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University of Bergen
Universitetet i Bergen
Seal of the University of Bergen
Latin: Universitas Bergensis
Established 1946 (1825)
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. Image File history File links Uni-Bergen-emblem. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings, but all of them indicate someone who is in charge of something. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... County Hordaland District Midhordland Municipality NO-1201 Administrative centre Bergen Mayor (2004) Herman Friele (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 215 465 km² 445 km² 0. ... Founded in 1985 and formally constituted by Charter in 1987, the Coimbra Group is a network of European universities which gathers 39 of the older universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, Salamanca, Bristol, Leuven/Louvain, Montpellier, Uppsala, Göttingen, Heidelberg, Jagiellonian, Dublin, Bologna, Siena, Leiden, Coimbra, Barcelona and Granada. ... The European University Association (EUA) is the main voice of the higher education community in Europe. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... County Hordaland District Midhordland Municipality NO-1201 Administrative centre Bergen Mayor (2004) Herman Friele (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 215 465 km² 445 km² 0. ... Natural History part of Bergen Museum The Bergen Museum in Bergen, Norway, was founded in 1825, with the intent of building large collections in the fields of culture and natural history. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... The University of Oslo (in Norwegian Universitetet i Oslo, in Latin Universitas Osloensis) was founded in 1811 as Universitas Regia Fredericiana (the Royal Frederick University, in Norwegian Det Kongelige Frederiks Universitet). ... The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, known by its Norwegian acronym NTNU (from Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet), is located in Trondheim and is attended by about 20,000 students. ... County District Municipality NO-1601 Administrative centre Trondheim Mayor (2003-) Rita Ottervik (AP) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 258 342 km² 322 km² 0. ... The University of Tromsø (Universitetet i Tromsø) is the worlds northernmost university. ... The University of Stavanger (UiS) is located in Stavanger, Norway and has about 9,000 students and 910 administration, faculty and service staff. ... The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Universitetet for miljø- og biovitenskap, UMB) is a university in Norway, established as agricultural school in 1859. ...


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. The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...

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Faculties

Faculty of Humanism

  • Institute for Foreign Languages (Arabic, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and German) (IF)
  • Institute for Lingvistics, Litterary and Estethical studies (LLE)
  • Institute for Archeology, History, Cultures and Religion (AHKR)
  • Institute for Philosophy and First Semester Studies (see Examen philosophicum and Examen facultatum) (FOF)
  • The Grieg Academy – Institute for Music

As of 1. August 2007. The faculty is currently revising it's structure and names. Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... Look up English, english in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Examen philosophicum (ex. ...


Faculty of Dentistry

The Faculty of Dentistry, established in 1962, is one of two institutions in Norway educating dentists


Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law at the University of Bergen, seen from Magnus Lagabøtes plass.
The Faculty of Law at the University of Bergen, seen from Magnus Lagabøtes plass.

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. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Magnus Lagabøte (lit. ... The University of Oslo (in Norwegian Universitetet i Oslo, in Latin Universitas Osloensis) was founded in 1811 as Universitas Regia Fredericiana (the Royal Frederick University, in Norwegian Det Kongelige Frederiks Universitet). ... The University of Tromsø (Universitetet i Tromsø) is the worlds northernmost university. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...


Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

  • Department of Biology
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Geophysics
  • Department of Geoscience
  • Department of Informatics
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Molecular Biology
  • Department of Physics and Technology
  • Centre for Pharmacy
  • Centre for Environmental and resource studies

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

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.


