute to the co-creation process.
Each SEA-EU university may nominate up to 4 academic staff members.
Important Dates of the BIP
Key Deadline
Erasmus+ Mobility
The mobility is eligible for Erasmus+ funding. Interested staff should contact their home university for information regarding mobility funding and the application procedure.
How to Apply
Staff interested in participating should apply through their home university according to its internal procedure. Direct applications to the hosting institution will not be considered.
For Erasmus nominations and registration enquiries:
Please register by 11 September 2026
Registration form
For further information kindly view the detailed agenda Blended Intensive Program - UM SEA-EU Office_Co-Creating a European Micro-Creden [PDF]
CONTACT INFORMATION
Director & Senior Lecturer Centre for Environmental Education & Research censu.caruana@um.edu.mt
