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.
Apply to UNIS courses
To apply to UNIS courses, you must be enrolled at Bachelor, Master or PhD level at a Norwegian institution of higher education or an accredited international institution of higher education.
HOW TO APPLYAffiliated Sites
- ARCeX – Research Centre for Arctic Petroleum Exploration
- Arctic Safety Centre
- bioCEED – Centre for Excellence in Biology Education
- Birkeland Centre for Space Science
- 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
Latest news
Ellingsen to resign in December
10 July 2019
UNIS director Harald Ellingsen will resign his position in December.
UNIS Annual Report 2018
13 June 2019
In 2018 UNIS had 772 students from 43 nations. 51% were from Norwegian universities and 49% from international universities.
Available places on some autumn semester courses
10 May 2019
You still have the chance to study at UNIS this summer and autumn! We have some available spots for qualified applicants. Send us an e-mail today to apply!
Minister visit
6 May 2019
This weekend we had the pleasure of hosting our Minister of education and research, Ms. Iselin Nybø.
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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 Arctic Plant Ecology course AB326/AB826 are running this summer, and have just arrived back from an amazing field cruise along the west coast of Spitsbergen, investigating different plant communities, and how they are affected by climatic gradients, nutrient gradients, geology, colonization history and topography.😀
Longyearbyen live – 360 degree panorama
Live web camera from the roof of Svalbard Science Centre:
