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On March 30th, figures on R&D personnel in the higher education sector (preliminary figures for 2022), doctoral degrees and NORBAL will be published.

Research personnel

Updated: 30 March 2023

Next update: 26 October 2023

Share of female researchers
Share of female researchers
2022
51.8
per cent
Doctoral degrees by awarding institution, last 5 years.
Doctoral degrees by awarding institution, last 5 years.
20182019202020212022
Total1 5641 5831 6341 6011 562
University of Bergen226229242245220
University of Oslo468483497428424
Norwegian University of Science and Technology397377406412399
UiT - The Arctic University of Norway118120117132121
Norwegian University of Life Sciences87101668668
University of Stavanger5062745260
University of Agder3741514443
Nord University3025182834
Oslo Metropolitan University3636314945
University of South-Eastern Norway2534292736
Molde University College - Specialized University in Logistics47625
NHH Norwegian School of Economics1917131719
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design23786
MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society87446
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences171111118
Norwegian Academy of Music327410
BI Norwegian Business School1577116
Oslo National Academy of the Arts06714
VID Specialized University4410812
Volda University College00014
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences0161015
Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences1810252117
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Selected tables and figures from this statistics

  • R&D personnel by sector and year
    R&D personnel by sector and year
    Higher education sectorInstitute sectorBusiness enterprise sectorTotal
    201330 50612 29725 32468 127
    201431 52912 26528 15371 947
    201533 16611 83231 06876 066
    201634 94812 24133 49580 684
    201736 30612 58236 08884 976
    201836 91912 89536 79686 610
    201937 95513 06138 84889 864
    202039 16113 57638 60491 341
    202140 63914 02039 58294 241
    202242 357......
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  • R&D full-time equivalents (FTE) by sector and year
    R&D full-time equivalents (FTE) by sector and year
    Higher education sectorInstitute sectorBusiness enterprise sectorTotal
    201212 4139 23216 06237 707
    201312 7159 44916 37138 535
    201413 0109 35518 05340 418
    201513 9529 37019 08742 409
    201614 9379 36519 61643 918
    201715 6759 33521 20546 215
    201816 2379 38520 97946 601
    201916 9579 58722 17848 722
    202016 1269 73123 09048 947
    202117 99410 18723 74551 926
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  • Researchers and academic personnel by sector of performance, immigration category and year
    Researchers and academic personnel by sector of performance, immigration category and year
    20072010201420182021
    All sectors
    Total26 62629 67731 74336 24239 276
    Immigrants4 9326 5878 11310 72212 745
    Norwegian-born to immigrant parents96119127190269
    The rest of the population21 69423 09023 63025 52026 262
    Institute sector
    Total6 8617 5067 4147 3327 864
    Immigrants1 1541 5991 8602 0962 492
    Norwegian-born to immigrant parents........41
    The rest of the population5 7075 9075 5545 2365 331
    Higher education sector
    Total17 49418 57420 07823 91526 046
    Immigrants3 3564 3525 3827 5599 146
    Norwegian-born to immigrant parents........145
    The rest of the population14 13814 22214 69616 35616 755
    Health enterprises
    Total2 2713 5974 2514 9955 366
    Immigrants4226368711 0671 107
    Norwegian-born to immigrant parents........83
    The rest of the population1 8492 9613 3803 9284 176
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