University of Stavanger
Universitetet i Stavanger (UiS)
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Type | University |
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Established | 2005 |
Rector | Marit Boyesen |
Administrative staff | 1372 |
Students | 10888 |
Location | Stavanger, Norway |
Campus | Ullandhaug |
Affiliations | European Consortium of Innovative Universities |
Website | www.uis.no |
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The University of Stavanger (Universitetet i Stavanger) is a university located in Stavanger, Norway. UiS was established in 2005 when the former Høgskolen i Stavanger (HiS) received university status. It had about 11,000 students and 1,370 administration, faculty and service staff in 2017.[1] It is organised in three faculties, including two national centres of expertise and the Museum of Archaeology. The university has a main campus located in the neighborhood of Ullandhaug.[2][3][4]
The university offers doctorates in: Literacy; Risk Management and Societal Safety; Educational Sciences; Health and Medicine; Management, Economics and Tourism; Sociology, Social Work and Culture & Society; Chemistry and Biological Science; Offshore Technology; Petroleum Technology; Risk Management and Societal Safety- Technical/Scientific Approach; and Information Technology, Mathematics, and Physics.[5]
The University of Stavanger became a member of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) in October 2012.
Faculty of Arts and Education
- Department of Education and Sports Science
- Department of Early Childhood Education
- Department of Cultural Studies and Languages
- Department of Music and Dance
- Centre for Behavioural Research
- National Centre for Reading Education and Research
Faculty of Social Sciences
- Department of Media, Culture and Social Sciences
- Department of Social Studies
- Department of Health Studies
- The Norwegian School of Hotel Management
- UiS Business School
Faculty of Science and Technology
- Department of Petroleum Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Department of Mathematics and Natural Science
- Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science
- Department of Industrial Economics, Risk Management and Planning
References
- ↑ Om UiS Archived 2017-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. Universitetet i Stavanger
- ↑ Tor Ivar Hansen. "Universitetet i Stavanger". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- ↑ Geir Thorsnæs. "Ullandhaug". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Campus Ullandhaug". University of Stavanger. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ↑ PhD Studies, University of Stavanger. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
External links
Coordinates: 58°56′15″N 5°41′51″E / 58.93750°N 5.69750°E