Located in the nation's capital, the University of Oslo is the oldest university in Norway, founded in 1811. The school has 30,000 students and four of its current and former faculty members are Nobel Prize winners. For English-speaking undergraduates, the University of Oslo offers courses in Old Norse literature and history, art history, the archaeological study of Norse runes and modern Scandinavian film. For master's level students, the university offers 14 complete programs in theology, human rights, maritime law, informatics and communication technology law, media studies, Tibetan and Buddhist study, Nordic Viking and medieval studies, community health, dentistry, economics, geography, social science and technology education, international and comparative education and special needs education.
The University of Oslo
Boks 1072 Blindern
NO-0316 OSLO
Norway
011 (+47) 22 85 50 50
uio.no
Founded in 1946, the University of Bergen is approximately 500 km from Oslo in the city of Bergen, along the Atlantic Ocean. The school is home to approximately 14,500 students. Undergraduate courses for English-speaking students feature studies in humanities-related fields like literature, philosophy and linguistics; sciences like biology, logic, mathematics, engineering and physics; and social sciences like economics, political science, anthropology, psychology and religious studies. Graduate studies at the University of Bergen feature over 30 master's programs taught in English, including applied music studies, linguistics, foreign languages like French or German, Norse philosophy, Nordic languages and literature, biology, geophysics, chemistry, mathematics, informatics, statistics, dental sciences, anthropology and public administration.
University of Bergen
Postboks 7800
5020 BERGEN
Norway
011 (+47) 55 58 00 00
uib.no
More than one third of the courses taught at the Norwegian University of Life Science are conducted in English. A small school that specializes in scientific fields of study, the university is home to 3,150 students and is approximately 40 km south of Oslo in the town of Aas. Founded in 1859, the school celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2009. Unlike other universities in the country, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences offers one undergraduate degree program taught entirely in English -- the program in International Environment and Development Studies, which involves coursework in anthropology, sociology, ecology, economics, resource management and earth science. Master's degree programs for English-speaking students include animal breeding, aquaculture, biology, natural resource economics, ecology, microbiology and plant sciences.
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
P.O. Box 5003
NO-1432 Aas
Norway
011 (+47) 64 96 50 00
umb.no