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 1997, 2006 and 2007
Type of college, ownership and educational institution Total Men Women
1997 2006 2007 1997 2006 2007 1997 2006 2007
Total  187 754  222 975  219 464 79 917 88 705 86 165  107 837  134 270  133 299
                   
All universities and specialised university institutions 80 439 86 366 91 146 37 570 37 757 39 296 42 869 48 609 51 850
Public 79 706 85 475 90 300 37 268 37 349 38 936 42 438 48 126 51 364
Universities 73 165 80 076 84 841 33 552 34 487 36 057 39 613 45 589 48 784
University of Oslo 34 825 29 177 27 341 14 704 11 307 10 648 20 121 17 870 16 693
University of Bergen 15 773 15 192 14 057 6 951 6 264 5 649 8 822 8 928 8 408
Norwegian University of Science and Technology 16 534 19 622 19 351 9 088 10 236 10 174 7 446 9 386 9 177
University of Tromsø 6 033 5 840 5 424 2 809 2 439 2 174 3 224 3 401 3 250
University of Stavanger1   7 388 8 050   2 992 3 189   4 396 4 861
University of Agder2     7 801     3 001 . . 4 800
Norwegian University of Life Sciences3 6 541 2 857 2 817 3 716 1 249 1 222   1 608 1 595
Specialised university institutions 2 177 5 399 5 459 1 073 2 862 2 879 1 104 2 537 2 580
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration 2 679 2 605 2 838 1 812 1 644 1 731  867  961 1 107
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences  599 1 324 1 072  349  626  523  250  698  549
Norwegian Academy of Music  448  578  608  221  253  260  227  325  348
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science  345  429  447 85 93 94  260  336  353
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design  293  463  494  176  246  271  117  217  223
Private  733  891  846  302  408  360  431  483  486
Spesialised university institustions  733  891  846  302  408  360  431  483  486
The Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology  733  891  846  302  408  360  431  483  486
                   
All university colleges 96 490  124 863  117 117 37 425 46 048 42 178 59 065 78 815 74 939
Public 78 722 96 223 88 210 29 326 34 519 30 769 49 396 61 704 57 441
The state university colleges4 76 077 93 773 85 415 27 616 33 016 29 085 48 461 60 757 56 330
Østfold University College 4 420 4 163 4 228 1 572 1 443 1 442 2 848 2 720 2 786
Akershus University College 2 179 3 777 3 554  622 1 019  947 1 557 2 758 2 607
Oslo University College 8 578 11 644 11 503 2 404 3 600 3 559 6 174 8 044 7 944
Hedmark University College 4 599 6 014 5 673 1 480 1 817 1 682 3 119 4 197 3 991
Gjøvik University College 1 184 1 928 2 010  675  801  828  509 1 127 1 182
Lillehammer University College 2 098 3 431 3 477  611 1 186 1 103 1 487 2 245 2 374
Buskerud University College 1 830 2 908 3 218  884 1 094 1 123  946 1 814 2 095
Vestfold University College 3 254 3 953 4 175 1 071 1 317 1 415 2 183 2 636 2 760
Telemark University College 3 684 5 116 5 491 1 331 1 744 1 928 2 353 3 372 3 563
Agder University College2 6 034 8 005   2 427 3 187   3 607 4 818  
Stavanger University College1 6 379     2 511     3 868    
Stord/Haugesund University College 1 991 2 707 2 624  642  966  884 1 349 1 741 1 740
Bergen University College 4 109 6 185 6 527 1 539 2 282 2 364 2 570 3 903 4 163
Sogn og Fjordane University College 2 179 2 783 2 851  652  835  821 1 527 1 948 2 030
Molde University College 1 323 1 730 1 657  699  707  677  624 1 023  980
Ålesund University College 1 133 1 864 1 819  537  773  741  596 1 091 1 078
Volda University College 2 441 2 762 2 705  832  830  764 1 609 1 932 1 941
Sør-Trøndelag University College 4 849 6 968 6 874 1 998 3 222 3 044 2 851 3 746 3 830
Nord-Trøndelag University College 3 182 4 863 4 684 1 173 1 823 1 693 2 009 3 040 2 991
Bodø University College 3 332 4 265 4 249 1 305 1 418 1 341 2 027 2 847 2 908
Narvik University College  578 1 196 1 216  413  740  780  165  456  436
Nesna University College 1 023  931 1 060  334  286  301  689  645  759
Harstad University College 1 042 1 489 1 402  321  435  320  721 1 054 1 082
Tromsø University College 2 625 2 880 2 437  987  854  754 1 638 2 026 1 683
Finnmark University College 1 912 2 099 1 889  567  611  552 1 345 1 488 1 337
Saami University College  119  112 92 29 26 22 90 86 70
Military colleges  642  597  577  613  552  524 29 45 53
Other Public university colleges 2 003 1 853 2 218 1 097  951 1 160  906  902 1 058
Of which                  
The Norwegian Police University College 1 083 1 039 1 420  778  680  891  305  359  529
Bergen National Academy of the Arts  231  303  292 69 98 93  162  205  199
Oslo National Academy of the Arts  473  511  506  155  173  176  318  338  330
Private 17 768 28 640 28 907 8 099 11 529 11 409 9 669 17 111 17 498
Norwegian School of Management 10 904 18 355 18 248 6 018 8 763 8 625 4 886 9 592 9 623
Other Private university colleges 6 864 10 285 10 659 2 081 2 766 2 784 4 783 7 519 7 875
                   
Norwegian students abroad 10 825 11 746 11 201 4 922 4 900 4 691 5 903 6 846 6 510
1  University of Stavanger, previously Stavanger university college, classified as a university from 01.01.2005.
2  University of Agder, previously Agder university college, classified as a university from 01.09.2007.
3  Norwegian University of Life Science, previously Agricultural University of Norway, classified as a university from 01.01.2005 .
4  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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