Buskerud University College ( or ''HiBu'') was a

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established 1 August 1994 and situated in

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. It merged with

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on 1 January 2014 to form Buskerud and Vestfold University College. This new school merged again on 1 January 2016 with

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into University College of Southeast Norway. The University's campuses were located in three cities around Oslo:

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(technology and engineering),

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(political science, health science, teacher education, and design) and

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(business administration and management). The institution had approximately 4500 students and 250 employees, and offered a broad range of bachelor and master programmes.

Courses in English

Besides the courses in Norwegian, the following departments also offered courses taught in English: * Engineering * Political science * Tourism * Visual communication * Norwegian language and culture Master's degrees in English were offered in systems engineering, human rights and optometry/visual science.

References

Official website
University of South-Eastern Norway Defunct universities and colleges in Norway Education in Buskerud Educational institutions established in 1994 Educational institutions disestablished in 2014 1994 establishments in Norway 2014 disestablishments in Norway Organisations based in Kongsberg {{Norway-university-stub