Student blogs
Our students studying in the Arctic
An Erasmus agreement between SAMS and the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), enables students to study Arctic science as part of their undergraduate or postgraduate degrees. The option to study at UNIS allows students to progress to achieving a degree in Marine Science with Arctic Studies, a unique qualification in the UK.
Postgraduate on Spitzbergen
Marie Porter, a PhD student studying oceanography and glaciology in the North Atlantic, has taken part in an Arctic glaciology course at UNIS during February and March 2010. More about Marie...
Undergrad exchange August 2009
3rd year students Carl Ballantine and Jordan Grigor had been studying at the University Centre in Svalbard. As they returned to Oban, Jill McColl arrived in Longyearbyen, Spitzbergen, to start her studies. Read all about Jill's experiences here...
