Go to content
NORDREGIO REPORT 2025:10

Higher education
beyond major urban areas in the Nordics

Anna Berlina, Eva Maersk, Jonas Kačkus Tybjerg,
Lumi Tomren, Myriam Chilvers, Anna Vasilevskaya

Introduction

Higher education policies in the Nordic Region - a spatial perspective

Six Nordic case studies

- The University and Study Centre of Holbæk, Denmark
- Åland University of Applied Sciences, Finland 
- Campus Jakobstad, Finland
- University of Akureyri, Iceland
- Campus Nesna, Nord University, Norway
- Campus Sundsvall, Mid Sweden University, Sweden

Key findings and
learnings