Learning in Solitude: Universities Built in the World’s Most Isolated Locations

Svalbard University Centre (UNIS)

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University of the Highlands and Islands – Scotland, UK

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Quest University – Squamish, Canada

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University of Alaska Fairbanks – Alaska, USA

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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) – Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi – Himachal Pradesh, India

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University of Otago – Dunedin, New Zealand

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University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway

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