The Department has about 188 employees in scientific positions, including about 86 PhD candidates. We have about 48 employees in technical and administrative positions. All our employees work at the Campus Gløshaugen, where we also have 6000 square metres of laboratory facilities.

We work with systems based on renewable energy as well as natural gas. Pollution problems both in relation to the external environment and the indoor environment in buildings is a key part of our activities. We work with industrial process engineering in the broadest sense, with processing Norwegian raw materials for high-quality and competitive products. Our research is applied to both onshore and offshore industry, by consulting companies, energy advisory services, engineering companies, and public administration.

Graduates from our study programmes are employed by both industry and public administration. 

The Department is one of the largest departments at the Faculty of Engineering.

• See video: "Energy solutions for a better world" (2:49 min) (YouTube)
• See timeline with selected contributions to the society (pdf).