Arctic Center
The University of Lapland’s Arctic Centre is a research and science centre located near the Arctic Circle on the banks of the Ounasjoki river at the striking Arktikum. The Institute with its Science Centre exhibitions employs about sixty people who conduct internationally high-level multidisciplinary research, carry out project services, maintain a science exhibitions, information servicse and a library, and also provide education.

The aim of the Arctic Centre is to become the top-level unit on Europe’s Northern Dimension and and center for knowledge of the Arctic.