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 1998, 2007 and 20081
Type of college, ownership and educational institution Total Men Women
1998 2007 2008 1998 2007 2008 1998 2007 2008
Total  191 899  219 464  225 469 79 930 86 165 87 911  111 969  133 299  137 558
                   
All universities and specialised university institutions 77 940 91 146  111 816 35 948 39 296 48 952 41 992 51 850 62 864
Public 77 220 90 300 90 931 35 664 38 936 38 991 41 556 51 364 51 940
Universities 70 786 84 841 85 235 32 054 36 057 35 998 38 732 48 784 49 237
University of Oslo 33 051 27 341 26 956 13 651 10 648 10 294 19 400 16 693 16 662
University of Bergen 15 385 14 057 13 799 6 744 5 649 5 524 8 641 8 408 8 275
Norwegian University of Science and Technology 16 714 19 351 19 679 9 085 10 174 10 308 7 629 9 177 9 371
University of Tromsø 5 636 5 424 5 469 2 574 2 174 2 210 3 062 3 250 3 259
University of Stavanger3   8 050 8 166   3 189 3 215   4 861 4 951
University of Agder4   7 801 8 166   3 001 3 169   4 800 4 997
Norwegian University of Life Sciences5   2 817 3 000   1 222 1 278   1 595 1 722
Spesialised university institutions 6 434 5 459 5 696 3 610 2 879 2 993 2 824 2 580 2 703
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration 2 655 2 838 3 026 1 785 1 731 1 802  870 1 107 1 224
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences  660 1 072 1 126  367  523  563  293  549  563
Norwegian Academy of Music  450  608  565  230  260  258  220  348  307
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science  373  447  467 90 94 98  283  353  369
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design  270  494  512  155  271  272  115  223  240
Agricultural University of Norway5 2 026      983     1 043    
Private  720  846 20 885  284  360 9 961  436  486 10 924
Spesialised university institustions  720  846 20 885  284  360 9 961  436  486 10 924
The Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology  720  846  902  284  360  417  436  486  485
Norwegian School of Management1     19 713     9 445     10 268
School of Mission and Theologyt1      270     99      171
All university colleges  102 109  117 117  102 367 38 775 42 178 34 293 63 334 74 939 68 074
Public 83 050 88 210 91 609 30 393 30 769 31 685 52 657 57 441 59 924
The state university colleges2 80 205 85 415 88 144 28 487 29 085 29 480 51 718 56 330 58 664
Østfold University College 4 427 4 228 4 195 1 490 1 442 1 402 2 937 2 786 2 793
Akershus University College 2 617 3 554 3 658  716  947  945 1 901 2 607 2 713
Oslo University College 8 509 11 503 11 851 2 309 3 559 3 602 6 200 7 944 8 249
Hedmark University College 4 445 5 673 5 660 1 471 1 682 1 671 2 974 3 991 3 989
Gjøvik University College 1 324 2 010 2 211  715  828  949  609 1 182 1 262
Lillehammer University College 2 137 3 477 3 785  572 1 103 1 211 1 565 2 374 2 574
Buskerud University College 2 086 3 218 3 271  970 1 123 1 151 1 116 2 095 2 120
Vestfold University College 3 248 4 175 4 467 1 081 1 415 1 553 2 167 2 760 2 914
Telemark University College 4 323 5 491 5 609 1 540 1 928 1 839 2 783 3 563 3 770
Agder University College4 6 359     2 487     3 872    
Stavanger University College3 6 389     2 440     3 949    
Stord/Haugesund University College 2 125 2 624 2 731  662  884  896 1 463 1 740 1 835
Bergen University College 4 463 6 527 6 710 1 660 2 364 2 383 2 803 4 163 4 327
Sogn og Fjordane University College 2 498 2 851 2 964  672  821  824 1 826 2 030 2 140
Molde University College 1 434 1 657 1 782  713  677  654  721  980 1 128
Ålesund University College 1 177 1 819 1 795  547  741  699  630 1 078 1 096
Volda University College 2 076 2 705 2 960  584  764  819 1 492 1 941 2 141
Sør-Trøndelag University College 5 736 6 874 7 044 2 523 3 044 3 167 3 213 3 830 3 877
Nord-Trøndelag University College 3 431 4 684 4 328 1 154 1 693 1 448 2 277 2 991 2 880
Bodø University College 3 470 4 249 5 135 1 368 1 341 1 632 2 102 2 908 3 503
Narvik University College  768 1 216 1 124  529  780  710  239  436  414
Nesna University College 1 096 1 060 1 112  357  301  326  739  759  786
Harstad University College 1 056 1 402 1 366  291  320  299  765 1 082 1 067
Tromsø University College 2 753 2 437 2 442  976  754  783 1 777 1 683 1 659
Finnmark University College 2 043 1 889 1 833  607  552  492 1 436 1 337 1 341
Saami University College  215 92  111 53 22 25  162 70 86
Military colleges  793  577  791  733  524  712 60 53 79
Other Public university colleges 2 052 2 218 2 674 1 173 1 160 1 493  879 1 058 1 181
Of which                  
The Norwegian Police University College 1 228 1 420 1 883  879  891 1 202  349  529  681
Bergen National Academy of the Arts  221  292  312 78 93  111  143  199  201
Oslo National Academy of the Arts  425  506  479  141  176  180  284  330  299
Private 19 059 28 907 10 758 8 382 11 409 2 608 10 677 17 498 8 150
Norwegian School of Management1 11 034 18 248   5 819 8 625   5 215 9 623  
Other Private university colleges1 8 025 10 659 10 758 2 563 2 784 2 608 5 462 7 875 8 150
                   
Norwegian students abroad 11 850 11 201 11 286 5 207 4 691 4 666 6 643 6 510 6 620
1  Norwegian School of Management and School of Mission and Theology obtain status as specialized universitiesas as of the 1st of june 2008.
2  The state university colleges is a term for type of university college which is a result from a reform in 1994.
3  University of Stavanger, previously Stavanger university college, classified as a university from 01.01.2005.
4  University of Agder, previously Agder university college, classified as a university from 01.09.2007.
5  Norwegian University of Life Science, previously Agricultural University of Norway, classified as a university from 01.01.2005.

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