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In 2002, the Research Council of Norway established a scheme called the Centres of Excellence (SFF). The scheme is intended to stimulate Norwegian research communities to establish centres devoted to long-term basic research at a high international level, and aims to raise the quality of Norwegian research. More information on the SFF scheme and all the SFF centres can be found on on the Research Council's website.

UiT has three SFF centres:

Centre for ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate (iC3) (2023-): Bringing together world-leading experts, this centre will fill a vital knowledge gap in polar science by quantifying impacts of ice sheet change on Earth’s carbon cycle and sensitive ocean ecosystems.

CAGE (2013-23) - Center for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate
The centre investigates the role of gas hydrates in Arctic areas and the potential effects they will have on underwater ecosystems and our global climate in the future.

Hylleraas Centre for Quantum Molecular Sciences (2017-2022)

The centre aims to develop and apply computational methods to understand, interpret and predict new chemistry, physics and biology of molecules in complex and extreme environments. The centre is shared equally between the University of Oslo and the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, with the University of Oslo as the project owner.

The Centres for Research-based Innovation (SFI) are funded by the Research Council of Norway and develop competence at a high international level that is important for innovation and value creation. Innovation is strengthened through investment in long-term research in close collaboration between outstanding research environments and R&D-active companies. More information on the SFI project and all SFI centres can be found on the Research Council's website.

UiT has three SFI centers:

Visual Intelligence (2020-2028): Visual Intelligence aims to be the leading provider of new deep learning-based solutions for groundbreaking complex image analysis.

Dsolve - Biodegradable Plastics for Marine Applications (2020-2028): Dsolve aims to reduce plastic litter and associated problems (ghost fishing, macro and microplastic) caused by the fishery and aquaculture industries. The goal is that traditional plastics in these sectors can be replaced with new biodegradable materials.

CIRFA - Center for Integrated Remote Sensing and Forecasting for Arctic Operations (2015-2023): The overall ambition of CIRFA is that the centre will become a knowledge hub for research and development on Arctic surveillance technologies, with leading expertise in disciplines such as remote sensing, signal processing, radar technology, RPAS technology,  numerical modelling and data assimilation. CIRFA builds on broad expertise in remote sensing, and utilizes the significant infrastructure that has been built up in Tromsø in recent decades.

TREC - Thrombosis Research Centre

ARC - Arctic Centre for Sustainable Energy ​

CANS - Centre for New Antibacterial Strategies ​

COAST - Centre of Excellence in Maritime Simulator ​Training and Assessment ​

iEarth - Centre for Integrated Earth System Science ​Education: The centre is a national collaboration of partners from Norwegian universities and a Centre for Outstanding Education funded by NOKUT from August 2020.

INCLUDE - Research Centre on Socially Inclusive Energy Transition: The Center for Development and the Environment (SUM) at the University of Oslo hosts INCLUDE, and UiT is one of 7 partners. INCLUDE is funded by the Research Council of Norway through the program Social Science Research Centers for Environmentally Friendly Energy (FME Society).

NCLOS - Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea ​

ProTed - Centre for Professional Learning in Teacher Education. ProTed aims to generate new knowledge about teaching and learning, and will ensure students at UiO and UiT recieves an integrated, research based teacher education.

CASTL - The Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics

MASCOT - Auroa Senterer for Mathematicsl Structurues in Computation