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University of Oslo
Universitetet i Oslo
Latin: Universitas Osloensis
Established	1811
Type:	Public university
Rector:	Professor Geir Ellingsrud (2006-2009)
Staff:	4,600 (2007)
Students:	32,000 (2007)
Location	Oslo, Norway
Campus:	Urban
Affiliations:	EUA
Website:	www.uio.no

The University of Oslo (Norwegian: Universitetet i Oslo, Latin: Universitas Osloensis) was founded in 1811 as Universitas Regia Fredericiana (the Royal Frederick University, in Norwegian Det Kongelige Frederiks Universitet). It was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin, and originally named after King Frederick of Denmark and Norway. It received its current name in 1939. The university currently has about 32,000 students and employs about 4,600 people. It is the oldest, largest and most prestigious university in Norway, situated in the country's capital city.

The university has faculties of (Lutheran) Theology, Law, Medicine, Humanities, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Dentistry, Social Sciences, and Education. The Faculty of Law is still located at the old campus on Karl Johans gate (Oslo's central pedestrian street), near the National Theatre, the Royal Palace, and the Parliament, while most of the other faculties are located at a modern campus area called Blindern, erected from the 1930s. Professor Geir Ellingsrud was in 2005 elected rector for the period 2006-2009.

Until the founding of the University in 1811, the University of Copenhagen was the only university of Denmark-Norway. After the dissolution of the Dano-Norwegian union in 1814, close academic ties between the countries have been maintained.

King Frederick of Denmark and Norway was the founder of the university

Central campus of the university, where today only the faculty of law is located. These buildings were inspired by the famous buildings of Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel in Berlin.

The new library building at the Blindern campus, houses the Library of Arts and Social Sciences.

• Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law (NRCCL) [1]
• Department of Criminology and the Sociology of Law [2]
• Department of Private Law [3]
• Department of Public and International Law [4]
• Section for Information Technology and Administrative Systems (SITAS) [5]
• Nordic Institute of Maritime Law [6]
• Centre for European Law [7]
• Norwegian Centre for Human Rights [8]

• Institute of Basic Medical Sciences
• Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine
• Institute of Psychiatry
• Psychosocial Centre for refugees
• Institute of Health Management and Health Economics
• Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences
• Faculty Division Aker University Hospital
• Faculty Division Akershus University Hospital
• Faculty Division Rikshospitalet
• Faculty Division Ullevaal University Hospital
• Faculty Division The Norwegian Radium Hospital
• The Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience

• Department of Archaeology, Conservation and Historical Studies [9]
• Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages [10]
• Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas [11]
• Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages [12]
• Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies [13]
• Department of Media and Communication [14]
• Department of Musicology [15]
• Unit for Digital Documentation [16]
• The Ibsen Centre [17]
• Centre for Viking and Medieval Studies [18]
• The Norwegian Institute in St. Petersburg [19]
• The Norwegian Institute in Rome [20]
• Norwegian Centre for Research Cooperation with France

• Department of Biology [21]
• Department of Molecular Biosciences [22]
• School of Pharmacy [23]
• Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics [24]
• Department of Physics [25]
• Department of Informatics [26]
• Department of Geosciences [27]
• Department of Molecular Biosciences [28]
• Department of Chemistry [29]
• Department of Mathematics [30]
• Physics of Geological Processes [31]
• Centre of Mathematics for Applications [32]
• Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis [33]
• Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology [34]
• Centre for Entrepreneurship [35]

• Department of Oral Biology
• Institute of Clinical Dentistry

• Department of Sociology and Human Geography [36]
• Department of Political Science [37]
• Department of Psychology [38]
• Department of Social Anthropology [39]
• Department of Economics [40]
• Centre for technology, innovation and culture [41]
• ARENA - Centre for European studies [42]

• Department of Teacher Education and School Development
• Department of Special Needs Education
• Institute for Educational Research
• The Autism Unit
• Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in New Media and Communication Technology

• Library of Medicine and Health Sciences
• Library of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Faculty of Law Library
• Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Library

• The Biotechnology Centre of Oslo
• Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research
• Centre for Development and the Environment
• International Summer School[43]

• The Historical Museum
• Collection of Coins and Medals
• Ethnographic Museum
• The Viking Ship Museum

• Mineralogical-geological Museum
• Paleontological Museum
• Zoological Museum
• Botanical Garden
• Botanical Museum

Main article: List of rectors for the University of Oslo

Five researchers at the University of Oslo have been awarded Nobel Prizes:

• Fridtjof Nansen - 1922 - Peace (Although it was not Nansen's scientific work that earned him the prize.)
• Ragnar Frisch - 1969 - Economics
• Odd Hassel - 1969 - Chemistry
• Ivar Giæver - 1973 - Physics
• Trygve Haavelmo - 1989 - Economics

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• Gro Harlem Brundtland, Medicine, 1963^[44]
• Svein Gjedrem, Economics, 1975^[45]
• Jens Stoltenberg, Economics, 1987^[46]

The university charges only a symbolic tuition fee of 420 NOK (roughly 80 USD) for its Norwegian students. Students are also required to pay a fee to the student welfare organisation Studentsamskipnaden i Oslo, to subsidise kindergartens, health services, housing and cultural initiatives. The student body maintains the weekly newspaper Universitas and the radio station Radio Nova.

• Against Nature?, an exhibit at the University of Oslo's Natural History Museum, taking place until August 19, 2007.
• Sigmund Mowinckel, one of the world's most notable Psalms scholars. He was educated in the University and then taught there beginning in 1917.

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• Radio Nova (student radio)

Coordinates: 59°56′23.77″N, 10°43′19.43″E