• Gjøvik and Lillehammer UC – planning to merge in 2007.

• Joint international office from Oct. 2004.• Presence and service on both campuses.• Cooperation on management,

strategies, agreements, activites for int. students, etc.

• Regional university ambitions; Gjøvik/Lillehammer + Hedmark

Facts about Lillehammer University College

• One of 25 state university colleges in Norway

• Established in 1994 as part of the national reorganization of higher education

• Is localized at Storhove – 5 km north of the town centre

• 2800 students• 250 teaching and administrative staff

 

Faculties at Lillehammer UC

• Faculty of Social Sciences

• Faculty of Health and Social Work

• Faculty of Television Production and Film Studies

• The Norwegian Film School

Faculty of Social Sciences

• Bachelor programmes:

Business AdministrationSocial SciencesOrganisation and ManagementTravel and Tourism

• Master programme:

Education

Faculty of Health and Social Work

• Bachelor programmes:

Social WorkChild Care and WelfareSocial EducationPsychology

• Master programmes:

Social PolicySocial AdministrationHealth and Social Work with Children and Youth

Faculty of Television Production and Film Studies

• Bachelor programmes:

Directing for TelevisionProfessional BroadcastingVisual CultureCulture Management

• Master programme:

Film/TV Science

The Norwegian Film School

• The Film School offers a 3-year professional training programme.

• Areas of specialisation:

CinematographyDirectingEditingProducingScreenwritingSound design and technique

Facts about Lillehammer

• 25 000 inhabitants• Situated at the northern end

of Lake Mjøsa, Norway’s biggest lake

• 180 km north of Oslo• Hosted the 1994 winter olympics• Stable climate – warm summers and cold

winters• Excellent possibilities for outdoor activities, in

summer as well as in winter

Gjøvik University College

• 1600 students, 200 staff members

• Bachelor programmes in nursing, radiography, engineering (electrical, civil, mechanical), geomatics, technology design, computer science, information security, media technology, media management, media design.

• Two international master programmes (from 2006):

Information SecurityMedia Technology

Facts about Norway

• 4,4 million inhabitants

• 385 000 km2

• 19 counties and 435 municipalities

• The Norwegian coastline mesures 2650 km

• Monarchy King Harald 5th

• Parliamentary democracy ”Stortinget”

• Member of the EEA and Schengen, but not the European Union

The land of mountains, fjords and the midnight sun

Norway - the cradle of skiing

• The downhill slopes at Hafjell and Kvitfjell are known to the world as olympic arenas (Lillehammer Winter Olympics 1994).

• The Norwegian national sport is crosscountry skiing. In Lillehammer there are many marked ski trails