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| Established | 1987 |
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| Rector | Gitte Adler Reimer |
Academic staff | 60 |
Administrative staff | 115 |
| Students | 600 |
| Location | , |
| Affiliations | UArctic |
| Website | uni.gl |
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TheUniversity of Greenland (Greenlandic:Ilisimatusarfik Kalaallit Nunaat;Danish:Grønlands Universitet) isGreenland's onlyuniversity. It is in the capital city ofNuuk. Most courses are taught inDanish, a few inGreenlandic and classes by exchange lecturers often inEnglish.
The university had an enrollment of 205 students in 2018,[1] composed of mostly Greenlandic inhabitants. It has around fourteen academic staff and five technical-administrative employees.[2] The modest student population is due, in part, to most Greenlandic students going touniversities in Denmark.[3][4]
The University of Greenland was established in 1987 to provide localhigher education for Greenland. It was originally located in the formerMoravian mission station ofNeu Herrnhut, and moved into a dedicated research complex, Ilimmarfik, in 2009. The university has aDKK 14.8 million budget.[citation needed]
The university has multiple programmes:[5]
Focus areas:
The university awardsbaccalaureate degrees in all departments andMaster's Degrees in all areas except theology. Doctorate programmes are also offered.
The university is an active member of theUniversity 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.[6]
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.[7]
Tia became director of Ilisimatusarfik at the beginning of 2009 after the former rector, Ole Marquardt, resigned in protest over new administrative laws introduced to the university in 2007.[8]Gitte Adler Reimer assumed the role on 1 December 2017.[9]
Due to the small number of faculty, many specialized classes are offered by guest faculty, often coming from Danish universities, but also coming from other countries. Guest faculty at Ilisimatusarfik are often specialists for research on Greenland, combining teaching at Ilisimatusarfik with their research while staying on Greenland.
The university library holds approximately 30,000 volumes.
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