Apply for spring courses 2024

The deadline for spring semester courses is approaching. For 30 years we have been educating the next Arctic experts. Are you one of them? Apply by October 15, 2023.

AG-209 lecture in the field. Photo: Maria Jensen/UNIS.

Top image: AG-209 lecture for students in the field. Photo: Maria Jensen/UNIS.

Application is now open for UNIS spring semester courses in 2024. The application deadline is 15 October 2023.

There are 38 bachelor level and master/PhD level courses now open for application. To apply for courses at UNIS, the applicant must be enrolled at Bachelor-, Master- or PhD level at a Norwegian institution of higher education or an accredited international institution of higher education. In addition, course specific requirements are listed in each course description.

The courses with application deadline 15 October 2023 are:

Arctic Biology

Bachelor courses:
AB-202 Marine Arctic Biology (15 ECTS)
AB-203 Arctic Environmental Management (15 ECTS)

Master courses:
AB-323 Light Climate and Primary Productivity in the Arctic (10 ECTS)
AB-329 Arctic Winter Ecology (10 ECTS)
AB-333 Freshwater Ecology of Arctic Lakes and Ponds (10 ECTS)

PhD courses:
AB-823 Light Climate and Primary Productivity in the Arctic (10 ECTS)
AB-829 Arctic Winter Ecology (10 ECTS)
AB-833 Freshwater Ecology of Arctic Lakes and Ponds (10 ECTS)

Arctic Geology

Bachelor courses:
AG-209 The Tectonic and Sedimentary History of Svalbard (15 ECTS)
AG-222 Integrated Geological Methods: From Outcrop to Geomodel (15 ECTS)

Master courses:
AG-325 Glaciology (10 ECTS)
AG-330 Permafrost and Periglacial Environments (10 ECTS)
AG-335 Arctic Seismic Exploration (10 ECTS)
AG-342 The Marine Cryosphere and its Cenozoic History (10 ECTS)
AG-351 Arctic Tectonics and Volcanism (10 ECTS)

PhD courses:
AG-825 Glaciology (10 ECTS)
AG-830 Permafrost and Periglacial Environments (10 ECTS)
AG-835 Arctic Seismic Exploration (10 ECTS)
AG-842 The Marine Cryosphere and its Cenozoic History (10 ECTS)
AG-851 Arctic Tectonics and Volcanism (10 ECTS)

Arctic Geophysics

Bachelor courses:
AGF-211 Air–Ice–Sea Interaction I (15 ECTS)
AGF-212 Snow and Ice Processes (15 ECTS)

Master courses:
AGF-301 The Upper Polar Atmosphere (15 ECTS)
AGF-304 Radar Diagnostics of Space Plasma (15 ECTS)
AGF-350 The Arctic Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Local Climate Processes

PhD courses:
AGF-801 The Upper Polar Atmosphere (15 ECTS)
AGF-804 Radar Diagnostics of Space Plasma (15 ECTS)
AGF-850 The Arctic Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Local Climate Processes

Arctic Technology

Master courses:
AT-305 Frozen Ground Engineering for Arctic Infrastructures (10 ECTS)
AT-311 Sea Ice Mechanics and Physics (10 ECTS)
AT-319 Shipping in the Arctic (10 ECTS)
AT-324 Techniques for the Detection of Organo-Chemical Pollutants in the Arctic Environment (10 ECTS)
AT-330 Arctic Environmental Toxicology (10 ECTS)
AT-331 Arctic Environmental Pollution: Atmospheric Distribution and Processes (10 ECTS)

PhD courses:
AT-819 Shipping in the Arctic (10 ECTS)
AT-824 Techniques for the Detection of Organo-Chemical Pollutants in the Arctic Environment (10 ECTS)
AT-830 Arctic Environmental Toxicology (10 ECTS)
AT-831 Arctic Environmental Pollution: Atmospheric Distribution and Processes (10 ECTS)

Application deadline: 15 October 2023

Happy students on Sarkofagen. Photo: Juni Vaardal-Lunde/UNIS.
Happy students on Sarkofagen. Photo: Juni Vaardal-Lunde/UNIS.
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