ARTEK was established in 2000 to educate Greenlandic and Danish students in Arctic Technology. In 2001, the first students started their education in Sisimiut, Greenland.
The centre will be run by Sanaartornermik Ilinniarfik (the Building and Construction School) in Sisimiut and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in Kongens Lyngby.
ARTEK was originally the abbreviation for Arctic Technology Centre, but from 2019 the name ARTEK Campus Sisimiut is used to describe DTU's campus in Sisimiut.