Murmansk Arctic University

Murmansk Arctic University founded in 1950 is the largest university in Murmansk.
Initially it had a name of the High Marine School. Later it received the status of the Russian State Academy of Fishing Fleet and since 1996 it has become the Memek State Technical University. In 2023, Murmansk State Technical University was renamed to Murmansk Arctic University.

Faculties

Today Murmansk Arctic University comprises three faculties, four institutes and the Marine Academy. Mesiatsev Murmansk Marine Fishing College and Arkhangelsk Fishing Technical College count as branches of MSTU.

The Marine Academy
The Faculty of Arctic Technologies
The Faculty of Part-Time Education
The Faculty of Social and Economic Studies
The Institute of Natural Science and Technology
The Institute of Economics, Management and Law
The Institute of Distance Learning
The Further Professional Education Institute

International collaboration

The university is a 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 collaboration has been paused after the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2022.