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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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
Summer/autumn courses 2020 open for application
21 January 2020
Apply now for our summer semester courses! The application deadline is 15 February 2020.
Ice in sight!
20 January 2020
We are on a polar night cruise and measurements we have taken show that both Isfjorden and Kongsfjorden are almost five degrees colder now in 2020 than it was at the same time in 2017, and the fjords are simply freezing around us!
Summer school 2020: Global Arctic
14 January 2020
UNIS is one of the partners in the interdisciplinary PhD and postdoc summer school "Global Arctic". Application deadline: 15 February 2020.
Welcome to Svalbardseminaret 2020
10 January 2020
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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.
UNIS offers the course The History of Svalbard
Afternoon course Monday-Friday in week 5 and 6.
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 27 January 2020
Time and venue: 16:15–18:00, Lassegrotta, UNIS
UNIS students are given priority on excursions/guided visits.
No pre-registration necessary. More information: www.unis.no/SH-201
Afternoon course Monday-Friday in week 5 and 6.
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 27 January 2020
Time and venue: 16:15–18:00, Lassegrotta, UNIS
UNIS students are given priority on excursions/guided visits.
No pre-registration necessary. More information: www.unis.no/SH-201
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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