About Yukon University Dawson City Campus

Yukon University is a publicly funded university, providing a wide range of programs to local and international students. We've earned a reputation for quality instruction and small class sizes, providing students with an outstanding educational experience. Our programming meets the needs of students and communities in the Yukon, and beyond.

We prioritize the uniqueness of the North as a driving factor in all that we do to preserve, thrive, and grow the Yukon, together.? With tailored learning opportunities and programs, our thirteen campuses play a critical role in delivering education throughout the Yukon. We invite students from across Canada and the world to come study with us and learn more about Canada’s north.

The Yukon is home to 37,000 inhabitants and revered for its wild, mountainous grandeur and beauty. It has long enticed visitors with outstanding recreational opportunities such as dog sledding, hiking, watching northern lights and canoeing world-famous rivers, as well as an impressive First Nations and gold rush history.

Yukon University has 13 campuses located across the Yukon, providing access to post-secondary education territory-wide. Whitehorse hosts the main campus and the Whitehorse Correctional Centre. Eleven other communities in the Yukon host campuses.

Come explore our campuses, meet our instructors, students, and staff, and experience the great outdoors like never before.

YukonU Campuses

YukonU Whitehorse Correctional Centre
YukonU Carcross
YukonU Carmacks
YukonU Dawson City
YukonU Faro
YukonU Haines Junction
YukonU Mayo
YukonU Old Crow
YukonU Pelly Crossing
YukonU Ross River
YukonU Teslin
YukonU Watson Lake
YukonU Whitehorse

Fact & Figures

1983

Year of Establishment

6030

Total Students

Programs

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Programs

Yukon University Dawson City Campus Undergraduate Program

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Creative Arts & Design

Certificate in Visual Art

The Dawson City Arts Society, Yukon University and Tr’ondek Hwech’in have designed an accredited visual arts program, which offers students the opportunity to learn a variety of traditional and contemporary visual arts disciplines and to study art history.

This program is offered in Dawson City, Yukon through the Yukon School of Visual Arts (Yukon SOVA). The program is accredited at Yukon University and transferable to Emily Carr University, University of the Fraser Valley, ACAD University, OCAD University, and NSCAD University.

With a focus on contemporary international art practices and a visual culture studies approach to art history, this program delivers courses in a holistic environment, recognizing how both intuitive and learned knowledge are used when one engages with and produces art.

The program’s integrated approach to studio and academic practices offers the learner the opportunity to make connections between: