Sámi University of Applied Sciences (, ) is a

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that is located in the village of

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Kautokeino Municipality Kautokeino (; ; ; ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Kautokeino (village), village of Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino. Other villag ...

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county,

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. It was established in 1989 and has about 200 students and 110 faculty, technical and administrative staff. It is one of 25 Norwegian state university colleges. Since 2009 it has been located at the campus complex of Diehtosiida. Sámi University of Applied Sciences has a national responsibility for

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higher education, including education within

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and

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. The college attempts to develop its

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on the basis of Sámi needs, and attempts to develop Sámi as an academic language. The college has students from all four countries covered by

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History

The Sámi University of Applied Sciences started operation on 1 January 1989 in Guovdageaidnu. Students from the Sámi department of the Alta

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had been transferred to the new school the year prior; the students were studying . Regular lessons were started 4 September. The school was officially opened on 1 November during Guovdageaidnu's cultural week. In 2005, the Nordic Sámi Institute () was merged into the university.

International collaboration

The university is an active member of the

University of the Arctic The University of the Arctic (UArctic) is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arcti ...

. 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. The university also 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.

Notable people

* Laila Susanne Vars (born 1976) is a Norwegian-sámi lawyer and former politician * Britta Marakatt-Labba - Sámi textile artist * Pigga Keskitalo - Sámi politician and academic *

Per Isak Juuso Per Isak Nikolaus Juuso, born 1 May 1953 in Karesuando parish, Norrbotten County, Sweden, is a Swedish-Sámi artisan and teacher. Biography Per Isak Juuso grew up in Mertajärvi, south of Karesuando. His parents were active reindeer herders and h ...

(born 1953), Swedish-Sámi artisan and teacher

References

External links

Official Sámi University of Applied Sciences website
Sámi University of Applied Sciences Kautokeino Sámi in Norway Sámi organisations Indigenous organisations in Norway 1989 establishments in Norway Educational institutions established in 1989 {{Norway-university-stub