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• Eight faculties and the University Museum with a total of 54 departments
• Budget: NOK 11 billion, of which NOK 3,2 billion from external sources
• 8960 employees
• 7700 full-time equivalents (FTEs), of which 5000 work with teaching, research and dissemination (academic positions). Approx 44 per cent of these are women and approx 39 per cent are international
• Close cooperation with SINTEF, an R&D organization with 1800 employees (both co-located with NTNU in Trondheim, and in Oslo)
• Facilities (owned or rented) totalling 734 000 m2
• University Library with 14 library departments, 1,4 million visits at the libraries, 1,8 million printed books, 1 million e-books, 275 databases and more than 1,2 million annual full-text article downloads

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Students

• Most first-priority applicants of Norgwegian universities, 24 008, og the university that recruits the most nationally
• 43 507 registered students, about half within science and technology
• 85 per cent of the students are in Trondheim, 9 per cent in Gjøvik and 6 per cent in Ålesund
• Just above half of the students (53 per cent) are women
• 3755 of the students (9 per cent) are international, and they are from 114 countries
• 8847 bachelor's and master's degrees awarded (2025)
• 3887 in further education programmes and in experience-based master's (2025)

Education

• Specialization in technology and the natural sciences. 70 percent of Norway's master candidates in technology
• 371 study programmes, as well as further education.
• Offers a range of bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes in humanities, social sciences, economics, medicine, health sciences, educational sciences, architecture, entrepreneurship and aesthetic disciplines.
• Educates most teachers (teacher training, lecturer, primary school, vocational), and in health and fine arts in Norway
• Almost half of the students are in technical and natural sciences programmes

• 497 doctoral degrees (2024)
• 648 projects in EU's framework programmes
• 45 awarded ERC Grants
• Five Strategic Research Areas in the period 2024–2031
• Hosting and partnership in the national centres:
  • 6 Centres of Excellence
  • 12 Centres for Research-based Innovation
  • 19 Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research
• More than 2400 ideas and 80 spin-off's to innovative projects
• More than 400 projects have received more than 125 million NOK in financial support since 2011
  • Of these, more than 110 companies have been established.

• Budget: NOK 11 billion, of which NOK 7,8 billion from granting autority and NOK 3,2 billion from other sources
• Facilities (owned or rented) totalling 734 000 m²

NTNU dates back as far as 1760 and the establishment of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and letters.

More about the history of NTNU.

Strategies, plans and reports

Short presentations on research, education and organization. You will also find brochures and presentations of the faculties on this website.

Presentations about NTNU