Yukon University is a flexible, post-secondary institution in Whitehorse, Yukon, with 13 campuses across the territory.
Yukon University is a flexible, post-secondary institution grounded in research and education relevant to the North. Its address is 500 University Drive, PO Box 2799, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5K4. Its vision is to become a thriving learning and research community leading Canada's North.
The university traces its history to the founding of the Whitehorse Vocational and Technical Training Centre in 1963, which opened its doors in June of that year. College status was granted in spring 1983, when the institution became Yukon College. In spring 2020, Yukon College was granted university status and all thirteen campuses were renamed Yukon University. The Whitehorse campus moved from downtown to its current location, 2km up the hill, in 1988, and the main campus was officially opened with a potlatch in October 1988.
Yukon University's mission is to provide inclusive, quality education experiences that equip learners to seize opportunities, make change and positively impact local and global communities. Since 1995, the institution has offered a Bachelor of Social Work program in partnership with the University of Regina. Training teachers in the Yukon began in 1977 at Yukon College as a UBC after degree program, which graduated 70 students by the time it ended in 1982.
The university has 13 campuses that deliver education throughout the Yukon. The Northern Research Centre was established at the Yukon College Ayamdigut Campus in the 1990s to support research 'By the North—For the North—In the North'. Facilities listed include a gymnasium, campus store, library, Innovation Commons, campus housing, a daycare, and a Hilltop Bistro.
Yukon University accepts applications from Canadian and permanent resident applicants, international applicants, and through Open Studies.