University of Bergen

Infobox University
name =University of Bergen
native_name =Universitetet i Bergen
latin_name =Universitas Bergensis


motto =
established =1946 (1825)
type =Public University
rector =Sigmund Grønmo
students =14,500 (2008)
staff =3,200 (2007)
city =Bergen
country =Norway
campus =
affiliations =EUA;WUN
Coimbra Group, Utrecht Network
website = [http://www.uib.no/ www.uib.no]

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.

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 2006, this fee ("semesteravgift") is NOK 400 (approx. US$ 70-80) per year, and provides access to several services, including cultural activities, exercise facilities, childcare, refunds for many medical expenses and subsidized accommodation.

Rankings

In 2006, the University of Bergen appeared unranked on the THES - QS World University Rankings among the 201-520th best universities in Europe.Cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2006/rankings_1520/?start=1&end=100|title=THES - QS World University Rankings 2006 - Rankings 1 - 520|accessdate=2007-12-21|publisher=QS Quacquarelli Symonds|year=2006|author=THES - QS World University Rankings] 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.Cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/overall_rankings/top_400_universities/|title=THES - QS World University Rankings 2007 - Top 400 Universities|accessdate=2007-12-21|publisher=QS Quacquarelli Symonds|year=2007|author=THES - QS World University Rankings]

Faculties

Faculty of Humanities

* Institute for Foreign Languages (Arabic, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, German and single courses in Chinese (IF) [http://www.fremmedsprak.uib.no/index.html]
* Institute for Linguistics, Literary and Aestethical studies (LLE)
* Institute for Archeology, History, Cultures and Religion (AHKR)
* Institute for Philosophy and First Semester Studies (see Examen philosophicum and Examen facultatum) (FOF)
* The Grieg Academy – Institute for Music

As of 1 August 2007, the faculty is currently revising its structure and names.

Faculty of Law

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

* Department of Biology
* Department of Chemistry
* Department of Geophysics
* Department of Geoscience
* Department of Informatics
* Department of Mathematics
* Department of Molecular Biology
* Department of Physics and Technology
* Centre for Pharmacy
* Centre for Environmental and resource studies
* Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research

Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

* Centre for International Health http://www.cih.uib.no
* Centre of Virology
* Department of Biomedicine
* Department of Clinical Medicine
* Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care
* Department of Surgical Sciences
* Gade's Institute
* Institute for Clinical Dentistry
* Institute of Medicine
* Section for Medical Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition
* Vivarium

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 Comparative Politics
* Department of Information Science and Media Studies
* Institute for Administration and Organizational Science
* Institute for Geography
* Institute for Social Anthropology
* Institute for Economics
* Institute for Sociology
* Centre for Development Studies
* Centre for Gender Studies
* Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
* Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP)
* InterMedia
* The Rokkan Centre

References

External links

* [http://www.uib.no/info/english/ Official site]
* [http://www.hit.uib.no/ Humanities IT centre]
** [http://www.hit.uib.no/wab/ Wittgenstein Archives of Bergen] - Ludwig Wittgenstein
*Utrecht Network