Faculty of Social Sciences

  • Institute for Administration and Organizational Science
  • Institute for Geography
  • Institute for Information- and Media Science
  • Institute for Comparative Politics
  • Institute for Social Anthropology
  • Institute for Economics
  • Institute for Sociology
  • Centre for Development Studies
  • Centre for Gender Studies
  • Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
  • Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP)
  • Intermedia
  • The Rokkan Centre

External links

Coordinates: 60°23′17.11″N, 5°19′22.34″E Wittgenstein and Hitler in school photograph taken at the Linz Realschule in 1903. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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Coimbra Group of European research universities

Aarhus • Barcelona • Bergen • Bologna • Bristol • Budapest • Cambridge • Coimbra • Dublin • Edinburgh • Galway • Geneva • Göttingen • Granada • Graz • Groningen • Heidelberg • Iaşi • Jena • Kraków • Leiden • Leuven • Louvain-la-Neuve • Lyon • Montpellier • Oxford • Padua • Pavia • Poitiers • Prague • Salamanca • Siena • Tartu • Thessaloniki • Turku I • Turku II • Uppsala • Würzburg Founded in 1985 and formally constituted by Charter in 1987, the Coimbra Group is a network of European universities which gathers 39 of the older universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, Salamanca, Bristol, Leuven/Louvain, Montpellier, Uppsala, Göttingen, Heidelberg, Jagiellonian, Dublin, Bologna, Siena, Leiden, Coimbra, Barcelona and Granada. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... Aarhus Universitet or the University of Aarhus is a university based in Ã…rhus, Denmark. ... The University of Barcelona (Catalan: , Spanish: , UB) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Spain. ... The University of Bologna (Italian: , UNIBO) is the oldest continually operating degree-granting university in the world, and the second biggest university in Italy. ... The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. ... This article is about Eötvös Loránd University, which is often referred to as University of Budapest. ... The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the worlds most prestigious universities. ... The University of Coimbra (Portuguese: Universidade de Coimbra) is a Portuguese public university in Coimbra, Portugal. ... The University of Dublin, corporately designated the Chancellor, Doctors and Masters of the University of Dublin located in Dublin, Ireland, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, making it Irelands oldest university. ... The University of Edinburgh (Scottish Gaelic: ), founded in 1582,[4] is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... The National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI, Galway) (Irish Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh or OÉ, Gaillimh) can trace its existence to 1845 as Queens College, Galway and was known until recently as University College, Galway (UCG) (Irish: Coláiste na hOllscoile, Gaillimh or COG). ... The University of Geneva (Université de Genève) is a university in Geneva, Switzerland. ... The Georg-August University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, often called the Georgia Augusta) was founded in 1734 by George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, and opened in 1737. ... The University of Granada is a university at Granada, Spain, first founded by the Moors in 1349 and then officially founded in 1531 by the Emperor Carlos V, with support of Pope Clemente VII. The University is home to foreign students from around the world at the Universitys Modern... University of Graz The University of Graz (German, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz), a university located in Graz, Austria, is the second-largest university in Austria. ... The University of Groningen, established in 1614, it is the second oldest and third largest university in the Netherlands, boasting more than 100,000 graduates since its inception. ... The Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (German Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; also known as simply University of Heidelberg) was established in the town of Heidelberg, then the seat of the Counts Palatine, Prince-Electors of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1386. ... The University of IaÅŸi (in full: Alexander John Cuza University, IaÅŸi; Romanian: Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza, IaÅŸi) is a university in IaÅŸi, Romania. ... Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (FSU) is located in Jena, Thuringia in Germany and was named for the German writer Friedrich Schiller in 1934. ... Jagiellonian University (Polish: Uniwersytet JagielloÅ„ski, often shortened to UJ) is located in Krakow, Poland, and has been ranked by the Times Higher Education Supplement as the best Polish university. ... Leiden University, located in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the Netherlands[1]. It is a member of the Coimbra Group, the Europaeum and the League of European Research Universities. ... The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven in English - also the translated name of its French-speaking sister university) or K.U. Leuven is a Flemish university, located in the town of Leuven in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking (northern) region of Belgium. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Catholic University of Leuven (french-speaking). ... The University of Lyon is a university in Lyon, France Categories: Substubs ... The University of Montpellier, (Université de Montpellier), is a French university in Montpellier. ... The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ... Gymnasivm Patavinum: The Universitys main Bo palace shown in a 1654 woodcut The University of Padua (Italian Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) located in Padua, Italy was founded in 1222. ... The University of Pavia is a university in Pavia, Italy. ... University of Poitiers is a university located in Poitiers, France, founded in 1431 by Pope Eugenius IV and chartered by King Charles VII of France. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The University of Salamanca (Spanish: Universidad de Salamanca), located in the town of Salamanca, west of Madrid, is the second oldest university in Spain (the first one is the university of Palencia, now disappeared), and one of the oldest in Europe. ... The University of Siena (Università di Siena, UNISI) in Tuscany is one of the older universities of Italy, founded in the 13th century, initially as a Studium. ... The University of Tartu (Estonian: ; German: ) is a classical university in the city of Tartu Estonia. ... The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (often referred to in English as Aristotelian University), named after the philosopher Aristotle, is the largest university of Greece. ... The University of Turku (Finnish Turun yliopisto, Swedish Ã…bo universitet), located in Turku in southwestern Finland, is the second largest university in the country as measured by student enrolment. ... For the historical Ã…bo Akademi, now known as University of Helsinki, see Royal Academy of Ã…bo. ... Uppsala University (Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a public university in Uppsala, Sweden. ... [ recorded in this] The University of Würzburg is a university in Würzburg, Germany, founded in 1402. ...

