Apply for autumn courses 2023

Apply now for UNIS autumn semester courses! The application deadline is 15 April 2023.

Sea ice studies in Van Mijenfjorden.

There are 40 courses on bachelor, master and PhD level that are now open for application within biology, geology, geophysics, technology and Arctic safety. The duration of the courses ranges from two weeks up to a whole semester.

UNIS courses with application deadline 15 April 2023 are:

Arctic Biology

Bachelor courses:
AB-201 Terrestrial Arctic Biology (15 ECTS)
AB-204 Arctic Population Ecology (15 ECTS)
AB-206 Introduction to Svalbard’s Terrestrial Flora and Fauna (5 ECTS)

Master courses:
AB-321 Ecology of Arctic Marine Benthos (10 ECTS)
AB-327 Arctic Microbiology (10 ECTS) (Application deadline February 15)
AB-332 Arctic Marine Molecular Ecology (10 ECTS)
AB-337 Seminar in Arctic Biology (2 ECTS)

PhD courses:
AB-821 Ecology of Arctic Marine Benthos (10 ECTS)
AB-827 Arctic Microbiology (10 ECTS) (Application deadline February 15)
AB-832 Arctic Marine Molecular Ecology (10 ECTS)
AB-837 Seminars in Arctic Biology (2 ECTS)

Arctic Geology

Bachelor courses:
AG-210 The Quaternary- and Glacial Geology of Svalbard (15 ECTS)
AG-211 Arctic Marine Geology (15 ECTS)

AG-218 International Bachelor Permafrost Summer Field School (10 ECTS) (Application deadline February 15)
AG-220 Environmental Change in the High Arctic Landscape of Svalbard (10 ECTS) (Application deadline February 15)

Master courses:
AG-326 Arctic Quaternary Environments (10 ECTS)
AG-338 Sedimentology Field Course – from Depositional Systems to Sedimentary Architecture (10 ECTS) (Application deadline February 15)
AG-352 Geohazards and geotechnics in high Arctic permafrost regions (10 ECTS) (Application deadline February 15)

PhD courses:
AG-826 Arctic Quaternary Environments (10 ECTS)
AG-838 Sedimentology Field Course – from Depositional Systems to Sedimentary Architecture (10 ECTS) (Application deadline February 15)

Arctic Geophysics

Bachelor courses:

AGF-210 The Middle Polar Atmosphere (15 ECTS)
AGF-213 Polar Meteorology and Climate (15 ECTS)
AGF-214 Polar Ocean Climate (15 ECTS)
AGF-223 Remote Sensing and Space Instrumentation (15 ECTS)

Master courses:
AGF-312 Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere (10 ECTS)
AGF-319 Shipping in the Arctic (5 ECTS)
AGF-345 Polar Magnetospheric Substorms (10 ECTS)

PhD courses:
AGF-819 Shipping in the Arctic (5 ECTS)
AGF-845 Polar Magnetospheric Substorms (10 ECTS)

Arctic Technology

Master courses:
AT-301 Arctic Infrastructures in a Changing Climate (10 ECTS)
AT-327 Arctic Offshore Engineering (10 ECTS)
AT-332 Physical Environmental Loads on Arctic Coastal and Offshore Structures (10 ECTS)
AT-334 Arctic Marine Measurements Techniques, Operations and Transport (10 ECTS)

PhD courses:
AT-801 Arctic Infrastructures in a Changing Climate (10 ECTS)
AT-827 Arctic Offshore Engineering (10 ECTS)
AT-832 Physical Environmental Loads on Arctic Coastal and Offshore Structures (10 ECTS)
AT-834 Arctic Marine Measurements Techniques, Operations and Transport (10 ECTS)

Arctic Safety

Master courses:
AS-302 Safety Management in the Arctic (10 ECTS)
AS-303 Emergency Preparedness and Response in the Arctic (10 ECTS)
AS-304 Risk, Technology and Human Performance in Arctic Operations (10 ECTS)

Application deadline: 15 April 2023

AG-210 students take a break from fieldwork in Billefjorden. Photo: Endre Før Gjermundsen/UNIS.
AG-210 students take a break from fieldwork in Billefjorden. Photo: Endre Før Gjermundsen/UNIS.
Fieldwork set-up on Breinosa, Svalbard
AT-332/832 fieldwork. Photo: Nataly Marchenko/UNIS.
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