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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 serves more than 14,500
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 in Ås.
Tuition
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 2009, this fee
(semesteravgift) is NOK 470 (approx. US$ 80) per semester, and
provides access to several services, including cultural activities,
childcare, refunds for many medical expenses and subsidized
accommodation.
Rankings
The University in Bergen currently is ranked as the 144th best
university in the world, out of 9000 universities.[1]
.[1]
In 2006, the University of Bergen appeared unranked on the THES - QS World University Rankings among
the 201-520th best universities in Europe.[1]
In 2007, the university was ranked as the 225th best in Europe, in
front of the Norwegian
University of Science and Technology and the University of Tromsø, which ranked
as the 301st and 292nd best respectively, but behind the University of
Oslo, ranked as the 188th best university.[2]
On the 2009 THE–QS
World University Rankings list, the University of Bergen was
ranked inside the top 200 for the first time.
An overview of the past years.
| Year |
Rank (Change) |
| 2005 |
320 |
| 2006 |
277 (▲
43) |
| 2007 |
225 (▲
52) |
| 2008 |
227 (▼
2) |
| 2009 |
144 (▲ 83) |
Faculties
Faculty of
Humanities
- Centre for Medieval Studies
- Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities
- Centre for Women and Gender Research
- Department of Archeology, History, Cultural Studies and
Religion (AHKR)
- Department of Foreign Languages (Arabic, English, French, Italian, Japanese,
Russian,
Spanish,
German and
single courses in Chinese (IF) [1]
- Department of Linguistics, Literary and Aestethical studies
(LLE)
- Department of Philosophy and First Semester Studies (see Examen
philosophicum and Examen facultatum) (FOF)
- The Grieg Academy – Department of Music
The faculty revised its structure and names in August 2007.
Faculty of
Law
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.
Faculty of
Mathematics and Natural Sciences
- Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
- Centre for Geobiology
- Centre for Pharmacy
- CIPR - Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research
- Department of Biology
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Earth Science
- Department of Informatics
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Molecular Biology
- Department of Physics and Technology
- Geophysical Institute
- Laboratory for Electron Microscopy
- School Science Center
Faculty of Medicine and
Dentistry
- Centre for International Health
- Dental University Hospital
- Department of Clinical Dentistry
- Department of Clinical Medicine
- Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care
- Department of Surgical Sciences
- Institute of Medicine
- Laboratory Animal Facility
- The Department of Biomedicine
- The Gade Institute
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.
Faculty of Social
Sciences
- Department of Administration and Organization Theory
- Department of Comparative Politics
- Department of Economics
- Department of Geography
- Department of Information Science and Media Studies
- Department of Social Anthropology
- Department of Sociology
- Centre for Development Studies
- Centre for Gender Studies
- Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
References
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Coordinates: 60°23′17.11″N 5°19′22.34″E / 60.3880861°N
5.3228722°E / 60.3880861;
5.3228722
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