Oslo and Akershus University College (, abbr. HiOA) was the largest state
university college
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in
Norway
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from its establishment in 2011 until 2018, when it was transformed into
Oslo Metropolitan University
Oslo Metropolitan University (Oslomet; )"Skrivemåten av universitetsnamnet Oslomet – storbyuniversitetet," Language Council of Norway, 17/677-4/DGI, 18 January 2018 is a state university in Oslo and Kjeller in Norway. It is the result of ...
, the youngest of Norway's
new universities.
It had more than 20,000 students and 2,100 employees.
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programs at bachelor's, master's and PhD level. It offered studies and conducted research in health professions, social sciences
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, engineering
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, liberal arts
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, and other fields.
HiOA was established in 2011 following the merger of Oslo University College
Oslo University College (; HiO) was the largest state university college in Norway from 1994 to 2011, with more than 18,000 students and approximately 1800 employees. and Akershus University College, which were themselves the results of many previous mergers. In 2014 the Work Research Institute
The Work Research Institute (WRI) (, AFI), formerly known as the Institute of Work Psychology, is a Norwegian government-owned social science research institute in Oslo. Its purpose is to "produce systematic knowledge on working life" based on ind ...
and Norwegian Social Research
Norwegian Social Research (, NOVA) is a state social science research institute based in Oslo, Norway. It is part of Oslo Metropolitan University, and was formerly an independent state agency from its establishment in 1996 until 2014. Together w ...
were also merged into the institution, and from 2016 it also incorporates the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research The Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (, NIBR) is a social science research institute based in Oslo, Norway
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and the National Institute for Consumer Research
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Albeit non-biased, it is not organizationally independent ...
. Most of the university college was located in the city centre of Oslo along the Pilestredet street, with subsidiary campuses in Sandvika
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and Kjeller in Akershus.
Education
The language of instruction was Norwegian, and certain courses were taught in English, both on bachelor's degree and master's degree level and to some extent on PhD level.
Management
Curt Rice, an American linguist who was formerly a professor at the University of Tromsø, became rector on August 1, 2015. He is not the first non-Norwegian to head a Norwegian university or college however, as the University of Oslo
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has been headed by the French-born Oscar I of Sweden
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The only child of Ki ...
and various Swedish statesmen as chancellors.
Faculties
*Faculty of Health Sciences
*Faculty of Education and International Studies
*Faculty of Social Sciences
*Faculty of Technology, Art and Design
Centres
*Centre for Educational Research and Development
*Centre for Welfare and Labour Research
*Centre for the Study of Professions
*National Centre for Multicultural Education
*Learning Centre
Centre for the Study of Professions
Centre for the Study of Professions (CSP, ) was formally opened in 1999 in order to stimulate research and critical reflection within the study of professions.[Molander and Terum 2008] such as:
* professional practice, its autonomy, social organisation, and governance
* the qualification of professionals, work motivation, and professional careers
* the social and historical role of professions
CSP develops the study of professions as a multidisciplinary field of research emphasising comparative approaches. The goal of CSP is to become a leading research facility within the study of professions in the Nordic countries.open access journal
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Professions and Professionalism.
Centre for the Study of Professions
Centre for the Study of Professions
Qualifying for professional Careers (QPC)
Teachers' Professional Qualification (TPQ)
Centre for Welfare and Labour Research
Centre for Welfare and Labour Research (SVA) consists of Work Research Institute (AFI), Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR), and Consumption Research Norway (SIFO).
* http://www.hioa.no/eng/About-HiOA/Centre-for-Welfare-and-Labour-Research
References
* Molander, Anders and Lars Inge Terum (2008): Profesjonsstudier. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget
External links
Oslo and Akershus University College websiteCourses taught in English at Oslo and Akershus University College
See also
* Library assessment
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Education in Oslo
Oslo
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