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...




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...



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...



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