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 1996, 2005 and 2006
Type of college, ownership and educational institution Total Men Women
1996 2005 2006 1996 2005 2006 1996 2005 2006
Total  187 697   223 607   222 975   80 688   90 196   88 705   107 009   133 411   134 270
                   
All universities and specialised university institutions 82 175 88 105 86 366 38 176 38 955 37 757 43 999 49 150 48 609
Public 81 572 87 258 85 475 37 892 38 580 37 349 43 680 48 678 48 126
Universities 77 190 81 524 80 076 35 258 35 638 34 487 41 932 45 886 45 589
University of Oslo 37 032 29 732 29 177 15 657 11 812 11 307 21 375 17 920 17 870
University of Bergen 16 017 15 743 15 192 7 005 6 549 6 264 9 012 9 194 8 928
Norwegian University of Science and Technology 15 804 19 950 19 622 8 653 10 536 10 236 7 151 9 414 9 386
University of Tromsø 6 434 5 860 5 840 2 963 2 507 2 439 3 471 3 353 3 401
University of Stavanger1 . 7 508 7 388 . 3 024 2 992 . 4 484 4 396
Norwegian University of Life Sciences2 1 903 2 731 2 857  980 1 210 1 249  923 1 521 1 608
Spesialised university institutions 4 382 5 734 5 399 2 634 2 942 2 862 1 748 2 792 2 537
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration 2 673 2 573 2 605 1 827 1 601 1 644  846  972  961
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences  517 1 739 1 324  299  771  626  218  968  698
Norwegian Academy of Music  532  562  578  249  244  253  283  318  325
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science  347  399  429 80 85 93  267  314  336
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design  313  461  463  179  241  246  134  220  217
Private  603  847  891  284  375  408  319  472  483
Spesialised university institustions  603  847  891  284  375  408  319  472  483
The Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology  603  847  891  284  375  408  319  472  483
                   
All university colleges 95 831  123 159  124 863 38 006 46 012 46 048 57 825 77 147 78 815
Public 79 297 94 841 96 223 30 289 34 435 34 519 49 008 60 406 61 704
The state university colleges3 76 374 92 443 93 773 28 415 32 998 33 016 47 959 59 445 60 757
Østfold University College 4 445 4 243 4 163 1 582 1 517 1 443 2 863 2 726 2 720
Akershus University College 2 183 3 426 3 777  603  886 1 019 1 580 2 540 2 758
Oslo University College 9 072 11 130 11 644 2 580 3 424 3 600 6 492 7 706 8 044
Hedmark University College 4 289 5 401 6 014 1 495 1 786 1 817 2 794 3 615 4 197
Gjøvik University College 1 047 2 015 1 928  627  899  801  420 1 116 1 127
Lillehammer University College 2 020 3 594 3 431  638 1 217 1 186 1 382 2 377 2 245
Buskerud University College 1 818 2 858 2 908  938 1 114 1 094  880 1 744 1 814
Vestfold University College 2 945 3 591 3 953 1 094 1 260 1 317 1 851 2 331 2 636
Telemark University College 4 119 5 143 5 116 1 606 1 745 1 744 2 513 3 398 3 372
Agder University College 6 162 7 997 8 005 2 548 3 275 3 187 3 614 4 722 4 818
Stavanger University College1 6 054 . . 2 329 . . 3 725 . .
Stord/Haugesund University College 2 275 2 456 2 707  777  745  966 1 498 1 711 1 741
Bergen University College 4 182 6 025 6 185 1 594 2 204 2 282 2 588 3 821 3 903
Sogn og Fjordane University College 2 547 2 924 2 783  767  946  835 1 780 1 978 1 948
Molde University College 1 308 1 527 1 730  720  655  707  588  872 1 023
Ålesund University College 1 226 1 869 1 864  590  782  773  636 1 087 1 091
Volda University College 2 593 3 082 2 762  817  955  830 1 776 2 127 1 932
Sør-Trøndelag University College 4 952 7 490 6 968 2 194 3 488 3 222 2 758 4 002 3 746
Nord-Trøndelag University College 3 108 4 560 4 863 1 176 1 750 1 823 1 932 2 810 3 040
Bodø University College 2 996 4 594 4 265 1 173 1 537 1 418 1 823 3 057 2 847
Narvik University College  601 1 180 1 196  426  754  740  175  426  456
Nesna University College  971  939  931  321  268  286  650  671  645
Harstad University College  960 1 477 1 489  313  418  435  647 1 059 1 054
Tromsø University College 2 556 2 951 2 880  945  841  854 1 611 2 110 2 026
Finnmark University College 1 764 1 827 2 099  517  499  611 1 247 1 328 1 488
Saami University College  181  144  112 45 33 26  136  111 86
Military colleges  936  601  597  894  544  552 42 57 45
Other Public university colleges 1 987 1 797 1 853  980  893  951 1 007  904  902
Of which                  
The Norwegian Police University College  869  934 1 039  619  600  680  250  334  359
Bergen National Academy of the Arts  216  308  303 52  103 98  164  205  205
Oslo National Academy of the Arts  461  555  511  140  190  173  321  365  338
Private 16 494 28 318 28 640 7 710 11 577 11 529 8 784 16 741 17 111
Norwegian School of Management 10 569 18 107 18 355 5 949 8 814 8 763 4 620 9 293 9 592
Other Private university colleges 5 925 10 211 10 285 1 761 2 763 2 766 4 164 7 448 7 519
                   
Norwegian students abroad 9 691 12 343 11 746 4 506 5 229 4 900 5 185 7 114 6 846
1  University of Stavanger, previously Stavanger university college, classified as a university from 1 January 2005.
2  Norwegian University of Life Science, previously Agricultural University of Norway, classified as a university from 1 January 2005.
3  The state university colleges is a term for type of university college which is a result from a reform in 1994.

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