University of Ås

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The Norwegian University of Life Sciences is a public university located in Ås, Norway. It is located at Ås in Akershus, near Oslo, and at Adamstuen in Oslo and has around 5000 students.HistoryEstablished in 1859 as the Norwegian Agricultural Postgraduate College, it became a scientific university college (vitenskapelig høgskole) in 1897 and received university status in 2005. Prior to 2005 it was known as the Norwegian College of Agriculture (Norges landbrukshøgskole, NLH). Only a few years later, in 2014 the university merged with the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science (NVH) in Oslo, and is today known as the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Having a history since 1859, it is the second oldest institution of higher education in Norway, after the University of Oslo. It is also the only educational institution in Norway to provide veterinary education.OrganizationThe university is organized into three faculties and 13 departments: Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management Department of Environmental Sciences Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology International Environment and Development Studies Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning School of Economics and Business Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology Department of Plant Sciences Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences It also includes seven centers: Aquaculture Protein Center (APC) Animal Production Experimental Centre (SHF) Centre for Plant Research in Controlled Climate (SKP) Centre for Continuing Education (SEVU) The Centre for Integrative Genetics (Cigene) Norwegian Centre for Bioenergy Research Imaging Centre Campus Ås