The main building, called Sólborg is a series of interconnected sections built in numerous phases since 1967.

Teaching is conducted in two buildings at the University of Akureyri campus (Norðurslóð) called Sólborg and Borgir.

They are taught by experienced scholars and practitioners from UNAK and other national and international partner universities and research institutions, all of them specialized in the field of Polar Law.

UNAK's policy with the emphasis on Arctic issues has created uniqueness for the university which is now both domestically and abroad recognized for teaching and research in disciplines related to the North.

The CEO of the network, Embla Eir Oddsdóttir, has for many years worked on projects and studies relating to the Arctic.

This exchange of teachers has taken place in many countries including: the United Kingdom, Denmark, Latvia, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, and France.

The innovative agreement signed by the academic and research partners will center on academic exchanges and joint course offerings, research initiatives, capacity building, economic development activities, and service-learning.

The NAC3 project aims to focus on academic exchange, course development and collaborative research in the areas of climate change, climate literacy, health and wellness, ocean dynamics, sustainability, informal public education, economic development, technology exchange, and water resources, among others.

T he program is cross-disciplinary and prepares students for diverse positions in both the public and private sectors.

The programme emphasises ideas and methods from ecology, sociology, economics and business studies.

The core course are : Marine Environment Challenges Students can choose from a number of electives to fulfill the taught part of the program, including but not limited to: Among the fields which the master's program in Coastal and Marine Management prepares students to work in are resource and land use planning, environmental impact assessment, consulting work, teaching and research.

The program is internationally oriented and taught in English, and both students and instructors come from a diverse range of countries.

The master's program in Coastal and Marine Management brings together people of different backgrounds who share their experience, knowledge, and ideas in a small-scale, creative and fertile intellectual environment, with the goal of finding ways of using natural resources in a sustainable way.

The program gives students insight into coastal and marine issues and the nature and conditions of starting and running an innovative micro-business.

Students work closely with the Innovation Centre Iceland and the Westfjords economy.

These skills are also valuable in the labor market in general, in fields such as project managing, strategic planning and decision making for example.

In this sense the program provides students with excellent skills that are useful in the ever-changing modern labor market that demands independent work methods, innovative spirit and self-discipline.