Submit your Course to the UniPID Virtual Studies Programme 2026-2027

UniPID invites teachers and lecturers responsible for existing courses at their home universities to contribute to and expand the themes and offerings of UniPID's Virtual Studies programme.

Are you a university teacher affiliated with a UniPID member university and responsible for a course that explores global development, sustainability challenges, and/or highlight perspectives from the Global South? Would you like to make your course part of a vibrant, multidisciplinary online offering through the UniPID Virtual Studies Programme? If so, this opportunity is for you!

What does pooling courses involve?

The method of pooling existing courses contributes to the idea of sharing expertise in topics aligned with UniPID’s mission, avoiding overlap, and expanding the number of courses available in UniPID Virtual Studies. UniPID’s member university teachers may propose well-established courses that are already included in degree programmes of the member universities and do not require additional funding to be added to the UniPID Virtual Studies Programme.

Why to offer my course for pooling into the UniPID Virtual Studies Programme?

Offering your course through UniPID Virtual Studies catalogue brings benefits for you and your home University. Some of the advantages are listed below:

• UniPID is a high-quality network that promotes social responsibility, global sustainable development, and equitable academic partnerships. Teaching within this network can positively impact your career. UniPID strongly recommends including your involvement in the pooling initiative in your CV.

• The pooled course can be taken by your students as part of the UniPID “Sustainability in Development” study module. This module consists of 25 ECTS, equivalent to 5 UniPID courses.

• UniPID courses are available not only to students from member universities but also to students from partner universities in the Global South. This means that offering the course for a wider audience with more diverse background and perspectives will enrich the learning and teaching experience.

• The responsible teacher(s) of the course will gain access to materials designed by UniPID to enhance the learning experience. Additionally, UniPID organizes an annual "Good Practices" workshop for teachers, to which teachers of pooled courses are equally invited.

• Your university will gain funding for the credits you award to students from other universities as teaching collaboration is incentivized by the Ministry of Education and Culture in the universities’ basic funding.

IMPORTANT: Please note that this year UniPID will not be offering funding for virtual courses through the regular call for course proposals. Instead, the only opportunity to offer a UniPID course is through the pooling option.

How to submit a proposal?

All proposals should be submitted via the specific form for UniPID Call for Pooling Virtual Courses Proposals. The application page is available at: https://www.unipid.fi/vs-forms/virtual-studies-call-for-pooling-courses-2026/

The submission period starts on 6 November 2025 and ends on 12 January 2026.

Successful applications should include:

• Contact details of the applicant.

• Contact details of the person representing the degree programme/faculty at the home institution with whom the proposal was discussed/agreed.

• A document containing the virtual course proposal (6 pages max). More information on how to prepare your proposal, along with a template, can be found in the specific call here: unipid_virtualstudies_pooling_courses_2026_6112025.pdf

Online Info-Session.

The UniPID Virtual Studies Working Group warmly invites you to join an online info session on 20 November from 15:00 to 16:00 (EET), where you can raise any doubts or questions you may have. Please register to obtain the link in advance here.

For further information, please contact us via if.feu@ofni-dipinu and if.iknisleh@ofni-dipinu simultaneously.

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