Oslo Metropolitan University (Oslomet; Norwegian: Oslomet – storbyuniversitetet) is a state university in Oslo and Akershus in Norway. It is the result of the merger of many former vocational colleges in the Greater Oslo Region. It has around 1,400 academic employees (of which over 150 are professors/research professors, the top rank in Norway), around 20,000 students and around 800 administrative support staff.
Type
University
Established
12 January 2018; 3 years ago
Rector
Curt Rice
Academic staff
1366
Administrative staff
792
Students
c. 20,000
Location
Oslo, Sandvika and Kjeller, Norway
Predecessor institution
Oslo and Akershus University College
Website
oslomet.no
Oslo Metropolitan University was established on 12 January 2018 and is the second youngest of Norway's new universities. It evolved from what was until 2018 Norway's largest university college, Oslo and Akershus University College, which was itself the result of many previous mergers of around 30 former vocational colleges and community colleges in the Oslo area.
Most of the university is located in the city centre of Oslo along the Pilestredet street, with subsidiary campuses in Sandvika and Kjeller in Akershus. The rector of the university is Curt Rice.
Students
21 905
Bachelor's programmes
48
Master's programmes
33
PhD programmes
6
Research groups
103
Current Horizon 2020 projects
16
Current Research Council of Norway projects
221
PhD candidates
325
Organisation
The university has the following faculties:
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Education and International Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Technology, Art and Design
The university also includes the following autonomous research institutes:
Work Research Institute
Norwegian Social Research
Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research
National Institute for Consumer Research
Education
The primary language of instruction is Norwegian. However certain courses are taught in foreign languages, mainly English, German and French; this includes language education for teachers, and various other courses, such as courses aimed at international students.
Ranks
Oslo Metropolitan University uses all three academic career pathways in Norway. The main career pathway includes the ranks assistant professor, associate professor and professor. The research career pathway is mainly used at the Work Research Institute, Norwegian Social Research, the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research and the National Institute for Consumer Research, and includes the ranks researcher, senior researcher and research professor, which correspond directly to assistant professor, associate professor and professor and have similar promotion criteria. The teaching career pathway is still used by the original university college, and includes the ranks first lecturer and docent as alternatives to the associate professor and professor ranks.
Notable academics
Olav Eikeland, Professor of Work Research
Jan Grund, Professor of Management
Jon Samseth, Professor of Energy Physics
Knut Seip, Professor of Environmental Management
Rune Slagstad, Professor of Sociology
Steinar Stjernø, Professor of Social Policy
Ingunn Sandaker, Professor of Behavioral Science
Per Holth, Professor of Behavior Analysis
Management
Curt Rice, an American linguist who was formerly a professor at the University of Tromsø, became rector on August 1, 2015. He is not the first non-Norwegian to head a Norwegian university or college however, as the University of Oslo has had several non-Norwegian chancellors in the past.
https://www.oslomet.no/
Pilestredet is a neighborhood in the borough St. Hanshaugen in Oslo, Norway, about one kilometer north of the city center.
It is named after the street Pilestredet. From 1893, it was the location of Rikshospitalet. The area underwent an urban renewal after 2000, when the hospital moved to Gaustad. The area is mostly residential, with about 2000 residents, and has some of the highest housing prices in the city.
Oslo Metropolitan University has a campus by Pilestredet Park. The area is served by the station Høyskolesenteret of the Oslo Tramway.
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