The Norwegian Higher Education system A short introduction to Brazilian delegation 29.May 2012 Ola Stave Secretary general UHR
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Norwegian Higher Education Structure of higher education institutions in Norway • • • • •
8 universities (all public) 9 specialised universities (6 public, 3 private) 27 university colleges (22 public, 5 private) 2 national academies of art (public) Several smaller private institutions
And the population of Norway is 5 million !
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NORWEGIAN ASSOCIATION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
UNIVERSITY COLLEGES
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Interest of member institutions – Speaking/acting on behalf of our institutions towards our ministry, government and parliament in matters concerning legal regulations, budgets etc. – A lot of seminars – Offer leadership courses National coordination – Admission – Harmonising of grades and Exams – Thematic networks Project development – Scientific publication – National frameworks for education in e.g. nursing Special tasks for the Ministry – Gender equality – Publication committee
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Focus • • • • • •
Quality in education Quality in research Scientific publication Internationalisation Innovation Link education and research – research based education in all fields
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UNIVERSITY COLLEGES
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Rules and regulations • A common law for all institutions – Common purposes – all do research and researchbased teaching – Common governance • Board with 11 members, of which – 4 externally appointed members – 2 student representatives – No tuition fees (for the publicly owned insitutions)
• Bologna in Norwegian – The Quality Reform – 2002 • Common degree structure • Quality assurance system • Accreditation system with criteria for becoming universities or specialised universities www.uhr.no
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UHR - 2011 Norwegian Association for Higher Education Institutions
National Conference for Fac of Art Fac of Social Sciences Fac of Natural Sciences Fac of Law Fac of Dentistry Fac of Medicine
National Council for Health and Social Work Edu Techer Education Engineering Education Business-Administrative Edu
Executive Board
Secretariat
Research Committee
Study Programme Committee
Negotiation Committee
Scientific pub Committee
Degree harmo Committee
Committee for Libraries
Committee for Museums
Publication Committee
Gender in Research
Administrative Committee
Professional Council for Psychology Education Pharmacy Education Industrial Design Education Architecture www.uhr.no
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+ 39 National Committees on subjects
Strukturen i UH sektoren The general structure of higher education is: Students 8 universities 98.000 9 specialised universities 18.000 27 university colleges 83.000 2 National academies of art 800
Staff 17.000 2.000 9.000 250
29 private higher education institutions
11.500
700
Total + Students abroad + Exchange students
211.000 13.000 8.000
29.000
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