UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Country: Norway

Date of Foundation: 1968

International Rankings: • 2021 Shanghai ARWU: 501-600th rank (4th national rank) • 2022 Times Higher Education WUR: 351-400th rank • 2022 QS WUR: 440th rank

Organisation: 6 Faculties (including one Faculty of Health Sciences); 10 Campuses

Facts & Figures: • 16,750 students • 3,500 teaching and administrative staff

Strengths: Arctic Studies; Environment/Climate Studies; Health, Welfare & Quality of Life

Norwegian Centres of Excellence: Centre for Advanced Studies in Theoretical Linguistics (CASTL), Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (CTCC)

Tromsø-based Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine (NST) was appointed a World Health Organization Collaboration Centre in 2002

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