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{{Short description|Public university in Bergen, Norway}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = University of Bergen
 | native_name            = Universitetet i Bergen
 | image                  = University of Bergen emblem.svg
 | image_upright          = 0.8
 | caption                = Emblem
 | latin_name             = Universitas Bergensis<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search |url=https://archive.org/search?query=%22Universitas+Bergensis%22&sin=TXT |website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
 | motto                  = 
 | established            = 1946 (1825)
 | type                   = [[Public University]]
 | rector                 = [[Margareth Hagen]]
 | students               = 19,641 (2021)
 | administrative_staff   = 4,215 (2021)
 | city                   = [[Bergen, Norway|Bergen]]
 | country                = [[Norway]]
 | campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]]
 | affiliations           = [https://www.arqus-alliance.eu/members ARQUS Alliance]<br />[[European University Association|EUA]]<br /> [[Coimbra Group]]<br /> [[Utrecht Network]]
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 | website                = {{URL|1=https://www.uib.no/en|2=www.uib.no}}
 | logo                   = University of Bergen logo.svg
}}
The '''University of Bergen''' ({{langx|no|Universitetet i Bergen}}) is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Bergen]], [[Norway]]. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Om UiB |url=https://www.uib.no/om |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Universitetet i Bergen |language=nb}}</ref> It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several scientific institutions that dated as far back as 1825. It is Norway's second-oldest university, and is considered to be one of the nation’s four so-called "established universities." It has faculties and programmes in all the academic fields typical of a classical university, as well as  such degree programmes as medicine and law that, traditionally, only the “established universities” are authorized by law to offer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forskerforum.no/det-er-ikke-sikkert-at-vi-far-god-kvalitet-med-fullt-frislipp-og-jusutdanning-pa-hvert-nes/|title=– Det er ikke sikkert at vi får god kvalitet med fullt frislipp og jussutdanning på hvert nes|access-date=2021-06-12|archive-date=2021-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612232821/https://www.forskerforum.no/det-er-ikke-sikkert-at-vi-far-god-kvalitet-med-fullt-frislipp-og-jusutdanning-pa-hvert-nes/|url-status=live}}</ref> It is also one of Norway's leading universities in many of the natural sciences, including [[marine research]] and [[climate research]]. It has consistently been ranked in the top 200 or top one percent of universities in the world,<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Svendsen |first1=Njord V. |date=2019-09-01 |title=Ride, ride ranking på Harvards fang |journal=Khrono }}</ref> and as one of the best 10 or best 50 universities worldwide in some fields, such as [[Earth science|earth]] and marine sciences.<ref>{{cite news |title=QS world university rankings 2018: earth and marine sciences |url=https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2018/feb/28/qs-world-university-rankings-2018-earth-and-marine-sciences |access-date=13 July 2021 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=13 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713134235/https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2018/feb/28/qs-world-university-rankings-2018-earth-and-marine-sciences |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Universitetet i Bergen blant de 10 beste på hav |date=7 June 2021 |url=https://khrono.no/universitetet-i-bergen-blant-de-10-beste-pa-hav/586019 |publisher=Khrono |access-date=2 August 2021 |archive-date=2 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802150526/https://khrono.no/universitetet-i-bergen-blant-de-10-beste-pa-hav/586019 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is part of the [[Coimbra Group]] and of the U5 group of Norway's oldest and highest-ranked universities.

== History ==

[[File:Bergen museum Norway 2009 1.JPG|thumb|University Museum of Bergen]]
The university traces its roots to several earlier scientific and scholarly institutions founded in [[Bergen]]. Academic activity had taken place in Bergen since the founding of [[Bergen Cathedral School]] in 1153, the [[Seminarium Fredericianum]] in 1750 and the establishment of the [[Royal Norwegian Naval Academy]] in 1817. Academia and higher education would also be significantly advanced in the city with the establishment of [[Bergen Museum]], later renamed ''University Museum of Bergen'', in 1825. Founded by [[Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie|Wilhelm Frimann Christie]] and [[Jacob Neumann]], the museum became a venue for both research and education specialized on natural science, and featured prominent researcher like [[Michael Sars]], [[Daniel Cornelius Danielssen]] and [[Fridtjof Nansen]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.uib.no/utdanning/49947/et-tradisjonsrikt-universitet|title=Et tradisjonsrikt universitet|work=Universitetet i Bergen|access-date=2017-10-27|language=nb|archive-date=2017-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027232520/http://www.uib.no/utdanning/49947/et-tradisjonsrikt-universitet|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bergen would eventually become a city with several arenas for higher education and research with the [[Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen|Geophysical Institute]] being established in 1917, the Chr. Michelsen Institute in 1930, the [[Norwegian School of Economics]] in 1936 and finally the university in 1946.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.uib.no/aktuelt/99854/universitetet-i-bergen-er-70-%C3%A5r|title=Universitetet i Bergen er 70 år|work=Universitetet i Bergen|access-date=2017-11-13|language=nb|archive-date=2017-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113221753/http://www.uib.no/aktuelt/99854/universitetet-i-bergen-er-70-%C3%A5r|url-status=live}}</ref> The University of Bergen was established by an act of parliament in 1946, as Norway's second university.

===Rector elections===
====2021====
{{Election results
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|party1=Team Hagen|votes1={{sum|959|1338|408}}
|party2=Team Samdal|votes2={{sum|420|755|462}}
|invalid=222
|electorate=22943
|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.khrono.no/margareth-hagen-er-ny-rektor-ved-universitetet-i-bergen/566221|title=Margareth Hagen er ny rektor ved Universitetet i Bergen|date=2021-03-25|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20210411211728/https://www.khrono.no/margareth-hagen-er-ny-rektor-ved-universitetet-i-bergen/566221|archivedate=2021-04-11}}</ref>
}}

== Organization ==

[[File:University of Bergen, Rector s Office, Museplass 1.jpg|thumb|Office of the Rector of the University of Bergen]]
The University of Bergen has an elected [[Rector (academia)|rector]]. The current rector is [[Margareth Hagen]], who was elected for a four-year term starting 1 August 2021 after serving as interim rector.<ref>{{cite web|title=Margareth Hagen is the winner of the rectorial election at UiB|url=https://www.academicgates.com/news/story/margareth-hagen-is-the-winner-of-the-rectorial-election-at-uib/3585|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.academicgates.com|language=en|archive-date=2022-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207162612/https://www.academicgates.com/news/story/margareth-hagen-is-the-winner-of-the-rectorial-election-at-uib/3585|url-status=live}}</ref>

The university has 7 faculties, the newest being ''The Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design'' which was established in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.uib.no/foransatte/102433/nytt-fakultet-kunst-musikk-og-design-fra-1-januar-2017|title=Nytt fakultet for kunst, musikk og design fra 1. januar 2017|work=Universitetet i Bergen|access-date=2017-10-28|language=nb|archive-date=2017-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028145037/http://www.uib.no/foransatte/102433/nytt-fakultet-kunst-musikk-og-design-fra-1-januar-2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The University of Bergen Library and the [[Bergen Museum|University Museum of Bergen]] have a faculty-like status. Most of the university campus and administration is located in the [[Nygård, Norway|Nygård neighbourhood]], which has resulted in the campus area often being referred to as ''Nygårdshøyden'' or simply H''øyden'', meaning "the hill".{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

== International relations ==
The university is an active member of the [[University of the Arctic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://www.uarctic.org/members/member-profiles/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic |language=en-US}}</ref> UArctic is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of more than 200 universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arctic region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.uarctic.org/about-us/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic - University of the Arctic |language=en-US}}</ref>

The university also participates in UArctic's mobility program north2north. The aim of that program is to enable students of member institutions to study in different parts of the North.<ref>{{Cite web |title=north2north |url=https://www.uarctic.org/activities/north2north/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic - University of the Arctic |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Academics ==
The University of Bergen has three strategic areas:
* Marine research
* Climate and [[energy transition]]
* Global challenges

=== Ranking ===
{{Infobox university rankings
| ARWU_W = 201–300 | ARWU_W_year = 2024 | ARWU_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2024|title=ARWU World University Rankings 2024|website=www.shanghairanking.com|access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref>
| QS_W = =291 | QS_W_year = 2025 | QS_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2025|title=QS World University Rankings 2025|date=19 June 2024|website=topuniversities.com|access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref>
| THE_W = 251–300| THE_W_year = 2025 | THE_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2025/world-ranking|title=World University Rankings|date=6 August 2024|website=timeshighereducation.com|access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref>
|USNWR_W= 259| USNWR_W_year = 2025|USNWR_W_ref=<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/norway| title = U.S. News Education: Best Global Universities 2024-25| access-date = 23 November 2024}}</ref>}}

In 2010 the university was ranked as number 135 worldwide by the [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]],<ref>{{cite web|date=2015-04-13|title=World University Rankings|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2011/world-ranking|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Times Higher Education (THE)|language=en|archive-date=2015-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015215840/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2011/world-ranking|url-status=live}}</ref> and 181st worldwide by the 2015/16 [[QS World University Rankings]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2011?page=2 |title=QS World University Rankings - Topuniversities |access-date=2012-12-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227083349/http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2011?page=2 |archive-date=2012-12-27 }}</ref> UiB was also ranked number 148 worldwide in the July 2010 [[Webometrics Ranking of World Universities]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.webometrics.info/top12000.asp?offset=100 |title=Ranking Web of World universities: Top World Ranking |access-date=2012-02-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210184346/http://www.webometrics.info/top12000.asp?offset=100 |archive-date=2012-02-10 }}</ref> The '''URAP''' (University Ranking by Academic Performance) has ranked UiB for 2014/2015 as the 219th worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=URAP - University Ranking by Academic Academic Performance|url=https://www.urapcenter.org/2014/world.php?q=MS0yNTA=|access-date=2021-03-29|website=www.urapcenter.org|archive-date=2018-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214075818/http://www.urapcenter.org/2014/world.php?q=MS0yNTA=|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Tuition ===

The University of Bergen, in common with other Norwegian universities, does not charge tuition fees,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uib.no/education/practical-information/prospective-students/finances-and-insurance |title=How to finance your studies &#124; Education &#124; UiB |publisher=Uib.no |date=2021-11-25 |accessdate=2022-04-30 |archive-date=2013-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217033119/http://www.uib.no/education/practical-information/prospective-students/finances-and-insurance |url-status=live }}</ref> except for students coming from outside the [[European Union|EU]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Catherine Jane |date=2023-03-27 |title=New Tuition Fees in Norway: A Guide for Non-EU Students |url=https://www.universitas.no/new-tuition-fees-in-norway-a-guide-for-non-eu-students/364535 |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=www.universitas.no |language=nb-NO}}</ref> Students are however required to be members of the student welfare organisation. As of 2024, this fee (''semesteravgift'') is NOK 690 (approx. US$65) per semester, and provides access to several services, including cultural activities, childcare, refunds for many medical expenses and subsidized accommodation. NOK 40 of the fee is a donation to the SAIH, a student charity, but this is optional.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-06 |title=Semester Fee |url=https://www4.uib.no/en/for-students/your-studies/semester-fee |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=University of Bergen}}</ref>

== Faculties ==
[[Image:University of Bergen, Faculty of Humanities, Sydneshaugen skole 1.jpg|thumb|right|Sydneshaugen skole, campus of the Faculty of Humanities]]

=== Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design ===
The Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design was established on 1 January 2017. It is composed of the earlier Grieg Academy – Department of Music, and the [[Bergen Academy of Art and Design]].

* The Art Academy – Department of Contemporary Art
* The Grieg Academy - Department of Music
* Department of Design

=== Faculty of Humanities ===
* Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities
* Centre for Women and Gender Research
* Department of Archeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion (AHKR)
* Department of Foreign Languages (Arabic, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, German and single courses in Chinese (IF)) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uib.no/fremmedsprak |title=Institutt for fremmedspråk &#124; Universitetet i Bergen |language=nb |publisher=Uib.no |date= |accessdate=2022-04-30 |archive-date=2022-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303213409/https://www.uib.no/fremmedsprak/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Department of Linguistics, Literary and Aesthetical studies (LLE) (Nordic, Comparative Literature, Theatre Studies, Digital Culture, Linguistics, Art History, Classics)
* Department of Philosophy and First Semester Studies (see [[Examen philosophicum]] and [[Examen facultatum]]) (FOF)
* The Grieg Academy – Department of Music
Two Norwegian Centres of Research Excellence are hosted at the Faculty of Humanities:

* Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour (SapienCE)<ref>{{Cite web |title=SAPIENCE |url=https://www.uib.no/en/sapience |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=University of Bergen |language=en}}</ref>
* Center for Digital Narrative (CDN)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Center for Digital Narrative |url=https://www.uib.no/en/cdn |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=University of Bergen |language=en}}</ref>

The faculty revised its structure and names in August 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Faculty of Humanities|url=https://www.uib.no/en/hf|access-date=2020-08-10|website=University of Bergen|language=en|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804115654/https://www.uib.no/en/hf|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Faculty of Law ===

[[Image:Faculty of Law in Bergen.JPG|thumb|The Faculty of Law at the University of Bergen, seen from [[Magnus VI of Norway|Magnus Lagabøte]]s plass.]]
The Faculty of Law was established as a separate faculty in 1980, with legal studies and research having been conducted at the university since 1969. The faculty is one of three Norwegian institutions which offer legal studies, the other two being the law faculties at the [[University of Oslo]] and the [[University of Tromsø]]. The faculty offers a five-year programme leading to a [[Master's degree]] in law and a three-year [[PhD]] programme, and currently has approximately 1900 students.

=== Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences ===

[[Image:Realfagsbygget-bergen-norway-1.jpg|thumb|The Natural Science Building]]
[[Image:Geofysisk institutt 1928 1951.jpg|thumb|The Geophysical Institute]]

'''As of 1 January 2023 the faculty is organised into the following seven departments:'''

* Department of Biological Sciences
* Department of Chemistry
* Department of Earth Science
* Department of Informatics
* Department of Mathematics
* Department of Physics and Technology
* [[Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen|Geophysical Institute]]
* [[Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology|Michael Sars Centre]]

'''The Faculty is tied to a number of centres:'''

Centres of Excellence in Research:

* Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting (BCEPS)

Centres of Research-based Innovation:

* Climate Futures
* Smart Ocean
* Sea Lice Research Centre

Centres of Excellence in Education:

* BioCEED

Other important units and centres:

* [[Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology]]
* K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research
* [[Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research]]
* CBU - Computational Biology Unit
* Norwegian Ocean Observation Laboratory
* Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture Innovations (CSAI)
* Bergen Offshore Wind Centre (BOW)

=== Faculty of Medicine ===

[[Image:HaukelandUniversityHospitalFromSouth.jpg|thumb|[[Haukeland University Hospital]]]]
Since January 2013 the faculty is organised in the following departments and units:

* Department of Biomedicine
* Department of Clinical Medicine
* Department of Clinical Science
* Department of Clinical Dentistry
* Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care
* [[Centre for International Health]]
* Laboratory Animal Facility

