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 1999, 2008 and 20091
Type of college, ownership and educational institution Total Men Women
1999 2008 2009 1999 2008 2009 1999 2008 2009
Total  201 780  225 469  235 300 83 214 87 911 92 656  118 566  137 558  142 644
                   
All universities and specialised university institutions 76 847  111 816  118 093 35 113 48 952 51 618 41 734 62 864 66 475
Public 75 867 90 931 97 186 34 793 38 991 41 608 41 074 51 940 55 578
Universities 69 023 85 235 91 097 31 024 35 998 38 483 37 999 49 237 52 614
University of Oslo 31 496 26 956 27 737 13 024 10 294 10 631 18 472 16 662 17 106
University of Bergen 15 194 13 799 14 022 6 539 5 524 5 600 8 655 8 275 8 422
Norwegian University of Science and Technology 16 798 19 679 20 322 9 000 10 308 10 684 7 798 9 371 9 638
University of Tromsø6 5 535 5 469 8 296 2 461 2 210 3 213 3 074 3 259 5 083
University of Stavanger3   8 166 8 843   3 215 3 544   4 951 5 299
University of Agder4   8 166 8 663   3 169 3 437   4 997 5 226
Norwegian University of Life Sciences5   3 000 3 214   1 278 1 374   1 722 1 840
Spesialised university institutions 6 844 5 696 6 089 3 769 2 993 3 125 3 075 2 703 2 964
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration 2 737 3 026 3 048 1 824 1 802 1 826  913 1 224 1 222
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences  757 1 126 1 359  427  563  654  330  563  705
Norwegian Academy of Music  485  565  632  243  258  274  242  307  358
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science  373  467  476 94 98 81  279  369  395
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design  296  512  574  154  272  290  142  240  284
Agricultural University of Norway5 2 196     1 027     1 169    
Private  980 20 885 20 907  320 9 961 10 010  660 10 924 10 897
Spesialised university institustions  980 20 885 20 907  320 9 961 10 010  660 10 924 10 897
The Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology  980  902  871  320  417  366  660  485  505
Norwegian School of Management1   19 713 19 712   9 445 9 524   10 268 10 188
School of Mission and Theologyt1    270  324   99  120    171  204
All university colleges  112 170  102 367  104 827 42 589 34 293 36 005 69 581 68 074 68 822
Public 89 014 91 609 93 452 31 924 31 685 33 208 57 090 59 924 60 244
The state university colleges2 86 104 88 144 89 311 30 004 29 480 30 590 56 100 58 664 58 721
Østfold University College 4 654 4 195 4 622 1 556 1 402 1 576 3 098 2 793 3 046
Akershus University College 2 902 3 658 3 884  746  945  990 2 156 2 713 2 894
Oslo University College 8 699 11 851 12 253 2 366 3 602 3 680 6 333 8 249 8 573
Hedmark University College 5 167 5 660 5 453 1 724 1 671 1 773 3 443 3 989 3 680
Gjøvik University College 1 410 2 211 2 451  747  949 1 160  663 1 262 1 291
Lillehammer University College 2 455 3 785 4 093  672 1 211 1 363 1 783 2 574 2 730
Buskerud University College 1 840 3 271 3 431  852 1 151 1 255  988 2 120 2 176
Vestfold University College 4 361 4 467 5 069 1 400 1 553 1 803 2 961 2 914 3 266
Telemark University College 4 423 5 609 5 535 1 580 1 839 1 918 2 843 3 770 3 617
Agder University College4 6 505     2 654     3 851    
Stavanger University College3 6 694     2 523     4 171    
Stord/Haugesund University College 2 036 2 731 2 995  600  896  950 1 436 1 835 2 045
Bergen University College 5 044 6 710 7 124 1 764 2 383 2 444 3 280 4 327 4 680
Sogn og Fjordane University College 2 888 2 964 3 187  788  824  936 2 100 2 140 2 251
Molde University College 1 436 1 782 1 753  674  654  667  762 1 128 1 086
Ålesund University College 1 233 1 795 1 961  586  699  779  647 1 096 1 182
Volda University College 2 871 2 960 3 053  797  819  883 2 074 2 141 2 170
Sør-Trøndelag University College 5 916 7 044 7 395 2 498 3 167 3 321 3 418 3 877 4 074
Nord-Trøndelag University College 3 579 4 328 4 128 1 172 1 448 1 443 2 407 2 880 2 685
Bodø University College 3 929 5 135 5 232 1 477 1 632 1 770 2 452 3 503 3 462
Narvik University College  955 1 124 1 284  646  710  798  309  414  486
Nesna University College 1 524 1 112  972  523  326  265 1 001  786  707
Harstad University College 1 023 1 366 1 522  253  299  336  770 1 067 1 186
Tromsø University College6 2 500 2 442    774  783   1 726 1 659  
Finnmark University College 1 860 1 833 1 784  572  492  445 1 288 1 341 1 339
Saami University College  200  111  130 60 25 35  140 86 95
Military colleges  870  791  986  809  712  861 61 79  125
Other Public university colleges 2 040 2 674 3 155 1 111 1 493 1 757  929 1 181 1 398
Of which                  
The Norwegian Police University College 1 095 1 883 2 349  770 1 202 1 465  325  681  884
Bergen National Academy of the Arts  249  312  311 80  111  121  169  201  190
Oslo National Academy of the Arts  483  479  495  167  180  171  316  299  324
Private 23 156 10 758 11 375 10 665 2 608 2 797 12 491 8 150 8 578
Norwegian School of Management1 13 942     7 416     6 526    
Other Private university colleges1 9 214 10 758 11 375 3 249 2 608 2 797 5 965 8 150 8 578
                   
Norwegian students abroad 12 763 11 286 12 380 5 512 4 666 5 033 7 251 6 620 7 347
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 as of 01 January 2005.
4  University of Agder, previously Agder university college, classified as a university as of 1 September 2007.
5  Norwegian University of Life Science, previously Agricultural University of Norway, classified as a university as of 1 January 2005 .
6  Tromsø's University College and University of Tromsø has been merged as of 1 January 2009 .

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