University of Bergen
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 Latin: Universitas Bergensis |
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| Established | 1946 (1825) |
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| Type | Public University |
| Rector | Sigmund Grønmo |
| Staff | 3,000 (2006) |
| Students | 16,000 (2006) |
| Location | Bergen, Norway |
| Affiliations | Coimbra Group, EUA |
| Website | www.uib.no |
The University of Bergen (Universitetet i Bergen) is located in Bergen, Norway. Although founded as late as 1946, academic activity had taken place at Bergen Museum as far back as 1825. The university today caters for more than 16,000 students. It is one of six universities in Norway, the other five being the University of Oslo, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, the University of Tromsø, the University of Stavanger and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.
Home students (European citizens) do not pay fees to the university. Students are however required to be members of the student welfare organisation. As of Fall 2006, this fee (semesteravgift) is NOK 800 (approx. US$ 120) per year, and provides access to several services, including cultural activities, exercise facilities, childcare, refunds for many medical expenses and subsidized accommodation.
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[edit] Faculties
[edit] Faculty of Arts
- Department of Archaeology
- Department of Classics, Russian and the History of Religion
- Department of Cultural Studies and Art History
- Department of English
- Department of German
- Department of History
- Department of Linguistics and Comparative Literature
- Department of Nordic Languages and Literature
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Romance Studies
- Department of Music (Grieg Academy)
- Department of Humanist Informatics
- Section for the Language and Culture of the Middle East
[edit] Faculty of Dentistry
The Faculty of Dentistry, established in 1962, is one of two institutions in Norway educating dentists
[edit] Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law was established as a separate faculty in 1980, with legal studies and research having been conducted at the university since 1969. The faculty is one of three Norwegian institutions which offer legal studies, the other two being the law faculties at the University of Oslo and the University of Tromsø. The faculty offers a five-year programme leading to a Master's degree in law and a three-year PhD programme, and currently has approximately 1900 students.
[edit] Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Earth Science
- Department of Informatics
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Molecular Biology
- Department of Physics and Technology
- Geophysical Institute
[edit] Faculty of Medicine
- Centre for International Health
- Centre of Virology
- Department of Biomedicine
- Department of Clinical Medicine
- Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care
- Department of Surgical Sciences
- Gade's Institute
- Institute of Medicine
- Section for Medical Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition
- Vivarium
[edit] Faculty of Psychology
The University of Bergen is the only institution in the Nordic countries where the study of Psychology has been assigned to its own faculty. Established in 1980, it educates psychologists and is responsible for the University's pedagogic education.
[edit] Faculty of Social Sciences
- Centre for Development Studies
- Centre for Gender Studies
- Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
- Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP)
- Department of Administration and Organization Theory
- Department of Comparative Politics
- Department of Economy
- Department of Geography
- Department of Information Science and Media Studies
- Department of Social Anthropology
- Department of Sociology
- Intermedia
- The Rokkan Centre
[edit] External links
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| Private Colleges in Norway | |
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