FACTS & FIGURES 2016

– a leading European university

 EDUCATION
No. of Students and Graduates
Faculty Under- Graduate Long term Total Education offered by the University of Oslo
graduate studies*  45 Bachelor’s Degree Programmes
 93 Master’s and Professional Study Programmes
Humanities 4729 1396 6125
 More than 3 000 courses
Law 798 698 2751 4247  8 PhD Programmes (covering all areas of
research at the University)
Mathematics and
Natural Sciences 3663 1777 330 5770 Study Programmes and Courses in English
Medicine 207 559 1437 2203  More than 50 Master’s Degree Programmes
taught entirely in English
Dentistry 72 33 303 408  More than 800 courses offered in English
Social Sciences 3007 1123 827 4957 International Staff and Students
Theology 171 65 67 303  15% of the student population
 31% of PhD candidates
Education 1377 1097 1089 3563
Career
Other Units/  Employed 3 months after graduation:
Programmes 310 310
Graduate: 78% Undergraduate: 77%
Total 14334 6748 6804 27886 Integrated and profession studies: 85%
* professional studies and integrated master studies
 research
European Union Funding
research
Facts

 UiO has since 2007 been awarded approx.

250 research projects funded by EU Framework Programmes UiO has the leading position in Norway*:

%
 15 ERC Advanced Grants
ERC grant-holders 53
 20 ERC Starting and Consolidator Grants
National Centres of Excellence 43
 UiO has been awarded 49 projects in Horizon 2020
Doctoral degrees awarded 36
 Annual income NOK 142 mill (2015)
EU-funding (13 mill Euro) 35
 UiO’s participation is strongest within the Excellence Pillar National Research Council funding 30

 6 projects where UiO is the responsible coordinating institution Number of Scientific publications 26

* % of all Norwegian higher Education Institutions

INNOVATION through IPR* funding 7%

Government

Composition of Funding
10%
Inven2, an innovation company owned by the University of Oslo funding
and Oslo University Hospital, is the largest contributor in Norway
within the field of commercialization of research. Research
Council 11%
2015 figures: Norway
72%
 12 new companies established External
funding*
 62 new license agreements
Other
 87 new patent agreements income**

 162 new clinical studies

 288 ongoing clinical studies Funding source Euro %

Government funding 582 668 72

 216 million Euro combined value of portofolio companies
Research Council Norway 85 081 11
 8 million Euro to new research External funding* 82 049 10
 71 million Euro in private capital raised Other income** 55 811 7
Total 805 609 100

* Public agencies, organisations, the EU and the business sector

*Intellectual Property Rights ** Sales revenues and reimbursements
 The University of Oslo’s five world-leading research communities
LCBC
Lifespan changes
in brain and
cognition
For 2015–2019, the How do early developmen-
Norwegian government tal factors affect our brain
throughout life? And how
allocated NOK 31.2
can we optimize our brain
million to the function? These are the key
University of Oslo questions LCBC have been
to develop world-leading preoccupied with even prior
research communities. to beginning their research
careers, when they were
students of psychology.
These are the five
selected communities: Research group founders:
Anders Fjell and
Kristine Walhovd
The Department of Psych-
ology at The Faculty of
Social Sciences
MultiLing
Center for Multi-
lingualism in
Society Across the
Lifespan
MultiLing conducts research
into multiple language
acquisition, how we use
these languages in different
situations and life stages,
and how social and political
factors affect multilingua-
lism. MultiLing was estab-
lished as a Centre of Excel-
lence (SFF) in 2013.
Center Director:
Elizabeth Lanza
Faculty of Humanities
CIR
Centre for Immune
Regulation
Coeliac disease can give
rise to many different afflic-
tions such as stomach
pain, lethargy and poor
absorption of nutrients.
Professor Ludvig M. Sollid
and his research group
have established the true
cause of coeliac disease.
Centre Director:
Ludvig M. Sollid
The Faculty of Medicine
SMN
Centre for Materi-
als Science and
Nanotechnology
Solar power is the renew-
able energy source that has
the greatest potential to
solve the world’s energy
challenges. The University
of Oslo is now building a
world-leading research
group in this field.
Head of Centre: Vebjørn
Bakken. Group leaders:
Helmer Fjellvåg (NAFUMA),
Unni Olsbye (InGAP),
Bengt G. Svensson (LENS),
Truls Norby (FERMiO)
The Faculty of Mathemat-
ics and Natural Sciences
ESOP
Centre for the
Study of Equality,
Social Organiza-
tion, and Perform-
ance
ESOP aims at exploring
the links between equality,
social organization, and
economic performance,
both in rich and poor
countries.
Center Director:
Karl Ove Moene
The Faculty of Social
Sciences
PhD candidates Faculties and staff
Eight faculties
 Medicine  Dentistry
PhD candidates
 Law  Theology
Faculty PhD  Humanities  Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Humanities 211  Social Sciences  Education Sciences
Law 89
Mathematics and Natural Sciences 747 Staff
Medicine 1386 Academic staff 3529
Dentistry 49 Academic support staff 925
Social Sciences 337 Technical and maintenance staff 146
Theology 31 Administrative staff 1665
Education 104 Other 69
Total 2954 Total 6334

FTEs: Full Time Equivalents FTEs: Full Time Equivalents

 25% international academic staff

 8% international administrative staff
At a glance

PHoto: COLOURBOX, UIO, ANDERS LIEN, HANNE UTIGARD

Ranked 58th in the world, 18th in Europe and 1st in Norway
in the 2015 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities.

The University Leadership

Rector: Ole Petter Ottersen University Director: Gunn-Elin Aa. Bjørneboe

Staff Students

Academic staff 3529 Undergraduate 14334

Academic support staff 925 Graduate 6748
Technical and maintance 146 Long term studies 6804
Administrative staff 1665 Total 27886
Other 69
Total 6334
FTEs: Full Time Equivalents

Museum visitor numbers:

Museum of Cultural History
(The Viking Ship Museum and the Historical Museum) 520.387 visitors annually

The Natural History Museum

(incl. the Botanical Garden) 840.000 visitors annually

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