University of Bergen

UiB: a brief description

• 7 faculties• ~16 500 students• 2 800 faculty and staff

• urban• high quality research• international collaborations

UiB: a brief history

• 1825 Bergen Museum

• 1873 leprosy bacterium - Hansen

• 1907 Sundt Chair of Zoology

• 1948 formal opening, Faculties of Medicine, Mathematics and Natural Science, Arts

• 1970 Faculties of Dentistry, Social Sciences

• 1980 Faculties of Psychology, Law

• 1986 UNIFOB

• 1990 Bertelsmann Prize

• 2003 research, education, communication

UiB: historical leadership

• Gerhard Armauer

Hansen

• Fridtjof Nansen

• Vilhelm Bjerknes

• Stein Rokkan

• Ludwig Wittgenstein*

UiB: vision

UiB = research university

with high international profile

UiB: profile

• research• education• communication

• marine environment• international co-operation

UiB: education

• seven Faculties• one PhD• professional and

academic / researcher training

• language• ICT• crossing borders• reform

UiB: particular research areas

• marine sciences

• information technology

• health and medicine

• development research

• humanities

• social sciences

UiB: marine research

• high quality research

• state-of-the-art equipment

• EU research infrastructures

• special research institutes

UiB: internationalisation

• crossing borders

• networks

• exchanges

• development

UiB: international co-operation

•Norway / Scandinavia-NorFA-NORDPLUS

•Europe-Visiting Research Fellowships-SOCRATES, ERASMUS MUNDUS

•Other / Global-UoW/MUN-WUN-NUFU-numerous bilateral agreements-guest researcher programme-and much more …

UiB: international initiatives

• international health

• water resources

• social sciences