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Sámi University College

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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

Sámi University College

Address
  
Hannoluohkka 45, 9520 Kautokeino, Norway

Similar
  
Nesna University College, Finnmark University College, Harstad University College, UiT The Arctic University, Stord/Haugesund University College

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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.

References

Sámi University College Wikipedia