Organization, budget and employees

• Nine faculties and faculty level groups and 55 departments
• Budget: NOK 10 billion, of which NOK 2,6 billion from external sources (2021)
• 7761 full-time equivalents (FTEs) (2020). Two of three (5057) work with teaching, research and dissemination (academic positions), off which more than 42 per cent are women and approx 35 per cent are international.
• 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
• University Library with 16 library departments, 2 million printed books, 925 000 e-books, 275 databases and over 3 million annual full-text article downloads

Studies

Students

• Most first-priority applicants of Norgwegian universities, 25 400 (2021), og the university that recruits the most nationally
• 42 840 registrerte studenter, om lag halvparten innenfor teknisk-naturvitenskapelige fag (2020)
• 85% of students are in Trondheim, 9% in Gjøvik and 6% in Ålesund (2020)
• Just above half of the students are women (2019)
• 6 per cent of the students are international, and they are from 121 countries (2020)
• 7889 bachelor's and master's degrees awarded (2020)

Education

• Specialization in technology and the natural sciences. 75% of Norway's master candidates in technology
• 356 study programmes (2020), as well as further education.
• 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.
• Educates most teachers (teacher training, lecturer, primary school, vocational), and in health and fine arts in Norway
• Almost half of the students are in technical and natural sciences programmes 

Continuing education and Alumni

• 4903 registered students in further education programmes, and in experience-based master's (2020)
• More than 38 000 alumns worldwide.

Research and Innovation

• 415 doctoral degrees (2021)
• Many large and small aboratories
• 263 signed projects in Horizon 2020
• 25 ERC Grants (June 2022)
• Four Strategic Research Areas in the period 2014–2023
• More than 1900 ideas to innovative projects – NTNU TTO
• 195 projects received financial support 2011-2019 – NTNU Discovery
  • 14 mill. NOK in 2019

Budget and facilities

• Budget: NOK 10 billion, of which NOK 2,6 billion from external sources (2021)
• Facilities (owned or rented) totalling 734 000 m2