Bergen University College

Not to be confused with University of Bergen.

Coordinates: 60°22′09″N 5°20′58″E / 60.3691°N 5.3495°E / 60.3691; 5.3495

Bergen University College
Høgskolen i Bergen
Type University College
Established 1994
Rector Ole-Gunnar Søgnen
Administrative staff
 750
Students 7700
Location Bergen, Norway
Website www.hib.no

Bergen University College (Norwegian: Høgskolen i Bergen or HiB) is a Norwegian public institution of higher education, established in August 1994 by the merging of six former independent colleges in Bergen, Norway. The total number of students is about 7700, and there are 750 academic and administrative staff.[1] Its main campus is in the Kronstad neighborhood of Bergen.

Bergen University College provides professional education within health and social sciences, engineering, economic and administrative science, music and teaching. It offers education on the Bachelor and Master levels, continuing education, and on the Doctoral (PhD) level.

In June, 2016, after more than one year of negotiations, the executive leadership of three west Norwegian higher education institutions – Bergen University College, Stord/Haugesund University College, and Sogn og Fjordane University College – officially announced their decision to merge, becoming a large state institution with approximately 16,000 students across five campuses: Bergen, Førde, Haugesund, Sogndal and Stord. As of January 2017, the English name is Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.[2][3]


Faculties

The college is organised in three faculties:[4]

Centres

HiB emphasizes professional studies, but also offers postgraduate programs through the doctoral level in some fields, and currently has six research centers [4] to support its specialized postgraduate programs, providing opportunities for PhD research:

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hib.no/om-hogskolen
  2. ↑ Mathiesen, Forfattar Marianne (2016-05-27). "Går for Høgskulen på Vestlandet". Fusjonsinfo. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  3. ↑ "Bergen University College is merging". hib.no. 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  4. 1 2 http://www.hib.no/en/english/english/faculties/

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