Norwegian University of science and Technology
Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:06:44 +0100
NTNU – facts and figures
NTNU has headquarters in Trondheim and campuses in Gjøvik and Ålesund.
Organization, budget and employees
Nine faculties and faculty level groups and 55 departments.
- Annual budget in 2017: 9 billion NOK.
- 7135 person-years in 2017, of which 4617 are in academic or scientific positions (41 per cent women).
- Close cooperation with SINTEF, an R&D organization with 1800 employees (both co-located with NTNU in Trondheim, and in Oslo).
- Facilities (owned or rented) totalling 734 000 m2.
Studies
- Specialization in technology and the natural sciences. 75 per cent of Norway's master candidates in technology in 2017.
- Also offers a range of bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes in humanities, social sciences, economics, medicine, health sciences, educational sciences, architecture, entrepreneurship and aesthetic disciplines.
- Professional degree programmes in medicine, psychology, architecture, the fine arts, music, and teacher education, in addition to technology.
- 40 181 registered students in 2017, of which about half study technology and the natural sciences.
- 3460 international students in 2017.
- 3335 registered students in further education programmes and experience-based master's in 2016.
- 7210 bachelor's and master's degrees awarded in 2017.
- Dozens of international student exchange programmes and more than 300 cooperative or exchange agreements with 60 universities worldwide.
Research, business and innovation
- 362 doctoral degrees in 2017 (40 per cent women and 43 per cent international). 95 per cent are in technology (27 per cent women and 60 per cent international).
- 120 large and small laboratories.
- Horizon 2020: Participates in 92 projects.
- Sponsorship and cooperation agreements with Norwegian and international business and industry.
- The NTNU University Library has 17 branches, 2 million printed volumes, 925 000 electronic books and 275 databases. There are more than 3 million downloads of full text articles every year.