Table 5.16 Universities and specialised university institutions. Students

5.16 Universities and specialised university institutions¹. Students
Year	Total ¹	University of Oslo²	University of Bergen	University of Trondheim⁷			University of Tromsø³	Norwegian College of Agriculture⁸	University of Stavanger¹¹	University of Agder¹²	Free Faculty of Theology	Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine	Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration	Norwegian School of Management¹³	Other⁴

Year	Total ¹	University of Oslo²	University of Bergen	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	The Norwegian Institute of Technology	Norwegian College of Teaching⁶	University of Tromsø³	Norwegian College of Agriculture⁸	University of Stavanger¹¹	University of Agder¹²	Free Faculty of Theology	Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine	Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration	Norwegian School of Management¹³	Other⁴

1813	18	18	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
1820	300	300	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
1830	600	600	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
1840	600	600	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
1850	550	550	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
1860	584	550	.	.	.	.	.	34	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
1870	1 041	1 026	.	.	.	.	.	15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
1880	771	750	.	.	.	.	.	21	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
1890	1 567	1 537	.	.	.	.	.	30	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
1900	1 479	1 400	.	.	.	.	.	79	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
1905	1 376	1 300	.	.	.	.	.	76	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
1910	1 817	1 578	.	.	103	.	.	116	.	.	20	.	.	.	.
1915	2 341	1 598	.	.	576	.	.	126	.	.	41	.	.	.	.
1920	2 829	1 919	.	.	680	.	.	175	.	.	55	.	.	.	.
1925	4 335	3 341	.	.	575	60	.	167	.	.	192	.	.	.	.
1930	4 817	3 626	40	.	703	61	.	102	.	.	285	.	.	.	.
1931	4 929	3 765	39	.	713	60	.	112	.	.	240	.	.	.	.
1932	5 089	3 883	44	.	712	56	.	114	.	.	280	.	.	.	.
1933	5 256	4 027	65	.	708	40	.	174	.	.	242	.	.	.	.
1934	5 355	4 154	43	.	735	60	.	144	.	.	219	.	.	.	.
1935	5 310	4 028	43	.	756	59	.	180	.	.	229	15	.	.	.
1936	5 442	4 126	42	.	754	53	.	166	.	.	211	30	60	.	.
1937	5 535	4 154	57	.	747	31	.	198	.	.	188	43	117	.	.
1938	5 855	4 371	107	.	761	35	.	166	.	.	210	58	147	.	.
1939	5 932	4 266	126	.	892	24	.	198	.	.	192	69	165	.	.
1940	5 925	4 346	38	.	928	42	.	152	.	.	164	82	173	.	.
1941	5 706	4 100	54	.	916	-	.	192	.	.	190	86	168	.	.
1942	4 709	3 188	102	.	922	-	.	163	.	.	159	89	86	.	.
1943	5 850	4 243	75	.	904	-	.	217	.	.	170	95	146	.	.
1944	973	-	-	.	673	-	.	199	.	.	-	97	4	.	.
1945	8 080	6 147	321	.	941	-	.	214	.	.	192	102	163	.	..
1946	8 475	6 385	284	.	1 060	-	.	189	.	.	260	102	195	.	..
1947	8 462	6 335	234	.	1 073	40	.	200	.	.	287	117	176	.	..
1948	7 680	5 416	417	.	1 047	30	.	207	.	.	286	120	157	.	..
1949	7 377	5 159	396	.	1 014	52	.	223	.	.	261	116	156	.	..
1950	7 481	4 883	756	.	1 004	39	.	219	.	.	251	147	182	.	..
1951	6 092	3 898	352	.	1 050	60	.	218	.	.	217	133	164	.	..
1952	5 844	3 816	353	.	950	51	.	210	.	.	163	139	162	.	..
1953	5 495	3 472	382	.	998	47	.	204	.	.	117	116	159	.	..
1954	5 673	3 541	437	.	1 046	57	.	221	.	.	109	100	162	.	..
1955	5 639	3 462	435	.	1 105	53	.	220	.	.	90	101	173	.	..
