The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Oslo is among the leading humanities faculties in Scandinavia.
Key figures - 2023
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- 875 employees
- 5400 students
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- 7 departments
- 3 centers
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- 18 bachelor programmes
- 26 master's programmes
- 17 one year units
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2 Centers of Excellence in Research
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16 ERC-projects
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- 648 academic publications
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Total income: NOK 898 million
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Proportion of budget funded by external sources: 30 per cent
Areas of research
Particularly strong areas of research at the Faculty of Humanities include:
- Archeology
- Philosophy
- Ibsen Studies
- Classical Languages
- Cultural History and Museology
- Linguistics
- Media Studies
- Middle East and Africa
- Popular Music
- Eastern Europe
Interdisciplinary initiatives
UiO:Nordic
UiO:Nordic is a world leading research initiative on the Nordic region and Nordic issues in an international context