International at UiT


Cooperation on research and education across boundaries take many shapes, both at home and abroad.
 
Internationalisation is a tool for academic and personal development, and an important contributiuon to institutional learning at UiT. International cooperation contributes to quality through joint efforts, new ideas and exchange of experience.
Developing the High North - UiT`s Strategy towards 2020 contains several statements on the need for paying attention to international cooperation:
 
UiT The Arctic University of Norway is a medium-sized research university that contributes to knowledge-based development at the regional, national and international level
 
UiT will be at the international forefront in the following areas of knowledge:
  • Energy, climate, society and environment
  • Technology
  • Health, welfare and quality of life
  • Community development and democratisation
  • Sustainable use of resources
UiT will offer research-based education of the highest international quality standards
 
A good and creative learning environment: UiT will increase the recruitment of new students on regionally, nationally and internationally
 
UiT will be a research-driven university with researchers and research groups that are innovative and at the international research frontier in their fields, and have PhD programmes that are internationally competitive.
 
UiT will build knowledge and competence with international partners through education, research and artistic and professional development
 
Work environment and organisation: UiT will facilitate increased international mobility

International cooperation is a precondition in order for UiT The Arctic University of Norway to offer outstanding education and worldlleading research - students, employees researchers, academic groups and departments. In this portal you will find information about international contacts, cooperation and possibilities at UiT.

Contact

E-mail: mobility@uit.no

SIS on web: uit.no/sis
This page: uit.no/international

Telephone: +47 7764 4000

Mail:
UiT The Arctic University of Norway - SIS
P.O.box 6050 Langnes
NO-9037 TROMSØ, Norway

Visiting in Tromsø:
Øvre Lysthus, Huginbakken 11