Cold Region Environment Landscapes Integrated Science (CORELIS)

The educational programme is aimed at training specialists who are capable of independently carrying out theoretical and applied research in ecological, hydro-meteorological, paleogeographical, landscape, pedological and nature management processes in Polar Regions of the Earth (The Arctic, Antarctic, Permafrost zone and the upland territories).
Study areas include “Ecology and Environmental Management”, as well as “Hydrometeorology”, “Geography” and “Soil science”.
The programme is fully delivered in English. During the first two semesters of training in Russia, leading experts of St Petersburg University, partner universities and scientific research institutes are involved in teaching. Students have an opportunity to spend their third semester on exchange in a partner university in Germany or other countries with the subsequent obtaining of the second diploma.