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1 University of Bergen Ocean, Life, Society [SPACE FOR UNIT (FACULTY, DEPARTMENT ETC)] You can write unit / affiliation! Leave blank if not applicable..

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3 UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

4 About UiB

5 An Urban University

6 1. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry 2. Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences 3. The Student Centre 4. Bergen University Museum 5. Faculty of Social Sciences 6. Faculty of Humanities 7. Faculty of Psychology 8. Faculty of Law 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

7 Facts Six faculties Around 40 institutes and centres 14,800 students 3,600 staff About 250 PhDs annually Approximately 3,000 academic publications annually Approximately 2,500 get a degree at UiB every year UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

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9 The University Leadership The University Board is the University’s highest governing body and is responsible for all activities at the institution The University Board may delegate decision-making powers; Delegated decisions made by others are still the responsibility of the board Rector is elected and is Chairman of the Board When the Rector is elected the University shall have a University Director appointed for a specific term by the University Board UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

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11 UiB meets 120 environmental requirements related to: Waste, Transport, Energy, Procurement and Work Environment UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

12 Values, Main Tasks and Strategic Goals

13 Knowledge that Shapes Society The University of Bergen is an international research university in which all activity is based on academic freedom and curiosity-driven research Our mission is to contribute to society through our expertise acquired through excellent research, education, dissemination of knowledge and innovation The faculties and the University Museum represent our most important knowledge arenas We shall profile the relevance of research and education. Controversy and dissemination of knowledge are a prerequisite for developing academia and a democratic society. UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

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15 Main Tasks We Explore We Educate We Develop We Challenge UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

16 Strategy Objectives 2016–2022 UiB shall develop additional leading research environments UiB shall educate Norway’s most attractive candidates UiB shall be a sought-after institution of expertise UiB shall contribute in the public exchange of ideas and to the knowledge-based development in society UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

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18 Research

19 Climate and Energy TransitionMarine ResearchGlobal Social Challenges Main Focus Areas UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

20 Norwegian Centres of Exellence Birkeland Centre for Space Science Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health Centre for Cancer Biomarkers Centre for Geobiology UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

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22 ERC Grants ERC Starting Grant: Nele Meckler (A focus on climates past) Saket Saurabh (Algorithms and graph theory) ERC Consolidator Grant: Andreas Hejnol (Reconstructing the evolutionary history) Noel Keenlyside (Future super model) ERC Advanced Grant: Bruce Kapferer (Equality in crisis) Pål Rasmus Njølstad (Solving Diabetes) Nikolai Østgaard (Space is the place) Kenneth Hugdahl (Revolutions in psychology) ERC Synergy Grant: Kerim H. Nisancioglu / Eystein Jansen (Climate change in the Arctic) UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

23 Publications 2015 2,980 2005 2,005 UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

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25 Candidate Production (2011–2015) UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

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27 Education offered by UiB (2015) 73 Bachelors degree programmes 99 Masters and professional study programmes More than 2,200 courses Educates approximately 250 PhD candidates a year 30 Research schools on PhD level UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

28 Research-based Education

29 Bachelor- and Master Degrees (2015) UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

30 Students per Faculty (2015) Faculty of Humanities Faculty of Law Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Faculty of Psychology Total, about 16,000 UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

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32 International Profile

33 International Profile (2015) 32% of the academic staff 37% of the PhD candidates 12% of the student population 649 outgoing exchange students International cooperation is the focus of all research We prioritize active participation in international networks Vice Rector for International Relations UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

34 Arctic research WUN SANORD Guest researcher programme European networks India Shanghai, China Makerere University, Uganda German students Office in Brussels and Tokyo BERGEN UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

35 Knowledge Clusters

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