University of Stavanger

Historie

The University of Stavanger is a university located in Stavanger, Norway. UiS was established in 2005 when the former Høgskolen i Stavanger received university status. It had about 11,000 students and 1,370 administration, faculty and service staff in 2017. It is organised in three faculties, including two national centres of expertise and the Museum of Archaeology. The university has a main campus located in the neighborhood of Ullandhaug.The university offers doctorates in: Literacy; Risk Management and Societal Safety; Educational Sciences; Health and Medicine; Management, Economics and Tourism; Sociology, Social Work and Culture & Society; Chemistry and Biological Science; Offshore Technology; Petroleum Technology; Risk Management and Societal Safety- Technical/Scientific Approach; and Information Technology, Mathematics, and Physics.The University of Stavanger became a member of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities in October 2012.Faculty of Arts and EducationDepartment of Education and Sports ScienceDepartment of Early Childhood EducationDepartment of Cultural Studies and LanguagesDepartment of Music and DanceCentre for Behavioural ResearchNational Centre for Reading Education and ResearchFaculty of Social SciencesDepartment of Media, Culture and Social SciencesDepartment of Social StudiesDepartment of Health StudiesThe Norwegian School of Hotel Management UiS Business SchoolFaculty of Science and TechnologyDepartment of Petroleum EngineeringDepartment of Electrical and Computer EngineeringDepartment of Mathematics and Natural ScienceDepartment of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials ScienceDepartment of Industrial Economics, Risk Management and Planning