Arctic Council asks Circumpolar Universities Association (CUA) for a feasibility study on an Arctic university.
1998
CUA working group submits Final Report to the Arctic Council.
Arctic Council Iqaluit Declaration announces the "establishment of the University of the Arctic, a university without walls..."
Interim Council of the University of the Arctic formed; first meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska.
1999
UArctic Circumpolar Coordination Office (later the UArctic International Secretariat) established in Rovaniemi, Finland.
2000
Release of UArctic Integrated Plan, detailing program implementation of Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies, Arctic Learning Environment, and Circumpolar Mobility Program (later named north2north).
2001
Official launch of the University of the Arctic, in Rovaniemi, Finland.
2002
First students take Circumpolar Studies courses.
First students participate in pilot exchanges in north2north program.
Lars Kullerud appointed first UArctic Director (later President).
UArctic is granted official observer status at the Arctic Council.
2003
UArctic Undergraduate Office established at University of Saskatchewan, Canada to coordinate Circumpolar Studies program and delivery.
2004
UArctic north2north Mobility Office established at Finnmark University College, Norway (now part of UiT - The Arctic University of Norway).
2005
UArctic publishes the Strategic Plan 2005-2010, endorsing Thematic Networks as core program activities.
Thematic Coordination Office established at Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Finland.
Planning begins for UArctic’s participation in the International Polar Year.
2006
UArctic Russian Information Center established at Sakha State University, Yakutsk, Russia (now North-Eastern Federal University).
First degree graduates of Circumpolar Studies program.
2007
First UArctic Rectors' Forum held at Dartmouth College, USA.
UArctic participation in International Polar Year 2007-2008.
2008
Establishment of UArctic Catalog Office, to develop what is now the UArctic Studies Catalogue (education.uarctic.org).
2009
Publication of UArctic Strategic Plan 2009-2014.
GoNorth program established to support joint marketing, promotion and student recruitment efforts of UArctic member higher education institutions.
2010
UArctic’s first Vice-President Indigenous appointed
UArctic Research Office established at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University in Arkhangelsk, Russia.
2011
UArctic celebrates 10th anniversary at Council meeting in Lapland, Finland.
First non-Arctic members join UArctic.
IASC, IASSA, and UArctic sign agreement on research cooperation in the Arctic
2012
UArctic conducts External Review of its organization and activities, preceding the development of its next Strategic Plan.
2013
UArctic publishes its Strategic Plan 2020, reinforcing UArctic as a network organization that supports cooperative activities of its members in order to better serve the Circumpolar North.
2014
Relaunch of the UArctic website, including a new student-focussed portal and UArctic Study Catalogue.
New management structure, with President and Vice-Presidents Academic, Organization, Research, Interregional Cooperation, Indigenous, and Finance.
2015
Kingdom of Denmark (Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands) joins the north2north student mobility program.
2016
First ever UArctic Congress held in St. Petersburg, bringing together Council, Board, Rectors' Forum and a scientific conference.
