The three-day science section of the UArctic Congress 2016 was officially opened on Wednesday, Sept 14 on the Mikhailovskaya Dacha Campus of Saint Petersburg University.



This year's Student Forum is organized in conjunction with the UArctic Congress 2016 in St Petersburg. The Student Forum participants have their own program on Sept 12-14, and they will also attend the Congress science sessions and plenaries on Sept 15 and 16.

The second group of UArctic Student Ambassadors receive their training and participate in the annual Student Forum in St Petersburg as part of the UArctic Congress 2016, and also meet Ambassadors from the first group.

From September 12 to 16, St. Petersburg State University hosts the first ever UArctic Congress, the University of the Arctic’s largest meeting to date – with over five hundred participants.

The Arctic Centre University of Lapland, Nordregio, University of Akureyri and Chiba University are creating a new UArctic Thematic Network on Migration in the Arctic. Migration and population change across the Arctic during the past, present, and to the future have been and will remain key aspects of the quality of life in t...




The first ever UArctic Congress is being held in St. Petersburg, Russia, September 12-16, 2016 hosted by St. Petersburg State University. Final preparations are being made and we are looking forward to seeing you all at the biggest UArctic meeting to date, with over 500 registered participants.