Ministry of Education and Research (Norway)

Political staff^[1]

• Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, minister of Education and Research (Conservative Party)
• State Secretaries, Bjørn Haugstad and Birgitte Jordahl
• Political Adviser, Magnus Thue

Departments

• Department of Administration and Development
• Department of Early Childhood Education and Care^[2]
• Department of Education and Training
• Department of Governance and Finance
• Department of Higher Education
• Department of Policy Analysis, Lifelong Learning and International Affairs
• Department of Research
• The Communication Unit

Subsidiaries

The following government agencies are subordinate to the ministry:^[3]

• Research Council of Norway Norges forskningsråd (Official site) In charge of research funding and research policy.
• Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training, or Utdanningsdirektoratetet (Official site) Responsible for the development of primary and secondary education. Approves the primary and secondary school curriculum.
• Centre for ICT in education
• Foreldreutvalget for grunnskolen (Official site) Cooperation between parents and school authorities.
• Norway Opening Universities, or Norgesuniversitetet (Official site) Think tank for lifelong learning and e-learning in higher education and provides funding to distance learning initiantives.
• Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education, or Nasjonalt organ for kvalitet i utdanningen (Official site) Quality assurance for colleges and secondary vocational training, as well as approving degrees from foreign countries.
• Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education, or Senter for internasjonalisering av høyere utdanning (Official site) Promotes international cooperation in higher education and research.
• Norwegian Institute for Adult Learning, or VOX-læring for arbeidslivet (Official site) Promotes adult learning within reading, writing, arithmetic and ICT.
• Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, or Norsk utenrikspolitisk institutt (Official site) Foreign policy research.
• Norwegian Meteorological Institute, or Meteorologisk institutt (Official site) Performs weather observations and forecasts.
• Norwegian Social Research, or Norsk institutt for forskning om oppvekst, velferd og aldring (Official site) Research.
• Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund, or Statens lånekasse for utdanning (Official site) Grands loans and scholarships to students.
• Norwegian Universities and Colleges Admission Service, or Samordna opptak (Official site) Coordinates admission to most undergraduate courses at state universities and colleges.
• Statens fagskole for gartnere og blomsterdekoratører (Official site) Educates gardeners and flower decorators at secondary school level.

Universities

• Nord University, or Nord universitet (Official site)
• Norwegian University of Life Sciences, or Universitetet for miljø- og biovitenskap (Official site)
• Norwegian University of Science and Technology, or Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (Official site)
• University of Bergen, or Universitetet i Bergen (Official site)
• University of Oslo, or Universitetet i Oslo (Official site)
• University of Stavanger, or Universitetet i Stavanger (Official site)
• University of Tromsø, or Universitetet i Tromsø (Official site)
• University of Agder, or Universitetet i Agder (Official site)

Specialised Colleges

• Oslo School of Architecture and Design, or Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen i Oslo (Official site)
• Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, or Norges handelshøgskole (Official site)
• Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, or Norges idrettshøgskole (Official site)
• Norwegian Academy of Music, or Norges musikkhøgskole (Official site)
• Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, or Norges vetrinærhøgskole (Official site)

Regional University Colleges

• Bergen National Academy of the Arts, or Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen (Official site)
• Harstad University College, or Høgskolen i Harstad (Official site)
• Hedmark University College, or Høgskolen i Hedmark (Official site)
• Lillehammer University College, or Høgskolen i Lillehammer (Official site)
• Molde University College, or Høgskolen i Molde (Official site)
• Oslo National Academy of the Arts, or Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo (Official site)
• Oslo and Akershus University College, or Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus (Official site)
• Sámi University College, or Samisk høgskole (Official site)
• University College of Southeast Norway, or Høgskolen i Sørøst Norge (Official site)
• Volda University College, or Høgskolen i Volda (Official site)
• Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, or Høgskolen i Vestlandet (Official site)
• Østfold University College, or Høgskolen i Østfold (Official site)

Limited companies

• Norwegian Social Science Data Services, or Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste (Official site) Information and data services for higher education and research.
• Svalbard University Centre, or Universitetssenteret på Svalbard (Official site) Research on Svalbard.
• Uninett (Official site) Operates the university/college/research internet communication network and the norid domain register.
• Simula Research Laboratory (Official site) (80%, Research)