The department has broad expertise within the study of religion and culture and within language-based area studies, with a main focus on South Asia, East Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.
Key figures - 2023
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- 62 Academic man-years
- 45 Research fellows, postdoctoral and PhD
- 20 administrative man-years
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- 640 students
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- 3 Bachelor's degree programmes
- 3 Master's degree programmes
- One year programme
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- 3 ERC projects
- 7 NFR prosjects
- Interdisiplinary initiative: Oslo School of Environmental Humanities (OSEH)
- Centre for Islamic and Middle East Studies
- Centre for Museum Studies
- Sino-Norwegian Centre for the Study of Society and Environment (SINORSE)
- Fudan-European Centre for China Studies (FECCS)
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- 80 Scientific publications
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- Total income: NOK 118 millions
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Percentage of budget funded by external funders: 30 per cent