Northern (Arctic) Federal University
Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NArFU) was established in June 2010 by merging a number of leading Arkhangelsk higher educational institutions. It includes 7 higher schools, 2 institutes, 3 colleges and 3 branches providing educational services to over 17,000 students. Staff consists of over 1160 lecturers. NArFU has more than 70 agreements of international cooperation with partner universities.
One of the major NArFU research focuses is the Arctic development. Core areas of NArFU academic focus are high technologies and knowledge-intensive sectors, infrastructure development and Northern Sea Route, natural resources management, environmental protection and climate change, health and well-being, social sphere and human resources in the High North.
As a federal university NArFU develops a system of higher professional education that will optimize regional educational structures and strengthen links between educational institutions and economic and social spheres in the North-West of Russia.
HIGHER SCHOOLS
- Higher School of Social Sciences, Humanities and International Communication
- Higher School of Natural Sciences and Technologies
- Higher School of Information Technologies and Automated Systems
- Higher School of Economics, Management and Law
- Higher School of Engineering
- Higher School of Energy, Oil and Gas
- Higher School of Psychology and Pedagogical Education
- Institute of Shipbuilding and Arctic Marine Engineering (Severodvinsk)
COLLEGES
- Technological College of Emperor Peter I
- Technical College (branch in Severodvinsk)
BRANCHES
- Koryazhma Branch
- Severodvinsk branch
- Naryan-Mar Representative Office
Facts and figures
Web | http://www.narfu.ru |
---|---|
Year Established | 2010 |
Total Number of Staff | 4165 |
Number of Academic Staff | 1163 |
Number of Students | 19000 |
Focus Areas | Building engineering in a cold climate environment |
Web link for international students | https://narfu.ru/en/ |
Fields of Study Offered | Teacher training and education science (broad programmes) Arts (broad programmes) Humanities (broad programmes) Social and behavioural science (broad programmes) Business and administration (broad programmes) Law (broad programmes) Physical science (broad programmes) Engineering and engineering trades (broad programmes) Manufacturing and processing (broad programmes) Agriculture, forestry and fishery (broad programmes) Environmental protection (broad programmes) |
Latest programs
- Master History and Culture of the Circumpolar World: comparative research
- Master Arctic Law
- Master European Studies: Arctic Focus
- Master Environmental Risks Management in the Arctic (ERMA)
- Bachelor Diverse Arctic: Local Challenges — Global Changes
- Master EU and Russia in the Arctic: History of Cultural and Political Interaction
- Bachelor Russian Studies Programme
Latest courses
- Bachelor Master PhD Other Summer School in Arctic Law
- PhD International PhD School “Russia in the Arctic Dialogue: Local and Global Context”
- Bachelor Master PhD Other Arctic Floating University