Type State College Administrative staff 100 Website samas.no Number of students 150 Academic staff 52 Campus Diehtosiida | Established 1989 Location Kautokeino, Norway Phone +47 78 44 84 00 Founded 1989 Rector Gunvor Guttorm | |
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Address Hannoluohkka 45, 9520 Kautokeino, Norway Similar Nesna University College, Finnmark University College, Harstad University College, UiT The Arctic University, Stord/Haugesund University College Profiles | ||
Sámi University of Applied Sciences (Northern Sami: Sámi allaskuvla, Norwegian: Samisk høgskole) is a university college that is located in the village of Kautokeino in Kautokeino Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It was established in 1989 and has about 150 students and 52 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 Sámi higher education, including education within teaching and journalism. The college attempts to develop its syllabi 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 Sápmi.