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Greenland Higher Education

Greenland Higher Education

Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. In 1979, the Greenland Home Rule Act came into force. The law has meant that Greenland has taken over a large number of political, economic and social functions, which were previously regulated from Denmark. Higher education in Greenland Greenland has a limited supply of higher education. The University of Greenland offers a number of professional bachelor’s, bachelor’s and master’s programs. In addition, there are a few short higher educations in Greenland as…

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Vocational Training in Greenland

Vocational Training in Greenland

At the maritime school in Paamiut you can take a vocational education in shipping, fishing and navigation. You can also train as a sheep farmer at the sheep farm school in Upernaviarsuk. At the University of Greenland Ilisimatusarfik you can take a higher education. Greenland is the world’s largest island and at the same time the northernmost land area in the world with the northernmost point, Cape Morris Jesup, only 740 km from the North Pole. Approx. 85 percent of…

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Greenland Education

Greenland Education

Training The primary school in Greenland comprises about 9,000 pupils, distributed to 86 schools (1997). Since 1980, the Home Board has been responsible for the school and its curricula. The language of instruction is Greenlandic. Danish can be a language of instruction if necessary. The nine years of compulsory schooling are fulfilled in primary school, and in order to be able to move on to upper secondary education a two-year continuing school is required and, if necessary, another one-year supplementary…

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