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Universities in Norway

Public: Bergen • NTNU • Oslo • Stavanger • Tromsø • UMB This list of universities in Norway presents the countrys universities, giving their locations, abbreviated titles (in Norwegian), and years of establishment. ... The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, known by its Norwegian acronym NTNU (from Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet), is located in Trondheim and is attended by about 20,000 students. ... The University of Oslo (in Norwegian Universitetet i Oslo, in Latin Universitas Osloensis) was founded in 1811 as Universitas Regia Fredericiana (the Royal Frederick University, in Norwegian Det Kongelige Frederiks Universitet). ... The University of Stavanger (UiS) is located in Stavanger, Norway and has about 9,000 students and 910 administration, faculty and service staff. ... The University of Tromsø (Universitetet i Tromsø) is the worlds northernmost university. ... The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Universitetet for miljø- og biovitenskap, UMB) is a university in Norway, established as agricultural school in 1859. ...


Public Specialised Universities: AHO • NFH • NHH • NIH • NMH • NVH The Oslo School of Architecture and Design was established as an independent school in 1961, after having been a part of the National College of Art and Design from 1945. ... The Norwegian College of Fishery Science (NCFS) was established in 1972 in Tromsø and in 1988 it was integrated as a faculty at the University of Tromsø. NCFS has a particular responsibility for the development of fundamental and scientific expertise within all areas of fisheries and aquaculture research in Norway. ... NHH, in English sometimes also referred to as the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, was founded in 1936. ... Media:Example. ...


Public Regional University Colleges: Agder • Akershus • Bergen • Bodø • Buskerud • Finnmark • Gjøvik • Harstad • Hedmark • KHiB • KHiO • Lillehammer • Molde • Narvik • Nesna • Nord-Trøndelag • Oslo • PHS • Sámi • Sogn og Fjordane • Stord/Haugesund • Sør-Trøndelag • Telemark • Tromsø • Vestfold • Volda • Østfold • Ålesund Campus Gimlemoen, located in Kristiansand. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Bergen University College is a state institution of higher education, established in August 1994 by the merging of six former independent colleges in Bergen, Norway. ... Bodø University College (BUC) lies in Mørkved, 10 km outside the city centre). ... Bergen National Academy of the Arts - Main Building Strømgaten 1 Bergen National Academy of the Arts (Norwegian name: Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen - KHiB) is one of the two independent institutions of higher learning in the visual arts and design in Norway. ... Lillehammer University College is a Norwegian state university college located in Lillehammer. ... Molde University College (Norwegian: Høgskolen i Molde) or HiM, also called the Norwegian School of Logistics is a Norwegian university college located in Molde. ... Nord-Trøndelag University College (Norwegian:Høgskolen i Nord-Trøndelag) or HiNT is a Norwegian university college located throughout the county of Nord-Trøndelag. ... Oslo University College (OUC), Norwegian: Høgskolen i Oslo (HiO) is the largest state university college in Norway, with more than 10,000 students and approx. ... Sámi University College (Sámi allaskuvla in Sami language) was established in 1989 and has about 260 students and 52 faculty, technical and administrative staff. ... Stord/Haugesund University College (HSH), Norwegian: Høgskolen Stord Haugesund) is a medium sized state university college in Norway, with about 2200 students and approx. ... Sør-Trøndelag University College (Norwegian:Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag) or HiST is a Norwgian university college located in Trondheim. ... Telemark University College (TUC) is the fifth largest university college (out of 25) in Norway. ... Østfold University College is a college in Norway. ... Ã…lesund University College (Høgskolen i Ã…lesund - Hials) is a college in Norway, with more than 1400 students and approximately 125 employees. ...


