University of Tromsø
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UiT Norges arktiske universitet | |
Other names | UiT, UiT The arctic university of Norway |
|---|---|
Former name | University of Tromsø |
| Established | 1968 [1] |
| Endowment | kr2.9 billion[2] |
| Rector | Dr. Anne Husebekk |
| Director | Lasse Lønnum |
| Students | 14,551[3] |
| Location | , |
| Affiliations | Uarctic[4] |
| Website | uit.no |
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University of Tromsø (UiT, "The arctic university of Norway") is a university in Norway. The main campus is in Tromsø. It also has campuses in Alta, Hammerfest, Harstad and Narvik. The main campus is located north on the Tromsø island in Troms county.[5]
The university was founded in 1971 by the Norwegian government. It has had four mergers since then:
- with Tromsø University College in 2009[6]
- with Finnmark University College in 2013 [7]
- with Harstad University College in 2016[8]
- with Narvik University College in 2016[8]
When UiT merged with Tromsø University College it became the oldest school in Norway. Tromsø University College was founded on 7 February 1826. It was then called Trondenes seminar.
University Of Tromsø Media
Theoretical Subjects building at Tromsø Campus
Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics
References
- ↑ Building data for UiTRegjeringen.no. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ↑ UiT Endowment 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ↑ UiT Main pageUiT.
- ↑ UArctic - University of the Arctic. UArctic - University of the Arctic.
- ↑ Universitetet i Tromsø. Nordlyd : Tromsø University working papers on language & linguistics (in en,no). OCLC 54453700.
- ↑ Kunnskapsdepartementet. Universitetet og høyskolen i Tromsø slås sammen. Regjeringen.no (26 September 2008).
- ↑ Kunnskapsdepartementet. Fusjon mellom Høgskolen i Finnmark og Universitetet i Tromsø. Regjeringen.no (15 February 2013).
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Kunnskapsdepartementet. Sammenslåing av Universitetet i Tromsø - Norges arktiske universitet, Høgskolen i Narvik og Høgskolen i Harstad. Regjeringen.no (19 June 2015).