1956	6 263	3 912	533	.	1 181	53	.	227	.	.	81	107	169	.	..
1957	6 822	4 295	617	.	1 247	70	.	224	.	.	95	108	166	.	..
1958	8 206	5 312	747	.	1 351	78	.	227	.	.	165	128	177	.	21
1959	8 425	5 161	929	.	1 433	102	.	258	.	.	178	158	183	.	23
1960	9 609	5 584	1 063	.	1 811	332	.	259	.	.	208	144	185	.	23
1961	11 076	6 438	1 252	.	1 947	501	.	281	.	.	250	150	186	.	71
1962	12 554	7 373	1 481	.	2 047	594	.	293	.	.	307	163	215	.	81
1963	14 941	8 917	1 913	.	2 198	699	.	316	.	.	349	163	304	.	82
1964	17 269	10 423	2 358	.	2 393	731	.	343	.	.	355	156	421	.	89
1965	19 638	11 741	2 660	.	2 616	1 029	.	374	.	.	445	150	513	.	110
1966	21 149	12 369	3 046	.	2 839	1 122	.	410	.	.	447	179	615	.	122
1967	22 396	12 739	3 506	.	3 052	1 167	.	423	.	.	468	193	711	.	137
1968	24 438	13 731	4 015	.	3 349	1 140	.	449	.	.	457	199	775	.	323
1969	27 483	15 528	4 878	.	3 491	1 279	.	451	.	.	454	208	858	.	336
1970	30 165	17 051	5 765	.	3 624	1 222	-	511	.	.	496	207	910	.	379
1971	32 860	18 408	6 511	.	3 687	1 500	51	540	.	.	611	217	934	.	401
1972	35 420	18 926	7 115	.	3 786	2 245	414	599	.	.	715	209	974	.	437
1973	37 288	19 437	7 232	.	3 824	2 692	855	611	.	.	763	217	945	.	712
1974	39 268	20 060	7 431	.	3 854	3 085	1 043	749	.	.	889	233	1 012	.	912
1975	40 774	20 224	7 888	.	3 943	3 337	1 289	1 008	.	.	903	246	1 023	.	913
1976	40 614	19 881	7 800	.	4 086	3 321	1 342	1 027	.	.	936	249	1 051	.	921
1977	39 306	19 067	7 306	.	4 169	3 275	1 306	1 019	.	.	908	258	1 060	.	938
1978	39 538	18 818	7 203	.	4 552	3 317	1 412	1 016	.	.	858	260	1 163	.	939
1979	40 643	19 147	7 432	.	4 708	3 537	1 569	971	.	.	850	258	1 235	.	936
1980	40 620	18 863	7 588	.	4 802	3 401	1 680	1 019	.	.	823	258	1 248	.	938
1981	39 827	18 332	7 502	.	4 851	3 450	1 657	1 024	.	.	672	247	1 208	.	884
1982	41 002	19 078	7 771	.	4 940	3 501	1 672	1 037	.	.	627	254	1 239	.	883
1983	41 367	19 043	8 139	.	5 025	3 289	1 808	1 045	.	.	603	263	1 214	.	938
1984	42 373	19 636	8 217	.	5 157	3 320	1 993	1 013	.	.	527	263	1 293	.	954
1985⁵	41 658	19 157	8 028	.	5 273	2 997	2 058	1 082	.	.	496	262	1 360	.	945
1986	42 695	19 121	8 289	.	5 376	3 369	2 224	1 089	.	.	443	275	1 501	.	1 008
1987	43 970	19 390	8 598	.	5 774	3 561	2 400	1 118	.	.	426	271	1 502	.	930
1988	47 884	20 769	9 744	.	6 177	3 898	2 741	1 182	.	.	460	294	1 630	.	989
1989	56 622	25 596	11 823	.	6 552	4 935	3 163	1 247	.	.	490	309	1 678	.	829
1990⁹	62 734	28 284	13 066	.	6 857	5 647	4 060	1 283	.	.	556	296	1 809	.	876
1991	67 372	30 602	13 277	.	7 115	6 489	4 789	1 351	.	.	583	305	1 998	.	863
1992	72 909	33 144	14 484	.	7 261	7 224	5 253	1 526	.	.	625	311	2 157	.	924
1993	77 027	34 160	15 302	.	7 370	8 008	6 204	1 626	.	.	698	324	2 292	.	1 043
1994	79 509	34 907	15 823	.	7 346	8 942	6 389	1 724	.	.	657	396	2 290	.	1 035
1995	82 957	36 603	16 544	.	7 361	9 622	6 305	1 927	.	.	578	373	2 495	.	1 149
1996	85 173	37 739	16 837	16 900	.	.	6 638	1 903	.	.	624	405	2 732	.	1 395
1997	83 484	35 477	16 590	17 780	.	.	6 215	2 177	.	.	753	399	2 727	.	1 366
1998	81 128	33 701	16 207	17 903	.	.	5 991	2 026	.	.	755	430	2 698	.	1 417
