FACTS & FIGURES 2016 – a leading European university

Education offered by the University of Oslo 45 Bachelor’s Degree Programmes 93 Master’s and Professional Study Programmes More than 3 000 courses 8 PhD Programmes (covering all areas of research at the University)

Study Programmes and Courses in English More than 50 Master’s Degree Programmes taught entirely in English More than 800 courses offered in English

International Staff and Students 15% of the student population 31% of PhD candidates

Career Employed 3 months after graduation: Graduate: 78% Undergraduate: 77% Integrated and profession studies: 85%

EDUCATION

* professional studies and integrated master studies

Faculty Under- Graduate Long term Total graduate studies*

Humanities 4729 1396 6125

Law 798 698 2751 4247

Mathematics and Natural Sciences 3663 1777 330 5770

Medicine 207 559 1437 2203

Dentistry 72 33 303 408

Social Sciences 3007 1123 827 4957

Theology 171 65 67 303

Education 1377 1097 1089 3563

Other Units/Programmes 310 310

Total 14334 6748 6804 27886

No. of Students and Graduates

RESEARChEuropean Union Funding

UiO has since 2007 been awarded approx. 250 research projects funded by EU Framework Programmes

15 ERC Advanced Grants

20 ERC Starting and Consolidator Grants

UiO has been awarded 49 projects in Horizon 2020 Annual income NOK 142 mill (2015)

UiO’s participation is strongest within the Excellence Pillar 6 projects where UiO is the responsible coordinating institution

UiO has the leading position in Norway*:

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ERC grant-holders 53

National Centres of Excellence 43

Doctoral degrees awarded 36

EU-funding (13 mill Euro) 35

National Research Council funding 30

Number of Scientific publications 26

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* % of all Norwegian higher Education Institutions

INNOVATION through IPR*Inven2, an innovation company owned by the University of Oslo and Oslo University hospital, is the largest contributor in Norway within the field of commercialization of research.

2015 figures:

12 new companies established

62 new license agreements

87 new patent agreements

162 new clinical studies

288 ongoing clinical studies

216 million Euro combined value of portofolio companies

8 million Euro to new research

71 million Euro in private capital raised

*Intellectual Property Rights

Government funding

Research Council Norway

External funding*

Other income**

FUNDING

Funding source Euro %

Government funding 582 668 72

Research Council Norway 85 081 11

External funding* 82 049 10

Other income** 55 811 7

Total 805 609 100

* Public agencies, organisations, the EU and the business sector** Sales revenues and reimbursements

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For 2015–2019, the Norwegian government

allocated NOK 31.2 million to the

University of Oslo to develop world-leading

research communities.

These are the five selected communities:

The University of Oslo’s five world-leading research communitiesLCBC

Lifespan changes in brain and cognitionHow do early developmen-tal factors affect our brain throughout life? And how can we optimize our brain function? These are the key questions LCBC have been preoccupied with even prior to beginning their research careers, when they were students of psychology.

Research group founders: Anders Fjell and Kristine Walhovd

The Department of Psych- ology at The Faculty of Social Sciences

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

CIR

Centre for Immune RegulationCoeliac 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

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

PhD candidates

25% international academic staff 8% international administrative staff

FTEs: Full Time Equivalents

PhD candidates

Faculty PhD

Humanities 211

Law 89

Mathematics and Natural Sciences 747

Medicine 1386

Dentistry 49

Social Sciences 337

Theology 31

Education 104

Total 2954

FTEs: Full Time Equivalents

Staff

Academic staff 3529

Academic support staff 925

Technical and maintenance staff 146

Administrative staff 1665

Other 69

Total 6334

Faculties and staffEight facultiesMedicine Dentistry Law Theology Humanities Mathematics and Natural Sciences Social Sciences Education Sciences

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AT A GlANCERanked 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 leadershipRector: Ole Petter Ottersen University Director: Gunn-Elin Aa. Bjørneboe

Staff

Academic staff 3529

Academic support staff 925

Technical and maintance 146

Administrative staff 1665

Other 69

Total 6334

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

Students

Undergraduate 14334

Graduate 6748

Long term studies 6804

Total 27886

FTEs: Full Time Equivalents