Private Specialised Universities and Colleges: BI • Diakonhjemmet • Diakonissehjemmet • DMMH • MF • NITH • NLA • OMH • Rogaland The Norwegian School of Management (Norwegian: Handelshøyskolen BI) is Norways largest, private business school, headquartered in Nydalen, Oslo, Norway. ... Queen Mauds College of Early Childhood Education (Norwegian: Dronning Mauds Minnes Høyskole or DMMH) is a private college for preschool teachers located in Trondheim, Norway. ... The Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology (formerly the Free Faculty of Theology) in Norwegian Det teologiske Menighetsfakultet (MF), is a private, independent, accredited Norwegian specialized university institution. ... Norwegian School of Information Technology is a school that Tormod is too lazy to write about :) Link NITH Homepage ...

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Worldwide Universities Network

Bergen • Bristol • UCSD • UIUC • Leeds • Manchester • Nanjing • Oslo • Penn State • Sheffield • Southampton • Sydney • Toronto • Utrecht • Washington (UW) • UW-Madison • York • Zhejiang The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is an invitation-only group of 16 research-led universities which have agreed to carry out research and research training on a collaborative basis. ... The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. ... The University of California, San Diego (popularly known as UCSD, or sometimes UC San Diego) is a public, coeducational research university located in La Jolla, a seaside resort community of San Diego, California. ... The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), is the largest campus in the University of Illinois system. ... The University of Leeds is a major teaching and research university, one of the largest in the United Kingdom with over 32,000 full-time students. ... The University of Manchester is a university located in Manchester, England. ... Nanjing University (Chinese: 南京大學/南京大学; Pinyin: NánjÄ«ng Dàxué; colloquially 南大, Pinyin: Nándà) is located in Nanjing (Nanking), an ancient capital of China. ... The University of Oslo (in Norwegian Universitetet i Oslo, in Latin Universitas Osloensis) was founded in 1811 as Universitas Regia Fredericiana (the Royal Frederick University, in Norwegian Det Kongelige Frederiks Universitet). ... The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related, land-grant university. ... The University of Sheffield is a research university, located in Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. ... The University of Southampton is a university situated in the city of Southampton, on the south coast of Great Britain. ... The University of Sydney, established in Sydney in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia. ... The University of Toronto (U of T) is a public research university in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Utrecht University (Universiteit Utrecht in Dutch) is a university in Utrecht, The Netherlands. ... The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. ... The University of Wisconsin–Madison (also known as UW–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, or UW) is a highly selective public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... The University of York is a campus university in York, England. ... Zhejiang University (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China. ...


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Information in English - Bergen University College (108 words)
Bergen University College is a state institution of higher education, established in August 1994 by the merging of six former independent colleges in Bergen, Norway.
The total number of students is about 6000, and there are 600 academic and administrative staff.
Bergen University College offers studies of high quality, directed towards specific professions in society, and there is a great demand for graduates from our study programmes.
University of Bergen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (225 words)
The University of Bergen (Universitetet i Bergen) is located in Bergen, Norway.
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.
At the Humanities IT centre (http://www.hit.uib.no/), is the Wittgenstein Archives of Bergen, http://www.hit.uib.no/wab/
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