Research
Research at NTNU
NTNU’s main profile is science and technology. We also have a broad academic range within the humanities, social sciences, economics, medicine, health sciences, educational sciences, architecture, arts, and entrepreneurship.
Faculties and Departments
Our 5260 researchers work across the full academic spectrum of NTNU, both nationally and internationally.
Research groups, projects, and publications at our 55 departments.
Strategic Areas
From running rats to brain maps: A Nobel odyssey
It’s been 10 years since the neuroscientists May-Britt Moser and Edward Moser won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with their former mentor and colleague John O’Keefe. How did they came to discover grid cells, the neurons that help form a GPS in the brain? Listen to the Mosers themselves tell the story.
Research Centres
- 6 Centres of Excellence
- 14 Centres for Research-based Innovation
- 19 Centres for Environmental Friendly Energy Research
Other large and national centres
47 Gemini centres, a collaboration between NTNU, SINTEF, University of Oslo, St. Olav's Hospital and NTNU Social Research
NTNU and Europe
Alliances and Collaborations
- ENHANCE: European technology universities
- Nordic Five Tech: Nordic technology universities
- Overview of International Collaborations
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Research Centres: Thomas Kulman / The Research Council
Art: Thor Nielsen / NTNU
PhD: Erik Hansen / NTNU
Job: Sondre Sivertsen / NTNU