NTNU Research
Research at NTNU forms part of the ongoing activities through a variety of projects and programmes in addition to specialized centres. NTNU is host or partner for 35 large national research centres. NTNU participates in more than 100 Horizon 2020 projects and has 10 ERC grants.
NTNU has four strategic areas of research in 2014–2023: sustainability, energy, oceans, and health. In addition, NTNU has strategic initiatives in 2011–2020 in biotechnology, digital and nano (enabling technologies).
NTNU concentrates on innovation and entrepreneurship, and works in close collaboration with the research institution SINTEF, business and industry.
Research Excellence
ERC, H2020, Kavli Centre, Centres of Excellence, Centres of Research-based Innovation, Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research, K.G. Jebsen Centres, Outstanding Academic Fellows Programme, Onsager Fellowship Programme
Laboratories
Centres
Faculties and departments
Museum and collections
Library
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NTNU and SINTEF: Better together
NTNU is ranked as #1 of the universities producing the highest proportion of the research in collaboration with a single partner from industry, SINTEF:
THE – Times Higher Education | Gemini research news
Main partners and collaborators
- SINTEF
- St. Olavs hospital
- Centre for Care Research
- Møreforsking
- The Norwegian Smartgrid Centre
- Business: NTNU provides expertise within commercial possibilities
- European Platforms, Networks and Alliances
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Publications
Facts and figures
- Two Nobel laureates in Medicine
- Two students at former NTH are Nobel laureates in Chemistry and Physics
- 10 ERC Grants
- 103 H2020 projects
- 120 large and small laboratories
- 362 doctoral dissertations in 2017 (40 per cent women and 43 per cent international)
- 7135 person-years, of which 4617 are in academic or scientific positions (41 per cent women)
Nobel Prize in Medicine
The 2014 Nobel Price in Medicine was awarded to the professors May-Britt Moser, Edvard Moser and John O'Keefe for the discovery of grid cells, that provide the brain with an internal GPS essential for navigation.
IEEE Fellow
Professor in cybernetics Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen is the first Norwegian female IEEE Fellow. The prestigious title was awarded in 2016 for contributions to control of marine vessels and snake robots.
Thermodynamics
Professor II Øivind Wilhelmsen has been awarded two prestigious prizes: Excellence Award from European Federation of Chemical, and Prigogine Prize from European Centre for Advanced Studies in Thermodynamics.
A winner of a strong heart!
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