
| Students | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | |||
| Both sexes | Males | Females | |
| 1In recent years, a number of institutions in higher education were merged into larger units. | |||
| Educational institutions, total | 293 287 | 118 809 | 174 478 |
| Nord university | 11 175 | 4 187 | 6 988 |
| Norwegian University of Life Sciences | 5 235 | 2 095 | 3 140 |
| Norwegian University of Science and Technology | 40 763 | 20 176 | 20 587 |
| Oslo Metropolitan University | 20 428 | 6 486 | 13 942 |
| UiT - The Arctic University of Norway | 16 540 | 6 864 | 9 676 |
| University of Agder | 13 023 | 5 484 | 7 539 |
| University of Bergen | 17 607 | 7 266 | 10 341 |
| University of Oslo | 27 354 | 10 855 | 16 499 |
| University of Stavanger | 11 867 | 4 751 | 7 116 |
| University of South-Eastern Norway | 18 105 | 6 930 | 11 175 |
| The Oslo School of Architecture and Design | 670 | 312 | 358 |
| BI Norwegian Business School | 19 728 | 9 980 | 9 748 |
| Molde University College - Specialised University of Logistics | 2 237 | 887 | 1 350 |
| Oslo National Academy of the Arts | 570 | 186 | 384 |
| MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society | 1 286 | 477 | 809 |
| Norwegian School of Economics | 3 456 | 2 077 | 1 379 |
| Norwegian School of Sport Sciences | 1 164 | 615 | 549 |
| Norwegian Academy of Music | 833 | 398 | 435 |
| VID Specialised University | 4 396 | 669 | 3 727 |
| Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences | 13 642 | 4 565 | 9 077 |
| Østfold University College | 6 963 | 2 519 | 4 444 |
| Volda University College | 3 842 | 1 208 | 2 634 |
| Western Norway University of Applied Sciences | 15 836 | 5 766 | 10 070 |
| Sámi University of Applied Sciences | 261 | 48 | 213 |
| Bjørknes University College | 1 703 | 399 | 1 304 |
| Queen Maud University College | 1 373 | 239 | 1 134 |
| Kristiania University College | 8 181 | 3 188 | 4 993 |
| NLA University College | 2 412 | 776 | 1 636 |
| Norwegian Police University College | 3 017 | 1 633 | 1 384 |
| Military University Colleges | 691 | 580 | 111 |
| Other University Colleges | 3 976 | 1 430 | 2 546 |
| Abroad | 14 953 | 5 763 | 9 190 |