In a pre-recorded message, Lisa Murkowski, senior United States Senator from the State of Alaska welcomed participants to the 16th Meeting of the Council of UArctic, in Fairbanks, Alaska. Hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the 2013 Council meeting was held from June 3rd to 5th.

Arctic Frontiers (http://www.arcticfrontiers.com/) holds its 8th annual conference in Tromsø, Norway, from 19-24 January 2014, with the title: Humans in the Arctic. The Arctic Frontiers conference is a central arena for discussions of Arctic issues. The conference brings together representatives from science, politics, an...

The main objective of the competition is to consolidate the effort of the Russian Foundation for Humanities (RHF) and the Research Council of Norway (RCN) in the financing of humanitarian research carried out jointly by scientists in the field of humanities from the Russian Federation and Norway.

The Sámi Parliament of Norway is hosting the Global Indigenous Preparatory Conference for the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (the Áltá 2013 conference), to be held in Áltá, Norway, from 8 – 13 June 2013. The Preparatory Conference is organized in cooperation with the Global Indigenous Coordination Group for the World...

For Gunver Justesen mobility is a way of life, and her choices have taken her from studying and working in Denmark to exploring Greenland, Finland and Svalbard.

In its new student recruitment video, the University of Tromsø shows prospective students what it is like to study in the North. Each year, the university welcomes around 500 international students from all over the world to study in English-taught master's degree programs or courses open for exchange students.

UArctic is launching a MobilityDK pilot model, which provides travel support for student, teacher, researcher mobility activities. MobilityDK is a part of the UArctic Danish Mobility Project, the goal of which is to support mobility for the Kingdom of Denmark’s Arctic education activities, and mobility from the Kingdom of Den...

The University of Tromsø has published a new promotional video for its biology studies, introducing a world of questions.

 CALL FOR PAPERSThis is an opportunity for interdisciplinary academic debate among legal scholars and scientists from various disciplines addressing issues of environmental protection. Abstracts for papers and posters must be no longer that 350 words in length and should be submitted by Thursday, September 5, 2013 through ema...

After having participated in a competition between the three law faculties in Norway, the Faculty of Law at the University of Tromsø was proclaimed as the winner, and during the next six years the university will receive a total of 36 million NOK from the Kristian Gerhard Jebsen foundation. With additional funding from the Un...

Karina Buist-Tactuk from Quebec City, Canada spent the spring semester of 2010 studying in Rovaniemi, Finland. For her, the student exchange was a truly wonderful experience.

"Arctic Floating University Expedition – 2013” started the 1st of June from Arkhangelsk. The 1st of June “Arctic Floating University Expedition – 2013” started from Arkhangelsk. "Arctic Floating University" is an innovative educational project. In its framework in the real world of the northern seas the students and young res...

The Council of the University of the Arctic (UArctic) has concluded its 16th meeting, this year hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF).