Oslo and Akershus University College
| Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus | |
| Type | University college |
|---|---|
| Established | 2011 |
| Rector | Curt Rice |
| Students | c. 20,000 (2016) |
| Location | Oslo, Sandvika and Kjeller, Norway |
| Website | hioa.no |
Oslo and Akershus University College (Norwegian: Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus, abbr. HiOA) is the largest state university college in Norway, with more than 20,000 students and 2,100 employees. HiOA has higher education programs at bachelor's, master's and PhD level. It offers studies and conducts research in health professions, social sciences, engineering, liberal arts, and other fields.
HiOA was established in 2011 following the merger of Oslo University College and Akershus University College, which were themselves the results of many previous mergers. In 2014 the Work Research Institute and Norwegian Social Research were also merged into the institution, and from 2016 it also incorporates the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research and the National Institute for Consumer Research. Most of the university college is located in the city centre of Oslo along the Pilestredet street, with subsidiary campuses in Sandvika and Kjeller in Akershus.
The language of instruction is Norwegian, and certain courses are taught in English, both on bachelor's degree and master's degree level and to some extent on PhD level.
Oslo and Akershus University College uses all three academic career pathways in Norway. The main career pathway includes the ranks assistant professor, associate professor and professor. The research career pathway is mainly used at the Work Research Institute, Norwegian Social Research, the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research and the National Institute for Consumer Research, and includes the ranks researcher, senior researcher and research professor, which correspond directly to assistant professor, associate professor and professor and have similar promotion criteria. The teaching career pathway is still used by the original university college, and includes the ranks first lecturer and docent as alternatives to the associate professor and professor ranks.
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