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The University of Bergen (Universitetet i Bergen) is located in Bergen, Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. Although founded as late as 1946, academic activity had taken place at Bergen Museum
Bergen Museum

The Bergen Museum is a university museum in Bergen, Norway. Founded in 1825 with the intent of building large collections in the fields of culture and natural history, it became the grounds for most of the academic activity in the city, a tradition which has prevailed since the museum became part of the University of Bergen....
 as far back as 1825. The university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 today serves more than 14,500 students. It is one of seven universities in Norway, the other six being the University of Oslo
University of Oslo

The University of Oslo is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Oldest Universities by Region .28post 1500.29, largest and most prestigious university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo....
, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, known by its Norwegian language acronym NTNU , is located in Trondheim. Being the second largest of the seven university in Norway, it has the main national responsibility for higher education in technology....
 in Trondheim
Trondheim

is a city and Municipalities of Norway in S?r-Tr?ndelag Counties of Norway, Norway. The city of Trondheim was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 ....
, the University of Tromsø
University of Tromsø

The University of Troms? is the world's northernmost university. Located in the city of Troms?, Norway, it was established in 1968, and opened in 1972....
, the University of Stavanger
University of Stavanger

The University of Stavanger is located in Stavanger, Norway and has about 8,000 students and 910 administration, faculty and service staff. It is organised in three Faculties, including two national centres of expertise....
, the University of Agder and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Norwegian University of Life Sciences

The Norwegian University of Life Sciences is a public university located in ?s, Norway. Established as an agricultural school in 1859, it became a scientific university college in 1897 and received university status in 2005....
 in Ås
Ås

?s is a Municipalities of Norway in Akershus Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Follo Districts of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of ?s....
.
students (European citizens) do not pay fees to the university.






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The University of Bergen (Universitetet i Bergen) is located in Bergen, Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. Although founded as late as 1946, academic activity had taken place at Bergen Museum
Bergen Museum

The Bergen Museum is a university museum in Bergen, Norway. Founded in 1825 with the intent of building large collections in the fields of culture and natural history, it became the grounds for most of the academic activity in the city, a tradition which has prevailed since the museum became part of the University of Bergen....
 as far back as 1825. The university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 today serves more than 14,500 students. It is one of seven universities in Norway, the other six being the University of Oslo
University of Oslo

The University of Oslo is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Oldest Universities by Region .28post 1500.29, largest and most prestigious university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo....
, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, known by its Norwegian language acronym NTNU , is located in Trondheim. Being the second largest of the seven university in Norway, it has the main national responsibility for higher education in technology....
 in Trondheim
Trondheim

is a city and Municipalities of Norway in S?r-Tr?ndelag Counties of Norway, Norway. The city of Trondheim was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 ....
, the University of Tromsø
University of Tromsø

The University of Troms? is the world's northernmost university. Located in the city of Troms?, Norway, it was established in 1968, and opened in 1972....
, the University of Stavanger
University of Stavanger

The University of Stavanger is located in Stavanger, Norway and has about 8,000 students and 910 administration, faculty and service staff. It is organised in three Faculties, including two national centres of expertise....
, the University of Agder and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Norwegian University of Life Sciences

The Norwegian University of Life Sciences is a public university located in ?s, Norway. Established as an agricultural school in 1859, it became a scientific university college in 1897 and received university status in 2005....
 in Ås
Ås

?s is a Municipalities of Norway in Akershus Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Follo Districts of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of ?s....
.

Tuition

Home students (European citizens) do not pay fees to the university. Students are however required to be members of the student welfare organisation. As of Fall 2006, this fee (semesteravgift) is NOK 400 (approx. US$ 70-80) per year, and provides access to several services, including cultural activities, exercise facilities, childcare, refunds for many medical expenses and subsidized accommodation.

Rankings

In 2006, the University of Bergen appeared unranked on the THES - QS World University Rankings
THES - QS World University Rankings

The THE - QS World University Rankings is an annual publication that ranks the "Top 200 World Universities", and is published by Times Higher Education and Quacquarelli Symonds ....
 among the 201-520th best universities in Europe. In 2007, the university was ranked as the 225th best in Europe, in front of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, known by its Norwegian language acronym NTNU , is located in Trondheim. Being the second largest of the seven university in Norway, it has the main national responsibility for higher education in technology....
 and the University of Tromsø
University of Tromsø

The University of Troms? is the world's northernmost university. Located in the city of Troms?, Norway, it was established in 1968, and opened in 1972....
, which ranked as the 301st and 292nd best respectively, but behind the University of Oslo
University of Oslo

The University of Oslo is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Oldest Universities by Region .28post 1500.29, largest and most prestigious university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo....
, ranked as the 188th best university.

