Arctic Technology Centre


ARTEK was established in 2000 to educate Greenlandic and Danish students in Arctic Technology. In 2001, the first students started their education in Sisimiut, Greenland.
The centre will be run by Sanaartornermik Ilinniarfik in Sisimiut and the Technical University of Denmark in Kongens Lyngby.
ARTEK was originally the abbreviation for Arctic Technology Centre, but from 2019 the name ARTEK Campus Sisimiut is used to describe DTU's campus in Sisimiut.

International activities

In the later years, new and more international education opportunities have been added to the activities in Sisimiut. DTU's Arctic Semester was offered in Sisimiut for the first time in the spring of 2016, while the Nordic Master of Cold Climate Engineering was offered for the first time later the same year. Part of the Nordic Master in Cold Climate Engineering takes place in Sisimiut.
The operation of ARTEK is a joint venture between KTI in Sisimiut and DTU. ARTEK is funded by the Government of Greenland, private foundations and DTU.