University of Bergen

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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
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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 seven universities in Norway, the other six being the University of Oslo, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, the University of Tromsø, the University of Stavanger, the University of Agder 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 Humanities

As of 1. August 2007. The faculty is currently revising it's structure and names.

[edit] Faculty of Dentistry

The Faculty of Dentistry, established in 1962, is one of two institutions in Norway rewarding dentistry qualifications.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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
  • Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research

[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

  • Department of Comparative Politics
  • Department of Information Science and Media Studies
  • Institute for Administration and Organizational Science
  • Institute for Geography
  • 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

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 60°23′17.11″N, 5°19′22.34″E

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