Faculties


Faculty of Humanities

  • Department of Foreign Languages (Arabic, English
    English language

    English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
    , French
    French language

    French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
    , Italian
    Italian language

    Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
    , Japanese
    Japanese language

    IPA: [n?iho?go] is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is related to the Ryukyuan languages....
    , Russian
    Russian language

    Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe....
    , Spanish
    Spanish language

    Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
    , German
    German language

    German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
     and single courses in Chinese
    Chinese language

    Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
     (IF)
  • Department of Linguistics, Literary and Aestethical studies (LLE)
  • Department of Archeology, History, Cultures and Religion (AHKR)
  • Department of Philosophy and First Semester Studies (see Examen philosophicum
    Examen philosophicum

    Examen philosophicum, often abbreviated ex. phil., is a course at certain Higher education in Norway that functions as an introductory course within philosophy and scientific method....
     and Examen facultatum) (FOF)
  • The Grieg Academy – Department of Music


The faculty revised its structure and names in August 2007.

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Law in Bergen
The Faculty of Law was established as a separate faculty in 1980, with legal studies and research having been conducted at the university since 1969. The faculty is one of three Norwegian institutions which offer legal studies, the other two being the law faculties at the University of Oslo
University of Oslo

The University of Oslo is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Oldest Universities by Region .28post 1500.29, largest and most prestigious university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo....
 and the University of Tromsø
University of Tromsø

The University of Troms? is the world's northernmost university. Located in the city of Troms?, Norway, it was established in 1968, and opened in 1972....
. The faculty offers a five-year programme leading to a Master's degree
Master's degree

A master's degree provides a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of profession. Within the area studied, graduates possess advanced knowledge of a specialized body of theory and applied topics; high order skills in analysis, Critical thinking and/or professional application; and the ability to problem solving a...
 in law and a three-year PhD
PHD

PHD may refer to:* Parisada Hindu Dharma, an Indonesian reform organization* PHD, a track on The Crystal Method album Tweekend* PHD finger, a protein sequence...
 programme, and currently has approximately 1900 students.

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

  • Department of Biology
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Geophysics
  • Department of Geoscience
  • Department of Informatics
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Molecular Biology
  • Department of Physics and Technology
  • Centre for Pharmacy
  • Centre for Environmental and resource studies
  • Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research


Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

  • Centre for International Health
  • Centre of Virology
  • Department of Biomedicine
  • Department of Clinical Medicine
  • Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care
  • Department of Surgical Sciences
  • Gade's Institute
  • Institute for Clinical Dentistry
  • Institute of Medicine
  • Section for Medical Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition
  • Vivarium


Faculty of Psychology

The University of Bergen is the only institution in the Nordic countries where the study of psychology
Psychology

Psychology is an academic and applied science discipline involving the science study of human mental functions and behavior. Occasionally it also relies on symbolic hermeneutics and critical theory, although these traditions are less pronounced than in other social sciences such as sociology....
 has been assigned to its own faculty. Established in 1980, it educates psychologists and is responsible for the University's pedagogic
Pedagogy

Pedagogy , or paedagogy is the art or science of being a teacher. The term generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction....
 education.

Faculty of Social Sciences

  • Department of Comparative Politics
  • Department of Information Science and Media Studies
  • Institute for Administration and Organizational Science
  • Institute for Geography
  • Institute for Social Anthropology
  • Institute for Economics
  • Institute for Sociology
  • Centre for Development Studies
  • Centre for Gender Studies
  • Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
  • Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP)
  • InterMedia
  • The Rokkan Centre


External links

    • - Ludwig Wittgenstein
      Ludwig Wittgenstein

      Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austrian-United Kingdom philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language....
  • Utrecht Network
    Utrecht Network

    The Utrecht Network is a network of European University. The network promotes the internationalisation of tertiary education through summer schools, student and staff Student exchange program and joint degrees....