Fakta

Sted:
UNIS - Longyearbyen
Studietype:
Lavere nivå

Informasjon oppdatert

29. mai 2023.

Om studiet

Svalbard (78°N) is the northernmost location on Earth that can easily be visited at any time of the year. The students at UNIS have the opportunity to sit ring-side to observe phenomena that are specific to Polar regions and study the physical processes that lead up to them. UNIS seeks to introduce students to the entire vertical column, from the deep of the oceans up to the outermost boundary of the atmosphere, as a dynamic system with a large variety of processes going on inside each layer as well as interactions between them.

UNIS offers bachelor, Master and PhD courses in Arctic geophysics.

Specific fields of study

Oceanography: At Svalbard you are in an excellent position to study the complicated air-ice-sea interaction processes in nature’s own laboratory.

Meteorology: Study the processes related to very stable boundary layers and the contrast between cold ice/snow surfaces and relatively warm sea that leads to atmospheric phenomena that can only be observed in Polar Regions.

Cryosphere: A distinct feature of the Arctic is the cryosphere. The high Arctic setting in combination with frequent occurrence of warm spells coming from south makes Svalbard a unique place for studying the dynamics of snow and ice in a changing climate.

Middle Polar Atmosphere: The middle atmosphere is an interface between the neutral atmosphere (meteorology) and partly ionised layers of the upper atmosphere. It includes unique phenomena from meteor ablation to airglow and atmospheric waves. In the polar regions it plays an important role in chemical and dynamical processes related to atmospheric ozone content.

Upper Polar Atmosphere: Svalbard is at daytime located underneath the polar cusp opening towards the interplanetary space. The polar cusp region is where the solar-terrestrial coupling is most direct and strongest. The two months of darkness mid-winter makes Svalbard one of the most ideal places for ground-based observations of daytime Aurora Borealis.

The applicant must be enrolled at Bachelor-, Master- or PhD level at a Norwegian institution of higher education or an accredited international institution of higher education. The minimum academic prerequisite is 60 ECTS in general natural sciences, in addition to course specific requirements listed in each course description.

Opptaksinformasjon

Application deadlines

  • Summer courses: 15 February
  • Autumn courses: 15 April
  • Spring courses: 15 October

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