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Education Institutes

This section includes a list of educational institution with a focus on the Arctic. Each institution is portrayed with its logo and a short descriptive text. To view their individual webpage or portal, please click on their name.

Should your institution not be listed in our overview, please send your information to and we will be happy and honored to include the relevant information.

  • Trent University
    Trent University

    One of Canada's top universities, Trent University was founded on the ideal of interactive learning that's personal, purposeful and transformative. Consistently recognized nationally for leadership in teaching, research and student satisfaction, Trent attracts excellent students from across the country and around the world.

  • Umeå University
    Umeå University

    Umeå University, founded in 1965, is one of Sweden's largest universities with over 37,000 students and 4,700 employees. Today, it has a strong international and multicultural presence with students, teachers, and researchers from all over the world. It offers around 2,000 courses and 150 study programmes, among them over 40 Master’s programmes in English.

  • Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
    Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)

    UCLouvain is an international university engaged in society: a multitude of services, job opportunities and alumni privileges.

  • University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
    University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)

    The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) is the world’s northernmost institution of higher education, located in Longyearbyen at 78º N. UNIS offers high quality research based courses at bachelor, master, and PhD level in Arctic Biology, Arctic Geology, Arctic Geophysics and Arctic Technology.

  • University Centre of the Westfjords (UWestfjords)
    University Centre of the Westfjords (UWestfjords)

    UWestfjords offers international, integrated master's programmes in Coastal and Marine Management, in Marine Innovation and Regional Development, in cooperation with University of Akureyri. These programmes are organised in modules and are taught in English by an international body of instructors, many of which from other UArctic institutions.

  • University College Copenhagen (KP)
    University College Copenhagen (KP)

    University College Copenhagen (KP) is one of Denmark’s main providers of teacher education, early childhood- and social education, nursing and social work.

  • University College of the North (UCN)
    University College of the North (UCN)

    University College of the North serves Northern communities and people with education, training, teaching, learning, and research while being inclusive and respectful of diverse Indigenous and Northern values.

  • Université de Sherbrooke
    Université de Sherbrooke

    Since its creation, the Université de Sherbrooke has stood out. The research projects conducted emerge from a will to find solutions to current issues; to make a real impact on the community.

  • Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)
     Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)

    University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) is a leading multidisciplinary higher education and research institution. The quality of UVSQ’s undergraduate and graduate programs (master’s programs, doctorates, post-doctoral fellowships) is backed by the compelling research programs conducted in UVSQ research centers and laboratories.

    UVSQ is a medium size university (20 000 students) located in the Southwestern suburb of Paris.

  • Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
    Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

    The Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) is a French-language university.

    UQAM is a dynamic, open, creative university with an international outreach. It is recognized for the originality and quality of its programs, its cutting-edge research, solidly grounded in social concerns, and its innovation in the arts.

  • Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
    Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)

    Designated Canadian Research University of the year 2021 and 2022, Université du Québec à Rimouski is a comprehensive French-language high education institution firmly rooted in Eastern Québec.

  • Université Laval
    Université Laval

    New ideas and excellence are the core values of Université Laval, which over the years has educated and graduated over 342,000 individuals, each of whom in their own way has contributed to the progress of their community and of society as a whole.

  • University of Agder (UiA)
    University of Agder (UiA)

    Research priority areas are e-health and healthcare technology, integrated emergency management, mechatronics, multimodality and cultural change, coastal research. UiA also has a Centre of Excellence in Education – MatRIC Centre for Research, Innovation and Coordination of Mathematics Teaching. UiA also hosts a Centre for Research-Based Innovation: SFI Offshore Mechatronics in close cooperation with the Offshore Industry. UiA also offers one of the largest Teacher Education Programs in Norway.

  • University of Akureyri (UNAK)
    University of Akureyri (UNAK)

    The University of Akureyri (Háskólinn á Akureyri) is located in the capital of north Iceland and has served Akureyri and its rural surrounding for almost 35 years. While building a reputation for academic excellence and good industrial relations, the university has been instrumental in the area’s economic growth and is central in the area’s future planning as a knowledge-based society.

  • University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)
    University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks is a Land, Sea, and Space Grant university and an international center for research, education, and the arts, emphasizing the circumpolar North and its diverse peoples. UAF integrates teaching, research, and public service as it educates students for active citizenship and prepares them for lifelong learning and careers.

  • University of Alberta
    University of Alberta

    As one of the world's most northern research universities, the UofA has historic and ongoing links to Arctic and boreal regions. Northern research and teaching is relevant to all 18 faculties of the University, and actively involves more than 250 faculty and students, whose work addresses a broad spectrum of social and environmental issues as climate change and its human impacts, natural resource development and governance, cultural identity, indigenous self-determination, design, and public health.

  • University of Bergen (UiB)
    University of Bergen (UiB)

    The University of Bergen (UiB) is an internationally recognised research university. Academic diversity and high quality are fundamental for us. UiB is the most cited university in Norway.

    There are seven faculties at UiB and there are close to 20 000 students at the university. We employ more than 4 200 faculty and staff. PhD candidates are paid employees, making the doctoral degree at UiB particularly attractive for rising talent. About half of graduating doctors are from outside Norway.

  • University of Copenhagen
    University of Copenhagen

    Driven by intellectual creativity and critical thinking since 1479, researchers and students at the University of Copenhagen have expanded horizons and contributed to moving the world forward. With its 5,000 researchers and 37,500 students, the University boasts an international research and study environment and is highly ranked on the leading ranking lists of the world's best universities.

  • University of Eastern Finland (UEF)
    University of Eastern Finland (UEF)

    UEF is one of the leading multidisciplinary universities in Finland, as well as a university that is internationally recognized for its state-of-the-art research. Its study programmes are of a high standard and they are built on high-level research seeking to find interdisciplinary solutions to global challenges.

    UEF offers a great variety of Master’s and Bachelor's degree programmes taught in English, as well as non-degree programmes that cater, in particular, to the needs of exchange students.

  • University of Greenland (Ilisimatusarfik)
    University of Greenland (Ilisimatusarfik)

    University of Greenland is situated in the small but bustling capital city of Nuuk.

    University of Greenland has about 650 students spread across four institutes: Institute of Learning, Institute of Nursing and Health Research, Institute of Society, Economics and Journalism, Institute of Culture, Language and History

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