The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) is the world’s northernmost higher education institution, located in Longyearbyen at 78º N. We provide research-based education of the next generation of Arctic experts in biology, geology, geophysics and technology.
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- ARCeX – Research Centre for Arctic Petroleum Exploration
- Arctic Safety Centre
- bioCEED – Centre for Excellence in Biology Education
- Birkeland Centre for Space Science
- iEarth – Centre for Integrated Earth Science Education
- Kjell Henriksen Observatory
- LYSEF – Longyearbyen Science and Education Forum
- The Nansen Legacy
- The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research
- SIOS – Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System
- UNIS CO2 Lab
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The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
UNIS is the world’s northernmost higher education institution, located in Longyearbyen, at the High Arctic archipelago of Svalbard (78º N).
UNIS offers high quality courses at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level in Arctic Biology, Arctic Geology, Arctic Geophysics and Arctic Technology.
The History of Svalbard
UNIS offer the course “The History of Svalbard”. An afternoon course that runs Monday-Friday in week 4 and 5 – and this year the course is run digitally.
The course is free of charge and open to everyone. Lectures will be held in English.
Course responsible: Historian Thor Bjørn Arlov.
First lecture: Monday 25 January 2021
Time: 16:15–18:00.
Links to the different lectures are found here:
#history2021" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.unis.no/course/sh-201-the-history-of-svalbard/#history2021
No pre-registration necessary.
Only enrolled UNIS students can sit the exam.
UNIS offer the course “The History of Svalbard”. An afternoon course that runs Monday-Friday in week 4 and 5 – and this year the course is run digitally.
The course is free of charge and open to everyone. Lectures will be held in English.
Course responsible: Historian Thor Bjørn Arlov.
First lecture: Monday 25 January 2021
Time: 16:15–18:00.
Links to the different lectures are found here:
#history2021" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.unis.no/course/sh-201-the-history-of-svalbard/#history2021
No pre-registration necessary.
Only enrolled UNIS students can sit the exam.
SH-201 The History of Svalbard (6 ECTS) - UNIS
Course requirements: This course is open to all enrolled students at UNIS, and to the Longyearbyen public. Only UNIS students (including Arctic Nature Guide students) are allowed to sit the exam. Academic content: The point of departure of the course is the gradual colonization and exploration of th...
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