Arrange a NOVA course

• Swedish University of Agricultural Science
• Norwegian University of Life Sciences: e-mail Joanna Boddens-Hosang joanna.boddens-hosang@nmbu.no
• Agricultural University of Iceland: e-mail Christian Schultze christian@lbhi.is
• University of Eastern Finland: e-mail Pauliina Karvinen pauliina.karvinen@uef.fi
• University of Helsinki – AF: or e-mail NOVA-coordination@helsinki.fi
• University of Helsinki – V: e-mail CVM doctoral programme planning officer cvm-info@helsinki.fi or NOVA-coordination@helsinki.fi

According to the NOVA agreement, a course shall have the following characteristics:

- PhD students or specialising post graduate veterinarians from NOVA members are part of the target group.

- The main teachers should be experts in their fields and at least one of them must be employed by the host university.

- The host university guarantees the quality of the course by following their internal requirements for PhD-level or post-graduate veterinarian specialisation courses. The course quality can be subject to follow-up from web-based student evaluations using a NOVA template.

- It is desirable that the course is planned and executed in collaboration between teachers from the host university and other universities, preferably another NOVA member.

- The pedagogic approach builds upon active participation and engagement by all teachers and students during the course. Commonly, the courses contain a classroom/field/lab module combined with distance education modules, but courses can also be completely online.

- If the number of seats is limited, visiting students from other NOVA members should be given priority to at least 25% of the seats, if possible.

- NOVA students do not pay course fees. The hosting university is not obliged to cover expenses for accommodation, food, student travelling and similar expenses.