=== Faculty of Psychology ===

[[Image:2006 09 16 Bergen Per Grieg Trygdekassen004.jpg|thumb|The Faculty of Psychology]]
The University of Bergen is the only institution in the Nordic countries where the study of psychology has been assigned to its own faculty. Established in 1980, it educates psychologists and is responsible{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}} for the university's [[Pedagogy|pedagogic]] education.
* Department of Psychosocial Science
* Department of Health Promotion and Development
* Department of Education
* Department of Clinical Psychology
* Department of Biological and Medical Psychology
* Centre for Crisis Psychology
* SLATE: Centre for the Science of Learning & Technology
* Norwegian Competence Center for Gambling and Gaming Research

=== Faculty of Social Sciences ===

[[Image:Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultet, Universitetet i Bergen.jpg|thumb|The Faculty of Social Sciences]]

* Department of Administration and Organization Theory
* [[University of Bergen Department of Comparative Politics|Department of Comparative Politics]]
* Department of Economics
* Department of Geography
* Department of Information Science and Media Studies
* Department of Social Anthropology
* Department of Sociology
* Centre for Development Studies
* Centre for Gender Studies
* Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

== Notable people ==
=== Alumni ===
*[[Knut Olav Åmås]], writer, editor, and politician
*[[Leif Ove Andsnes]],  pianist and chamber musician
*[[Jon Fosse]], author and dramatist, [[List of Nobel laureates in Literature|Nobel laureate in Literature]] (2023)
*[[Lars Gule]], philosopher and social commentator
*[[Mukhisa Kituyi]], Secretary-General [[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development|UNCTAD]]
*[[Karl Ove Knausgård]], author
*[[Tom Mollnes]], immunologist and academic
*[[Torbjørn Mork]], Director of the [[Norwegian Board of Health Supervision]]
*[[Monica Mæland]], Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry
*[[Freda Nkirote]], Director of the [[British Institute in Eastern Africa]] (BIEA) and President of the [[Pan-African Archaeological Association]]
*[[Iselin Nybø]], Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry
*[[Bernt Østhus]] (born 1970), lawyer, investor, photographer
*[[Sveinung Rotevatn]], Norwegian Minister of Climate and the Environment
*[[Lars Henrik Smedsrud]], Norwegian polar oceanographer and an academic
*[[Erna Solberg]], Prime Minister of Norway
*[[Hans-Wilhelm Steinfeld]], journalist and writer
*[[Grethe Fatima Syéd]],  literary scholar, translator, and author

=== Faculty ===
*[[Frank Aarebrot]], comparative politics
*[[Fredrik Barth]], social anthropology
*[[Jan Fridthjof Bernt]], law
*[[Margunn Bjørnholt]], sociology
*[[Julia Brannen]], sociology
*[[Tom Colbjørnsen]], sociology
*[[Michael Fellows]], computer science
*[[Per Fugelli]], medicine
*[[Knut Fægri]], botany
*[[Gabriel Gustafson]], archeology
*[[Pinar Heggernes]], computer science
*[[Gudmund Hernes]], sociology
*[[Helga Hernes]], sociology and political science
*[[Georg Johannesen]], rhetoric
*[[Stein Kuhnle]], sociology and political science
*[[Johan Olsen]], political science
*[[Stein Rokkan]], sociology and political science
*[[Gunnar Skirbekk]], philosophy
*[[Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer)|Harald Sverdrup]], oceanographer and meteorologist
*[[Sigve Tjøtta]], mathematics

== Other notes ==

The university also has an [[Arboretum]] and [[Botanical Garden]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Plantsearch |url=http://www.irisbg.com/gardenexpl_bg/default.aspx |publisher=irisbg.com |access-date=7 August 2015 |archive-date=12 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112164220/http://www.irisbg.com/gardenexpl_bg/default.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090924101909/http://www.uib.no/en/fakinst All academic units]
* [http://www.uib.no/research/research-fields/research-groups List over research groups]
* [http://www.hit.uib.no/ Humanities IT centre]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110806085802/http://www.hit.uib.no/wab/ Wittgenstein Archives of Bergen] - [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]]

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