Universities in Norway

BI Norwegian Business School is a self-owned, not-for-profit foundation with a sole focus on education and research. It offers a range of academic programmes including bachelor, master, and PhD degrees with an international focus.

Nord University is organized into five faculties, each led by a dean with academic and administrative responsibility for their respective areas. The university is also a co-owner of several research companies and has multiple academic centers.

The Norwegian Academy of Music is a leading artistic and academic university with Norway's largest educational environment in music. It offers higher education in music and trains music therapists, instrumentalists, singers, church musicians, music educators, conductors, composers, and music teachers.

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) offers doctoral and graduate-level engineering programmes in a host of science and technology fields. It also provides a wide range of master's-level programmes taught entirely in English.

The Norwegian Defence University College is dedicated to higher education and research in the fields of land power, sea power, air power, military power and leadership, joint operations, intelligence, defence and security policy. The college is academically independent and provides education at the bachelor and master levels to military professionals from all branches of the Norwegian Armed Forces, partners and civilians.

NHH is a Triple Crown accredited business school and among the best ranked institutions in Europe. The school offers programmes in business, economics, and data science, and is known for its strong focus on research and international cooperation.

The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) is located on a beautiful campus in Ås, just outside Oslo. The university focuses on science, technology and innovation for sustainable development.

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology is a public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim, with regional campuses in Gjøvik and Ålesund.

OsloMet offers research and education with direct relevance to society and working life. The university provides study programmes within social work, social policy, child welfare, business and public management, journalism, media studies, and archivistics, library and information science.

The Oslo National Academy of the Arts is a public university college established in 1996 through the merger of five colleges. It offers bachelor's, master's, and one-year programmes in arts-related fields and is accredited as a specialised university institution.

Sámi University of Applied Sciences is a small institution with an international environment. Its areas of competence include teaching & pedagogy, Sámi language and literature, social science, indigenous journalism, Sámi traditional handicraft (duodji) and reindeer herding.

Østfold University College is a publicly funded institution that offers a broad range of one-year programmes, bachelor's and master's degree programmes. The institution is organized into several faculties and departments, including the Faculty of Health, Welfare and Organisation, the Faculty of Computer Science, Engineering and Economics, and the Faculty of Teacher Education and Languages.

The University of Agder is a Norwegian institution that offers a variety of bachelor's and master's degree programmes. It has seen a significant increase in international student enrollment and maintains a strategic focus on internationalisation.

The University of Bergen is a public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several scientific institutions that dated as far back as 1825. It is Norway's second-oldest university, and is considered to be one of the nation's four so-called "established universities." It has faculties and programmes in all the academic fields typical of a classical university, as well as such degree programmes as medicine and law that, traditionally, only the "established universities" are authorized by law to offer. It is also one of Norway's leading universities in many o

The University of Nordland, previously Bodø University College, was a public university located in Bodø, Norway. In January 2016, the university was merged with Nesna University College and Nord-Trøndelag University College, becoming Nord University.

The University of Oslo is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick University, the university was established in 1811 as the de facto Norwegian continuation of Denmark–Norway's common university, the University of Copenhagen, with which it shares many traditions. It was named for King Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway, and received its current name in 1939. The university was commonly nicknamed "The Royal Frederick's" before the name change, and informally also referred to simply as Universitetet.

The University of South-Eastern Norway, commonly known as USN, is a Norwegian state university. It has campuses in Bø in Telemark, Porsgrunn, Notodden, Rauland, Drammen, Hønefoss, Kongsberg and Horten. USN is a continuation of the three former university colleges, Telemark University College, Buskerud University College and Vestfold University College, which merged between 2014 and 2016 to form the University College of South-Eastern Norway. The institution was granted the status of a full university by the King-in-Council on 4 May 2018.

The University of Stavanger is a research university that offers study programmes within science and technology fields, as well as performing arts. It aims to strengthen its position as an attractive and international research university.

UiT The Arctic University of Norway is a multi-campus university spread throughout Northern Norway with a strong dedication to Northern issues. The university offers a broad range of study programmes and maintains a highly international academic community.