University of Bergen
Mar 31, 2015
University of Bergen
UiB: a brief description
• 7 faculties• ~16 500 students• 2 800 faculty and staff
• urban• high quality research• international collaborations
UiB: a brief history
• 1825 Bergen Museum
• 1873 leprosy bacterium - Hansen
• 1907 Sundt Chair of Zoology
• 1948 formal opening, Faculties of Medicine, Mathematics and Natural Science, Arts
• 1970 Faculties of Dentistry, Social Sciences
• 1980 Faculties of Psychology, Law
• 1986 UNIFOB
• 1990 Bertelsmann Prize
• 2003 research, education, communication
UiB: historical leadership
• Gerhard Armauer
Hansen
• Fridtjof Nansen
• Vilhelm Bjerknes
• Stein Rokkan
• Ludwig Wittgenstein*
UiB: vision
UiB = research university
with high international profile
UiB: profile
• research• education• communication
• marine environment• international co-operation
UiB: education
• seven Faculties• one PhD• professional and
academic / researcher training
• language• ICT• crossing borders• reform
UiB: particular research areas
• marine sciences
• information technology
• health and medicine
• development research
• humanities
• social sciences
UiB: marine research
• high quality research
• state-of-the-art equipment
• EU research infrastructures
• special research institutes
UiB: internationalisation
• crossing borders
• networks
• exchanges
• development
UiB: international co-operation
•Norway / Scandinavia-NorFA-NORDPLUS
•Europe-Visiting Research Fellowships-SOCRATES, ERASMUS MUNDUS
•Other / Global-UoW/MUN-WUN-NUFU-numerous bilateral agreements-guest researcher programme-and much more …
UiB: international initiatives
• international health
• water resources
• social sciences