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Higher Education and Research in Norway
- a brief jog through the landscape...
Olve Sørensen
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Norway
• Key figures:– Population 5 mill (as of March 2012)– Unemployment 2,7%– GNP per capita 549 253 NOK/91 238 USD– Unitary state– 19 Counties – 430 Municipalities – Length North-South 1752 km
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Torbjørn Vagstein/MFAPicture is for illustrative purposes only
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Higher Education Institutions (autumn 2011)
• 8 universities • 9 specialised university
institutions, of which 3 private HEIs
• 2 academies of the arts• 20 university colleges• 31 private HEIs
24 receive state funding • The Police Academy and
5 military academies (under other Ministries)
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Independence
• Public Higher Education in Norway is a State responsibility and state owned
• 23,4 billion NOK (2010) to Higher Education• 5,5% of GDP is spent on education (OECD
average 5,7%). • Law on Universities and University Colleges
– Passed on 1 July 2005– Covers public and private institutions– Guarantees institutional autonomy– Introduces a national organ of accreditation
and quality assurance (NOKUT)
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Students and staff in Higher Education (autumn 2011)
Students Staff
Total 229 339 32 093
Universities 101 677 20 580
Specialized university institutions (state)
8 600 1 480
National Academies of the Arts
816* 270
State University colleges
86 872 8 060
Private HEIs 31671 1 703
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Key data – higher education
• 36% (OECD average 28%) of the population has attained tertiary education
• 60,9% (2009) of all registered students are women
• Registered students (2009) by field of study
HealthEconomy and admin-istration Maths and ScienceTeacher educationSocial science and lawHuman artsOther
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Financial conditions for students
• Tuition is free in public higher education • Students (Norwegian and some foreign!) are entitled
to support through the State Educational Loan Fund – Basic support: NOK 90 800 (appr. € 11 800) for
2011–2012 to cover accommodation, subsistence and study materials. Extra support for travels and students with children.
– Support is not dependent on parents’ income– The basic support is initially given as loans.
However, up to 40 percent may be converted to a grant for students who live away from their parents and who pass their exams
– International portability of loans and grants, incl. extra support to cover travel and tuitions
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4 basic tools of governance
• Rule of Law – legislation as a regulatory tool
• Money talks - the budget as a regulatory tool
• Talking sense – institutional conferences as a regulatory tool
• If all else fails… – ownership as a regulatory tool
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Main academic features (III)
• Wide decision-making powers in establishing and terminating study programmes:– Accredited universities have full freedom to
decide what degree programmes they want to offer.
– Other accredited institutions have the same freedom in fields in which they are authorised to award doctoral degrees. In the remaining fields, the freedom of decision-making is limited to provision at the bachelor’s level.
– Non-accredited private institutions need programme by programme accreditation.
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Boa viagem!Hamarøy fyr. Photo: Karin Beate Nøsterud/norden.org