Extended application deadline – Bachelor and Master/PhD courses spring 2019
8 November 2018
Would you like to study in Svalbard next spring? We have extended application deadline for some courses in Arctic Biology, Arctic Geophysics, and Arctic Technology. Apply now – first come, first serve!
Apply now for spring courses 2019
5 September 2018
Application is now open for UNIS spring courses. The application deadline is 15 October 2018.
Summer/autumn courses 2018 open for application
23 January 2018
Apply now for our summer semester courses (and autumn semester courses in Arctic Geophysics)! Application deadline is 15 February 2018.
Green light for the Nansen Legacy
14 December 2017
The Norwegian Research Council has approved the research application for the Nansen Legacy (Arven etter Nansen). The first research cruise will take place from 19 July 2018 with the new research vessel “Kronprins Haakon”.
Cruising Isfjorden – RV Lance’s last research cruise
20 October 2017
13 students from the course AGF-214 Polar Ocean Climate recently spent a week on board RV Lance together with lecturers, researchers and technicians from UNIS. The research cruise was Lance’s last cruise before she was taken out of the Norwegian Polar Institute’s service.
Aurora forecast in 3D!
20 September 2017
The Aurora Forecast 3D app is released just in time for the dark season. It forecasts the aurora oval up to +0, +1, and +4 hours ahead in time at any location on the planet using a 3D graphical layout.
Apply for spring courses now
11 September 2017
Application is now open for UNIS spring courses. The application deadline is 15 October 2017.
Heating and vertical winds in dayside Aurora
10 May 2017
Åsmund Skjæveland has studied the details of the atmospheric mechanisms that take the energy from the northern lights and create warm and vertical winds. Skjæveland will defend his PhD thesis on Friday 12 May at the University of Oslo.
March for Science Longyearbyen: A big success!
22 April 2017
Today Longyearbyen marched for science. About 110 people gathered to march for science, not silence.