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Type
  
University

Students
  
10888

Website
  
www.uis.no

Total enrollment
  
10,700 (2016)

Administrative staff
  
1372

Rector
  
Marit Boyesen

Established
  
2005

Location
  
Stavanger, Norway

Phone
  
+47 51 83 10 00

Founded
  
2005

Campus
  
Ullandhaug

University of Stavanger

Affiliations
  
EUA European Consortium of Innovative Universities

Address
  
Kjell Arholmsgate 41, 4036 Stavanger, Norway

Notable alumni
  
Hadia Tajik, Geir Bergkastet, Leif Johan Sevland, Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa, Gunnar Tjomlid

Similar
  
University of Bergen, University of Agder, University of Oslo, BI Norwegian Business, Norwegian University of Scienc

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The University of Stavanger (Universitetet i Stavanger) is a university located in Stavanger, Norway. UiS was established in 2005 when the former Høgskolen i Stavanger (HiS) received university status. It has about 10,888 students and 1,372 administration, faculty and service staff as of 2017. It is organised in three faculties, including two national centres of expertise and the Museum of Archaeology. The university has a main campus located in the neighborhood of Ullandhaug.

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The university offers doctorates in: Literacy; Risk Management and Societal Safety; Educational Sciences; Health and Medicine; Management, Economics and Tourism; Sociology, Social Work and Culture & Society; Chemistry and Biological Science; Offshore Technology; Petroleum Technology; Risk Management and Societal Safety- Technical/Scientific Approach; and Information Technology, Mathematics and physics.

The University of Stavanger became a member of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) in October 2012.

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Faculty of Arts and Education

  • Department of Education and Sports Science
  • Department of Early Childhood Education
  • Department of Cultural Studies and Languages
  • Department of Music and Dance
  • Centre for Behavioural Research
  • National Centre for Reading Education and Research
  • Faculty of Social Sciences

  • Department of Media, Culture and Social Sciences
  • Department of Social Studies
  • Department of Health Studies
  • The Norwegian School of Hotel Management
  • UiS Business School
  • Faculty of Science and Technology

  • Department of Petroleum Engineering
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Department of Mathematics and Natural Science
  • Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science
  • Department of Industrial Economics, Risk Management and Planning
  • References

    University of Stavanger Wikipedia