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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 centDoctoral degrees by awarding institution, last 5 years.
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| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1 564 | 1 583 | 1 634 | 1 601 | 1 562 |
| University of Bergen | 226 | 229 | 242 | 245 | 220 |
| University of Oslo | 468 | 483 | 497 | 428 | 424 |
| Norwegian University of Science and Technology | 397 | 377 | 406 | 412 | 399 |
| UiT - The Arctic University of Norway | 118 | 120 | 117 | 132 | 121 |
| Norwegian University of Life Sciences | 87 | 101 | 66 | 86 | 68 |
| University of Stavanger | 50 | 62 | 74 | 52 | 60 |
| University of Agder | 37 | 41 | 51 | 44 | 43 |
| Nord University | 30 | 25 | 18 | 28 | 34 |
| Oslo Metropolitan University | 36 | 36 | 31 | 49 | 45 |
| University of South-Eastern Norway | 25 | 34 | 29 | 27 | 36 |
| Molde University College - Specialized University in Logistics | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| NHH Norwegian School of Economics | 19 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 19 |
| The Oslo School of Architecture and Design | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Norwegian School of Sport Sciences | 17 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Norwegian Academy of Music | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
| BI Norwegian Business School | 15 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
| Oslo National Academy of the Arts | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| VID Specialized University | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 12 |
| Volda University College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Western Norway University of Applied Sciences | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 |
| Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences | 18 | 10 | 25 | 21 | 17 |
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Selected tables and figures from this statistics
- R&D personnel by sector and yearDownload table as ...R&D personnel by sector and year
Higher education sector Institute sector Business enterprise sector Total 2013 30 506 12 297 25 324 68 127 2014 31 529 12 265 28 153 71 947 2015 33 166 11 832 31 068 76 066 2016 34 948 12 241 33 495 80 684 2017 36 306 12 582 36 088 84 976 2018 36 919 12 895 36 796 86 610 2019 37 955 13 061 38 848 89 864 2020 39 161 13 576 38 604 91 341 2021 40 639 14 020 39 582 94 241 2022 42 357 .. .. .. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - R&D full-time equivalents (FTE) by sector and yearDownload table as ...R&D full-time equivalents (FTE) by sector and year
Higher education sector Institute sector Business enterprise sector Total 2012 12 413 9 232 16 062 37 707 2013 12 715 9 449 16 371 38 535 2014 13 010 9 355 18 053 40 418 2015 13 952 9 370 19 087 42 409 2016 14 937 9 365 19 616 43 918 2017 15 675 9 335 21 205 46 215 2018 16 237 9 385 20 979 46 601 2019 16 957 9 587 22 178 48 722 2020 16 126 9 731 23 090 48 947 2021 17 994 10 187 23 745 51 926 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Researchers and academic personnel by sector of performance, immigration category and yearDownload table as ...Researchers and academic personnel by sector of performance, immigration category and year
2007 2010 2014 2018 2021 All sectors Total 26 626 29 677 31 743 36 242 39 276 Immigrants 4 932 6 587 8 113 10 722 12 745 Norwegian-born to immigrant parents 96 119 127 190 269 The rest of the population 21 694 23 090 23 630 25 520 26 262 Institute sector Total 6 861 7 506 7 414 7 332 7 864 Immigrants 1 154 1 599 1 860 2 096 2 492 Norwegian-born to immigrant parents .. .. .. .. 41 The rest of the population 5 707 5 907 5 554 5 236 5 331 Higher education sector Total 17 494 18 574 20 078 23 915 26 046 Immigrants 3 356 4 352 5 382 7 559 9 146 Norwegian-born to immigrant parents .. .. .. .. 145 The rest of the population 14 138 14 222 14 696 16 356 16 755 Health enterprises Total 2 271 3 597 4 251 4 995 5 366 Immigrants 422 636 871 1 067 1 107 Norwegian-born to immigrant parents .. .. .. .. 83 The rest of the population 1 849 2 961 3 380 3 928 4 176 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
More figures from this statistics
- 13511: R&D full-time equivalents (FTE), by sector of performance (1970-)
- 13520: R&D personnel (head count), by sector of performance (1970-)
- 13515: R&D personnel (researchers and academic personnel, head count), by higher education institution, position and gender (2007-)
- 13522: Awarded doctoral degrees, by field of R&D, citizenship and sex (1990-)
- 13523: Awarded doctoral degrees, by age, field of R&D and sex (1990-)
About the statistics
Research personnel
Analyses, articles and publications
Article / 10 May 2023Every third researcher in Norwegian academia is an immigrantImmigrants made up 32 per cent of researchers and academic personnel in academia in 2021. Most of them had their background from Europe, while one in four were from Asia. About half of the researchers in natural sciences and engineering were people with an immigration background in 2021.