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University of the Arctic
The University of the Arctic (UArctic) is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arctic region.
UArctic was launched in 2001, endorsed by the Arctic Council and in conjunction with the tenth anniversary of the Rovaniemi Process and the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy.
There are 197 members in the University of the Arctic as of April 2025. There are 45 members from Canada, 10 from Denmark, 1 from the Faroe Islands, 17 from Finland, 3 from Greenland, 10 from Iceland, 19 from Norway, 55 (paused) from Russia, 7 from Sweden, 25 from the United States and 59 from non-Arctic countries (Australia (1), Austria (1), Czech Republic (1), China (16), Chile (1), France (3), Germany (1), India (5), Ireland (3), Italy (1), Japan (1), Korea (2), Mongolia (1), the Netherlands (2) and the United Kingdom (21), plus the International Polar Foundation).
Most UArctic members are higher education institutions, but other members include circumpolar Indigenous organizations and research institutions.
In April 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Board of UArctic decided to put the memberships of all institutions of the Russian Federation on pause.
The University of the Arctic was initially launched by the Arctic Council on June 12, 2001, in Rovaniemi, Finland. However, the initiative can be traced back to 1997, when the council asked the Circumpolar Universities Association (CUA) for a feasibility study and started implementing the first steps towards the establishment of UArctic. A UArctic Circumpolar Coordination Office was for instance put in place in 1999 in Rovaniemi, which later became the International Secretariat. The academic programs of UArctic were also developed during this period.
In 2002, Lars Kullerud was appointed UArctic Director. First students took Circumpolar Studies courses or went on exchanges via the north2north program. During that year, the network was also granted an official observer status at the Arctic Council.
Besides the International Secretariat, several offices were created during the first decade. In 2003, an office was launched at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada to coordinate the Circumpolar Studies program. The following year, a north2north Mobility office was established at Finnmark University College in Norway, and a Thematic Coordination Office was established in 2005 at the University of Oulu in Finland. Russia welcomed two offices as well in the years 2006 and 2008 (the UArctic Russian Information Center at the North-Eastern Federal University of Yakutsk and the UArctic Research Office at the Northern Federal University in Arkhangelsk).
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University of the Arctic
The University of the Arctic (UArctic) is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arctic region.
UArctic was launched in 2001, endorsed by the Arctic Council and in conjunction with the tenth anniversary of the Rovaniemi Process and the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy.
There are 197 members in the University of the Arctic as of April 2025. There are 45 members from Canada, 10 from Denmark, 1 from the Faroe Islands, 17 from Finland, 3 from Greenland, 10 from Iceland, 19 from Norway, 55 (paused) from Russia, 7 from Sweden, 25 from the United States and 59 from non-Arctic countries (Australia (1), Austria (1), Czech Republic (1), China (16), Chile (1), France (3), Germany (1), India (5), Ireland (3), Italy (1), Japan (1), Korea (2), Mongolia (1), the Netherlands (2) and the United Kingdom (21), plus the International Polar Foundation).
Most UArctic members are higher education institutions, but other members include circumpolar Indigenous organizations and research institutions.
In April 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Board of UArctic decided to put the memberships of all institutions of the Russian Federation on pause.
The University of the Arctic was initially launched by the Arctic Council on June 12, 2001, in Rovaniemi, Finland. However, the initiative can be traced back to 1997, when the council asked the Circumpolar Universities Association (CUA) for a feasibility study and started implementing the first steps towards the establishment of UArctic. A UArctic Circumpolar Coordination Office was for instance put in place in 1999 in Rovaniemi, which later became the International Secretariat. The academic programs of UArctic were also developed during this period.
In 2002, Lars Kullerud was appointed UArctic Director. First students took Circumpolar Studies courses or went on exchanges via the north2north program. During that year, the network was also granted an official observer status at the Arctic Council.
Besides the International Secretariat, several offices were created during the first decade. In 2003, an office was launched at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada to coordinate the Circumpolar Studies program. The following year, a north2north Mobility office was established at Finnmark University College in Norway, and a Thematic Coordination Office was established in 2005 at the University of Oulu in Finland. Russia welcomed two offices as well in the years 2006 and 2008 (the UArctic Russian Information Center at the North-Eastern Federal University of Yakutsk and the UArctic Research Office at the Northern Federal University in Arkhangelsk).