UiT – The Arctic University of Norway is the northernmost university of the world. Its location on the edge of the Arctic implies a mission. The Arctic is of increasing global importance. Climate change, the exploitation of Arctic resources and environmental threats are topics of great public concern, and which the University of Tromsø takes special interest in. At UiT The Arctic University of Norway you can explore global issues from a close-up perspective.
UiT’s study portfolia covers all classical subject areas from Health Sciences, Social Sciences, Education and Humanities, Science and Technology to Economics, Law, Social Work, Tourism, Sports and Fine Arts.
UiT’s key research focuses on the polar environment, climate research, indigenous people, peace and conflict transformation, telemedicine, medical biology, space physics, fishery science, marine biosprospecting, linguistics and computational chemistry.
With these focus areas in mind, we want to offer Arctic solutions to shared the societal challenges that we collectively need to address. With our Brussels office, we want to make our strengths and capabilities visible as contributions to projects addressing these topics, as an attractive partner in scientific collaborations in the framework programme and beyond, and a resource in policy- and decision-making.
UiT is a part of Young European Research Universities Network (YERUN), and a part of the European University Alliance for Global Health (EUGLOH).
The office is located with North-Norway’s Europe Office and currently consists of one person.