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
- The Fram Centre
- 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
Latest news
Collaboration with USN
New kids on the rock
Arctic Mass Rescue Operation shows good cooperation in the North
– We were wrong about how fast Svalbard glaciers are melting
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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.
INTO THE HEART OF THE ARCTIC
The interdisciplinary UNIS gang on the Nansen Legacy cruise in the Central Arctic Ocean!
From left; Associate Professors Arunima Sen, Anna Vader, and guest PhD student Christine Lockwood-Ireland from UNIS, together with adjunct professors Agneta Fransson (NPI) and Melissa Chierici (IMR).
Agneta was cruise leader, Melissa worked with ice and sea chemistry, Anna collected microbes from water and ice, while Arunima and Christine picked up mud from the seabed and ran experiments.
Join 35 researchers on their scientific journey to the Central Arctic Ocean: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3e2d0f059df746be8b37bf130e089ddc
(Photo: Bodil Bluhm/Nansen Legacy)
Arven etter Nansen
The interdisciplinary UNIS gang on the Nansen Legacy cruise in the Central Arctic Ocean!
From left; Associate Professors Arunima Sen, Anna Vader, and guest PhD student Christine Lockwood-Ireland from UNIS, together with adjunct professors Agneta Fransson (NPI) and Melissa Chierici (IMR).
Agneta was cruise leader, Melissa worked with ice and sea chemistry, Anna collected microbes from water and ice, while Arunima and Christine picked up mud from the seabed and ran experiments.
Join 35 researchers on their scientific journey to the Central Arctic Ocean: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3e2d0f059df746be8b37bf130e089ddc
(Photo: Bodil Bluhm/Nansen Legacy)
Arven etter Nansen
Longyearbyen live – 360 degree panorama
Live web camera from the roof of Svalbard Science Centre:
