Minifacts about Norway 2011

 

7. Education



Schools and pupils/students
  1984/85 2009/10
Type of school Schools Pupils/students Schools Pupils/students
Primary/lower secondary schools 3 540  545 879 2 997  613 928
Private primary/lower secondary schools . .  156 15 837
Upper secondary schools1   920  203 702  454  246 314
Private upper secondary schools . 16 936 95 26 070
Universities and colleges2   228 92 083 70  221 934
Private universities and colleges 67 15 402 32 32 282
1  Pupils and apprentices in upper secondary schools as well as pupils and students in technical schools and county colleges.
2  Military colleges are not included.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/utdanning_en/

Share of men and women with higher education. Per cent



Source:  Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/utniv_en/

Universities and specialized university colleges. Students, 1 Oct.
  1995 Per cent female 2009 Per cent female
Students, total 79 954 53.4  118 093 56.3
University of Oslo 36 000 57.3 27 737 61.7
University of Bergen 15 667 56.3 14 022 60.1
University of Tromsø1  6 079 54.1 8 296 61.3
Norwegian University of Science and Technology 15 861 45.9 20 322 47.4
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) 1 927 47.4 3 214 57.2
University of Stavanger . . 8 843 59.9
University of Agder . . 8 663 60.3
Norwegian School of Theology  557 47.2  871 58.0
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science  318 76.7  476 83.0
Oslo School of Architecture and Design  274 48.5  574 49.5
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences  515 40.2 1 359 51.9
Norwegian Academy of Music  314 47.5  632 56.6
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration 2 442 31.7 3 048 40.1
Norwegian School of Management . . 19 712 51.7
School of Mission and Theology . .  324 63.0
1  Includes Tromsø University College from 2009.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/utuvh_en/

Norwegian students/pupils abroad
  Degree studies Exchange or study-abroad programmes
Country 1992/93 2000/01 2009/10 2009/10
Total 8 932 15 510 12 956 7 209
UK 2 195 3 928 3 085  507
Denmark  675 1 901 2 292  251
Australia . 3 062 1 402  768
Poland 10  327 1 269 12
USA 2 305 1 699 1 013 1 080
Sweden 1 096  881  791  101
Hungary 10  630  698 5
Netherlands  158  572  345  111
Slovakia . .  265 6
Czech Republic . 53  251 30
France  374  457  224  270
Germany  949  700  213  241
Canada  130  164  184  173
Other Europe .  158  154  146
Ireland 3  148  128 18
Spain 60  158 81  235
New Zealand .  108 79 94
Other Asia . 82 69  434
Italy 74 89 68 98
Switzerland  248  222 68 53
South Africa . . 66  278
Latin America . 65 55  357
Austria 46 . 28 45
Finland 23 35 27 33
Belgium 32 . 25 32
China . . 20  181
Singapore . . 14  120
Japan . . 14  129
Iceland 22 24 10 28
Russia . . 9  134
Other Africa . 47 8  716
India . . .  131
Tanzania . . -  362
Other  522 . 1 30
Source: Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund.
More information: http://www.lanekassen.no/english

Foreign students in Norway
Country 1997/98 2000/01 2009/10
Students, total 7 490 8 533 17 696
Sweden  539  892 1 228
Denmark  602  707  732
Germany  253  360  631
USA  275  258  314
UK  358  350  308
Finland  130  205  278
Iceland  182  222  266
Poland 72 69  255
Netherlands 89  120  215
Turkey 40 25 91
Italy 34 57 78
Australia 17 14 58
Japan 19 20 57
Czech Republic 14 21 46
Switzerland 33 35 37
Belgium 17 17 35
Hungary 12 15 31
Austria 23 28 30
Slovakia 4 14 23
New Zealand 4 6 9
       
Other/not specified 4 773 5 098 12 974
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/utdanning_en/

Research & Development expenditure
  2001 2009
  R & D expenditure. NOK mill. R & D man-years R & D expenditure. NOK mill. R & D man-years
Total 24 469 27 108 42 836 36 286
Business and industry 12 614 12 636 19 054 16 056
Research institute sector 5 581 6 988 10 270 8 750
University and college sector 6 274 7 484 13 512 11 480
         
Total R & D expenditure as share of GDP. Per cent 1.59   1.80  
Source: Statistics Norway and NIFU STEP Studies in Innovation, Research and Education.
More information: http://www.mediebedriftene.no/index.asp?id=79970

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