University of Bergen

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University of Bergen
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UiB a brief description

• 7 faculties
• 17 000 students
• 2 800 faculty and staff
• urban
• high quality research
• international collaborations

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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

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UiB historical leadership

• Gerhard Armauer Hansen
• Fridtjof Nansen
• Vilhelm Bjerknes
• Stein Rokkan
• Ludwig Wittgenstein

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UiB vision

• gateway and meeting place
• crossing borders
• quality
• leadership

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UiB profile

• research
• education
• communication
• marine environment
• international co-operation

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UiB education

• seven Faculties
• one PhD
• professional and academic / researcher training
• language
• ICT
• crossing borders
• reform

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UiB particular research areas

• marine sciences
• information technology
• health and medicine
• development research
• humanities
• social sciences

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UiB marine research

• high quality research
• state-of-the-art equipment
• EU research infrastructures
• special research institutes

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UiB internationalisation

• crossing borders
• networks
• exchanges
• development

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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

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UiB international initiatives

• international health
• water resources
• social sciences