Universitetssenteret på Svalbard AS | |
Type | Limited company |
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Established | 1993 |
Director | Jøran Moen |
Academic staff | 61 (2021) |
Administrative staff | 44 (2021) |
Students | 482 (2021) |
29 (2021) | |
Location | , , |
Tuition Fees | de facto 580 Kroner |
Affiliations | University of the Arctic |
Website | www.unis.no |
The University Centre in Svalbard (Norwegian: Universitetssenteret på Svalbard AS; UNIS) is a Norwegian state-owned limited company that is involved in research and provides some higher education in Arctic studies. The company is wholly owned by the Ministry of Education and Research, and the universities of Oslo, Bergen, Tromsø, NTNU and NMBU appoint the board of directors. It is led by a director appointed by the board for a four-year term.[1] The centre is the world’s northernmost research and higher education institution, in Longyearbyen at 78° N latitude. The courses offered fall into five main science disciplines: Arctic biology, Arctic geology, Arctic geophysics, Arctic technology and Arctic safety.[2]