University of Greenland
The University of Greenland is Greenland's only university. It is in the capital city of Nuuk. Most courses are taught in Danish, a few in Greenlandic and classes by exchange lecturers often in English.
The university had an enrollment of 205 students in 2018, composed of mostly Greenlandic inhabitants. It has around fourteen academic staff and five technical-administrative employees. The modest student population is due, in part, to most Greenlandic students going to universities in Denmark.
History
The University of Greenland was established in 1987 to provide local higher education for Greenland. It was originally located in the former Moravian mission station of Neu Herrnhut, and moved into a dedicated research complex, Ilimmarfik, in 2009. The university has a DKK 14.8 million budget.Institutes
The university has multiple programmes:- Teacher training and education science
- Humanities
- Social and behavioural science
- Business and administration
- Law
- Health
- Social services
- Greenlandic culture and history
- Greenlandic political system
- Greenlandic literature and media
- Health science in the Arctic
- Climate and society
International collaboration
The university is an active member of the University of the Arctic. UArctic is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of more than 200 universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arctic region.The university participates in UArctic's mobility program north2north. The aim of that program is to enable students of member institutions to study in different parts of the North.