Facts and figures
NTNU - facts and figures
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
44 170
students
3 563
international students
339
study programmes
38 000
alumns worldwide
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 percent of students are in Trondheim, 9 percent in Gjøvik and 6 percent in Ålesund (2020)
- Just above half of the students are women (2019)
- 6 percent 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 percent 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
- 412 doctoral degrees (2021)
- 263 signed projects in Horizon 2020
- 27 ERC Grants (November 2022)
- Four Strategic Research Areas in the period 2014–2023
- More than 2000 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
The History of NTNU
NTNU dates back as far as 1760 and the establishment of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and letters.
More about the history of NTNU.
Strategies, plans and reports
Presentations about NTNU
Short presentations on research, education and organization. You will also find brochures and presentations of the faculties on this website.