Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

1   Students in tertiary education in Norway and Norwegian students abroad, by gender, type of college, ownership and educational institution. 1 October. 1995, 2004 and 2005
Type of college, ownership and educational institution Total Men Women
1995 2004 2005 1995 2004 2005 1995 2004 2005
Total  181 736     224 158     223 607     79 941    90 870    90 196     101 795     133 288      133 411
                   
All universities and spesialised university institutions 79 954 80 474 88 105 37 253 36 358 38 955 42 701 44 116 49 150
Public 79 397 79 613 87 258 36 959 35 978 38 580 42 438 43 635 48 678
University of Oslo 36 000 29 635 29 732 15 378 12 042 11 812 20 622 17 593 17 920
University of Bergen 15 667 16 218 15 743 6 843 6 890 6 549 8 824 9 328 9 194
Norwegian University of Science and Technology 15 861 20 086 19 950 8 579 10 716 10 536 7 282 9 370 9 414
University of Tromsø 6 079 5 933 5 860 2 791 2 476 2 507 3 288 3 457 3 353
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration 2 442 2 580 2 573 1 667 1 611 1 601  775  969  972
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (previously Agricultural University of Norway, classified as a university from 01.01.2005) 1 927 2 629 2 731 1 013 1 153 1 210  914 1 476 1 521
University of Stavanger1 . . 7 508 . . 3 024 . . 4 484
Other spesialised university institustions 1 421 2 532 3 161  688 1 090 1 341  733 1 442 1 820
Private  557  861  847  294  380  375  263  481  472
The Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology  557  861  847  294  380  375  263  481  472
                   
All university colleges 93 186  130 527  123 159 38 481 48 786 46 012 54 705 81 741 77 147
Public university colleges 73 269 99 727 92 443 28 192 35 604 32 998 45 077 64 123 59 445
Østfold University College 3 913 4 926 4 243 1 525 1 688 1 517 2 388 3 238 2 726
Akershus University College 1 939 3 296 3 426  531  847  886 1 408 2 449 2 540
Oslo University College 8 577 11 182 11 130 2 426 3 345 3 424 6 151 7 837 7 706
Hedmark University College 3 874 5 661 5 401 1 338 2 011 1 786 2 536 3 650 3 615
Gjøvik University College 1 167 1 878 2 015  656  801  899  511 1 077 1 116
Lillehammer University College 2 065 2 981 3 594  698  994 1 217 1 367 1 987 2 377
Buskerud University College 1 703 2 854 2 858  923 1 123 1 114  780 1 731 1 744
Vestfold University College 2 891 4 107 3 591 1 034 1 345 1 260 1 857 2 762 2 331
Telemark University College 4 388 5 423 5 143 1 825 1 892 1 745 2 563 3 531 3 398
Agder University College 6 205 8 101 7 997 2 704 3 315 3 275 3 501 4 786 4 722
Stavanger University College 5 625 7 471 . 2 317 2 904 . 3 308 4 567 .
Stord/Haugesund University College 2 098 2 329 2 456  710  751  745 1 388 1 578 1 711
Bergen University College 4 206 5 950 6 025 1 600 2 095 2 204 2 606 3 855 3 821
Sogn og Fjordane University College 2 169 2 907 2 924  760  839  946 1 409 2 068 1 978
Molde University College 1 239 1 685 1 527  688  712  655  551  973  872
Ålesund University College 1 179 1 546 1 869  620  685  782  559  861 1 087
Volda University College 2 491 2 826 3 082  760  867  955 1 731 1 959 2 127
Sør-Trøndelag University College 4 903 7 651 7 490 2 089 3 497 3 488 2 814 4 154 4 002
Nord-Trøndelag University College 2 803 4 257 4 560 1 060 1 624 1 750 1 743 2 633 2 810
Bodø University College 3 221 3 899 4 594 1 307 1 325 1 537 1 914 2 574 3 057
Narvik University College  753 1 226 1 180  573  805  754  180  421  426
Nesna University College  798 1 101  939  292  330  268  506  771  671
Harstad University College  861 1 402 1 477  292  392  418  569 1 010 1 059
Tromsø University College 2 351 2 922 2 951  897  863  841 1 454 2 059 2 110
Finnmark University College 1 713 1 965 1 827  537  514  499 1 176 1 451 1 328
Saami University College  137  181  144 30 40 33  107  141  111
                   
Military colleges  695  535  601  650  494  544 45 41 57
Other university colleges2 19 222 30 265 30 115 9 639 12 688 12 470 9 583 17 577 17 645
Public 2 047 1 606 1 797 1 017  775  893 1 030  831  904
Private 17 175 28 659 28 318 8 622 11 913 11 577 8 553 16 746 16 741
Of which                  
Norwegian School of Management 11 464 19 055 18 107 6 775 9 334 8 814 4 689 9 721 9 293
                   
Norwegian students abroad 8 596 13 157 12 343 4 207 5 726 5 229 4 389 7 431 7 114
1  University of Stavanger, previously Stavanger University College, is classified as a university from 1 January 2005.
2  Other university colleges includes Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen, Politihøgskolen and private university colleges.

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