Fellowship Programme for Studies in the High North
Students planning to take courses within the following fields while
in Tromsø will be prioritized:
Please note that all courses may not be available at all times. Please consult our course
catalogue for updated information on the availability and content of singular courses
Social and Cultural sciences on MA –level with a High North and/or Indigenous
people’s focus
Examples: The courses Arctic Norway – Aspects of Culture (10 ECTS), Ethnographic
landscapes (10 ECTS), Indigenous revitalization – languages, literature and arts (10 ECTS),
Master class in Russian Cognitive Linguistics (MA-level=, Concepts and Categories:
Contemporary Russian Cognitive Linguistics (10 ECTS). This course can be combined with f.
ex 20 ECTS from the other programs mentioned here.
Courses from the Master’s degree programs Indigenous Studies and Northern Governance
and Indigenous Innovation
Courses from the Master’s degree program in Peace and Conflict Transformation: F. ex the
courses: Integrated Peace and Conflict Studies; Culture Conflict and Society; Conflict
Resolution and Conflict Transformation.
Law (MA-level): these courses are open to exchange students: General Law of the Sea; Indigenous
People’s Rights; Energy Law.
Music: Principal Instrument 1, 2, 3. Courses on BA and MA –level. Performing emphasis
Contemporary Fine Art s. 30 ECTS in thematic /conceptual Art on MA –level: Thematic Fields
fundaments; Thematic Fields Advanced
Arctic Biology (BA- level): Arctic Biology (10 ECTS); Ecosystems Management I (10 ECTS);
Marine Ecology (30 ECTS)
Arctic Biology (MA- level)Arctic Pollution (10 ECTS); Animal Physiology (10 ECTS);
Northern Populations and Ecosystems (10 ECTS); Production and Growth in Polar Areas
(10 ECTS); Ecosystem Management II (10 ECTS).
Space physics MA-level),F.ex the courses: Introduction to Plasma Physics; Chaos and
fractals; Cosmic Geophysics; Plasma in Interplanetary Space and more.
Energy and climate (MA-level)
F. ex the courses Climate dynamics; Fusion Plasma Fhysics; Geothermal EnergyGeology (MA-level)Courses from the MA-program, f. ex Advanced Structural Geology;
Sedimentary Processes and Products; Petroleoum geology; Tectonics; Reconstructing
Quaternary marine Climate and Environments; Drilling and production of oil and gas; Arctic
marine geology and geophysics workshop, Environmental geology and more.
Chemistry with specialization in Molecular Biosystems – Marine biosprecting (MAlevel). Courses from the MA-program.
Fellowship Programme for Studies in the High North