North University

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North University
founding January 1, 2016
Sponsorship state
place Bodø , Norway
Rector Bjørn Olsen
Students approx.12,000 (2016)
Employee approx. 1,200 (2016)
Website www.nord.no

The Nord University (own spelling: NORD universitet ) is the eighth state university in Norway . With effect from January 1, 2016, it emerged from a merger of the former University of Nordland and the universities of Nesna and Nord-Trøndelag.

The university is based in Bodø , with eight other locations in Vesterålen , Mo i Rana , Sandnessjøen , Nesna , Namsos , Steinkjer , Levanger and Stjørdal . As of July 2016, it employs around 1,200 people and has around 12,000 students enrolled.

The 15 lecture halls on the Bodø Campus are named after Norwegian personalities, some with a special reference to Nordland : Knut Hamsun , Stein Rokkan , Matthias Bonsach Krogh , Nanna With , Petter Thomassen , Christian Frederiksen , Vebjørn Tandberg , Gerhard Schøning , Erik Schytte , Pauline Skar , Regine Normann , Elsa Laula Renberg , Elias Blix , Petter Dass and Ole Tobias Olsen .

North University building in Bodø .

Faculties / departments

The North University is divided into seven faculties or departments:

  • Professional college (Profesjonshøgskolen)
  • Faculty of Teacher Education (Avdeling for lærerutdanning)
  • Department for Industry, Society and Nature (Avdeling for næring, samfunn og natur)
  • Commercial College (Handelshøgskolen)
  • Faculty of Social Sciences (Faculty for samfunnsvitenskap)
  • Department of Health (Avdeling for Helsefag)
  • Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture (Faculty for biovitenskap og akvakultur)

As a result of the merger, the faculty for teacher training is now the third largest teacher training faculty in Norway.

Ground floor of the North University library on the main Bodø campus

courses

In addition to the regular one to two-year bachelor's, four-year professional, five-year master's degree and doctoral programs, shorter courses are also offered for further training. The university also offers mixed-language (Norwegian / English) and purely English-language courses. Most courses can be studied part-time.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ North Universitetet . In: WHED - IAU 's World Higher Education Database . Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c d About Nord University . In: Nord universitet . Retrieved July 8, 2016.