1999	78 966	32 071	15 984	17 070	.	.	5 880	2 196	.	.	980	443	2 780	.	1 562
2000	81 560	31 820	16 379	19 426	.	.	6 073	2 190	.	.	994	411	2 785	.	1 482
2001	81 358	31 426	16 579	19 403	.	.	6 171	2 255	.	.	969	430	2 737	.	1 388
2002¹⁰	80 555	31 395	16 524	18 932	.	.	5 668	2 478	.	.	817	369	2 723	.	1 649
2003	79 615	29 230	17 110	19 404	.	.	5 508	2 581	.	.	862	365	2 762	.	1 793
2004	80 474	29 635	16 218	20 086	.	.	5 933	2 629	.	.	861	384	2 580	.	2 148
2005	88 105	29 732	15 743	19 950	.	.	5 860	2 731	7 508	.	847	399	2 573	.	2 762
2006	86 366	29 177	15 192	19 622	.	.	5 840	2 857	7 388	.	891	429	2 605	.	2 365
2007	91 146	27 341	14 057	19 351	.	.	5 424	2 817	8 050	7 801	846	447	2 838	.	2 174
2008	111 816	26 956	13 799	19 679	.	.	5 469	3 000	8 166	8 166	902	467	3 026	19 713	2 473

¹	Specialised university institutions offer a more narrow set of fields of education than the Norwegian universities, both having equal responsibilities and authorisations for education, research and organised research training.
²	Including State College of Odontology 1910-1958.
³	Including Norwegian College of Fishery Science from 1988.
⁴	Oslo School of Architecture (change of name to The Oslo School of Architecture and Design) (data not available 1945-1957), Norwegian College of Physical Education and Sports (from 1968), State Academy of Music (change of name to Norwegian Academy of Music) (from 1973) and National Academy of Liberal Arts (from 1974-1995). In 1996 National Academy of Liberal Arts was combined with Oslo National Academy of the Arts. School of Mission and Theology obtained status as a specialized university from 01.06.2008.
⁵	The figure is somewhat small because of incomplete data.
⁶	Change of name to College of Arts and Science from 01.01.1984.
⁷	Until 1996 the University of Trondheim was divided in College of Arts and Science, The Norwegian Institute of Technology and Faculty of Medicine. All institutions were merged into one administrative unit from 1 January 1996, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
⁸	Norwegian College of Agriculture changed name and status to Norwegian University of Life Science from 1 January 2005.
⁹	From 1990, a person participating in more than one educational activity is counted once. The educational activity considered to be the main course of study, with higher-level, specialised university colleges and full-time courses taking priority among others. Previously, people could be registered under several educational activities.
¹⁰	Persons enrolled in advanced research programmes are not included in the statistics from 2002.
¹¹	University of Stavanger, previously Stavanger University College, is classified as a university from 1 January 2005.
¹²	University of Agder, previously Agder university college, is classified as a university from 1 September 2007.
¹³	Norwegian School of Management obtained status as a specialized university from 1 June.2008.
Source: NOS Educational Statistics. Education statistics, universities and colleges, Statistics Norway.
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