University of Stavanger

Norway

Stavanger

Bergen

Trondheim

Ullandhaug Campus

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University of Stavanger

• 960 administration, faculty and service staff• 7500 students• 32 Bachelor’s programmes• 23 Master’s programmes • 7 PhD programmes• University of Stavanger from 2005

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University of Stavanger

3 faculties:

• Faculty of Arts and Education

• Faculty of Science and Technology

• Faculty of Social Sciences

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Academic Personnel

• Top Positions: 111(Full Professors 62, Senior Lecturer 3, Adjunct Professor 46

• Post Doctorates: 8

• Senior Academic Staff: 168 (Associate Professors 136, Senior Lectures 28, Associate (Adjunct) Professors 4)

• Assistant Professors: 232

• Research Fellows: 60

• Other Scholarly Positions: 150(including 60 Research Fellows)

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University of Stavanger

• Externally funded activity approx. € 8 mill in 2005

• State financing approx. € 80 mill in 2005

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Prioritised Themes and Areas

• Energy and Environment• Health and Welfare• Education and Learning• Culture• Tourism

• Area in progress: Gastronomy

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Faculty of Arts and Education

• Centre for Reading Research

• Centre for Behavioural Research

• Department of Music and Dance

• Department of Cultural Studies and Languages

• Department of Early Childhood Education

• Department of Education

• PhD in Literacy Studies (in progress)

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Faculty of Social Sciences

• Norwegian School of Hotel Management – Department of Business Administration

• Department of Media, Culture and Social Sciences• Department of Social Studies• Department of Health Studies

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Faculty of Science and Technology

• Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering• Department of Petroleum Engineering• Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering

and Materials Sciences

• Department of Industrial Economics, Risk Management and Planning

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Faculty of Science and Technology

• Important R&D-Centres

– Centre for Increased Oil Recovery (COREC)– Centre for Risk Management and Societal Safety– Centre for Asset Management and Maintenance

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Doctoral Programmes - PhD

• PhD in Offshore technology

• PhD in Petroleum technology

• PhD in Risk Management and Societal Safety

• PhD in Special Needs Education• PhD in Management • PhD in Information Technology• PhD in Biological Chemistry

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Master Programmes

Faculty of Science and Technology

– Information Technology– Offshore Technology– Petroleum Engineering (taught in English)– Industrial Economics– Resilience and Risk Management– Biological Chemistry (’06)– Petroleum Engineering Management (’06)– Aquatic Environmental Engineering (’06)

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Master Programmes

Faculty of Arts and Education

– Special Needs Education

– Literacy Studies (taught in English)

– Music Education

– Music Performance

– Joint Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations (’06)

– History - Didactics (’06)

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Master Programmes

Faculty of Social Sciences

– International Hotel and Tourist Administration (taught in English)

– Risk Management and Social Safety

– Change Management

– Business Administration

– Social Work

– Service Management

– Art and Culture (’06)

– Comparative European Social Studies (MA CESS i Maastricht)

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Bachelor ProgrammesFaculty of Social Sciences

• Media, Journalism and Social Sciences– Human Resources Management – Art and Culture Management – Journalism– Multi Media and TV Production

• Hotel, Tourism and Business Management– Business Administration– Business and Information Systems– Hotel Management– Tourism Management

• Health and Social Work Education– Nursing– Social Work– Child Welfare

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Bachelor Programmes Faculty of Science and Technology

• Engineering– Civil Engineering– Computer Engineering– Electrical Engineering– Chemical Engineering– Mechanical Engineering– Petroleum Engineering

• Biological Chemistry

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Bachelor Programmes Faculty of Arts and Education

• Humanities– Language and Literature (Nordic, English, French, German)

– History and Culture

• Teacher Education– General Teacher Education (4 years)

– Preschool Teacher Training

• Music and Dance– Music Teacher, classical

– Music Teacher, jazz

– Dance Teacher

– Instrumental Performance, classical

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International

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Strategy, internationalisation

• Increase the numbers of international master’s

programmes and Joint Master’s

• Increase the number of programs taught in English

• More international cooperation within the PhD-

programmes

• More cooperation within research and development

• Increase Teacher and Student Mobility

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Specially designed programmes for International students

Degree opportunities and exchange program opportunities:

Degree opportunities:• MSc in Petroleum Engineering• MSc in International Hotel and Tourism Management• Master Programme in Literacy Studies• Master Programme in Music Performance• Joint Master programme in Migration and Intercultural Relations• Music Production and Recording • PhD-Programmes

Exchange program opportunities:• Undergraduate exchange programme in Hotel- and Tourism Management• Department of Foreign Languages (English, French, German)• Norwegian Language and Culture• Comparative Educational Studies• Nursing, Social Work and Child Welfare • Music and Dance Programmes

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Specially designed programmes for International students

In progress:

• Master's Programme in Business Administration• MSc in Petroleum Engineering Management• MSc in Technology Management• MSc in Information Technology, Signal and Image

Processing• One year undergraduate course in Petroleum

Engineering• Joint Master Programme in Intercultural Leadership

and Management

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Orientation programme for International Students

• Pick-up service– Air-port, train-station, etc

• Housing guarantee – minimum one semester contract

• Presentation of UiS– Computer room– Student card– Guided tour on campus– Library introduction

• Meeting Norwegian culture– How to reduce the cost of living

in Norway• Practical arrangements

– Passport/Visa/Immigrant Office– Bus card– Bank account– Health check (TB)

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Orientation programme for International Students

• Guided tours Downtown and in Rogaland county– city walk– bus trip– boat trip– daylong hike in mountain– barbeques

Note the 3000ft drop belowthem into a cold fjord!

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Student Residencies

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Student Residencies

Photo: E. Stornes

Photo: E. Stornes

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