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The University of

Oslo,

http://www.uio.no/english/

No language requirements (800 units taught in English).

City Population: 550,000 Enrollment: 30,000 Standard Course Load: 30 credits per semester

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITETET I OSLO to the new campus. Shortly thereafter, in 1939, the The University of Oslo is Norway’s largest and oldest university changed is name to the University of Oslo or institution of higher education. It was founded in 1811 Univsersitas Osloensis. when Norway was still under Danish rule. Today the University of Oslo has approx. 30,000 students and 4,600 COURSES employees. Four winners indicate the quality The University of Oslo offers Bachelor, Master and PhD of the research at the University. courses and applies the ECTS credit system as a national system: Full course load for one semester is 30 In 1811, the Danish monarch King Frederick VI granted credits. Norway the right to found its own university. It was opened Course catalogue: http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/in- as Det Kongelige Frederiks Universitet (The Royal english.html Frederick University) in 1813. At the start, conditions were meagre; classes were held in rented buildings. There were, however, only 17 students and 6 teachers at that Culture, Religion, Asian Languages, Asian and African time – basically less than the smallest department of the Studies, European Languages, Literature, European and smallest faculty today. Today, almost 40,000 people work American Studies, History, Archaeology and and study at the University of Oslo. Conservation Studies, , Media and Communication, Musicology, Philosophy, History of Art The early modest period persisted for almost half a and Ideas, Greek and , , Celtic century, before the University had its own building Studies, Linguistics and Textual Sciences complex. By 1852, the first university buildings on Oslo’s main boulevard, Karl Johans gate (then Slotsveien), stood Law completed. Nonetheless, the pace of growth among the Criminology and the Sociology of Law, Human Rights, student body was so dramatic that, by the 1900s, there Information Technology and Administrative Systems, Law was again a scarcity of instructional room. courses

In 1923, university administrators and the Norwegian Mathematics and Natural Sciences government agreed to develop a new campus just outside Biology, Chemistry, Entrepreneurship, Geoscience, of the downtown area in a neighbourhood called . Informatics, Mathematics, Mechanics, Statistics, Because of an economic recession, however, the plans Molecular Bioscience, , Physics, Theoretical were shelved. Only in 1931 could the first institutes move Astrophysics, Technology Studies at Kjeller

Medicine further out, but still close to your school and also close to Health Science, Health Management and Health city limits and nature, with its skiing and hiking Economics, International health, Medicine, Science, possibilities. Nutrition, Psychiatry Rooms for singles and flats for student couples, both with Social Sciences and without children are offered. Economics, Interdisciplinary courses within Social Sciences, Political Science, Psychology, Social HEALTH INSURANCE Anthropology, Sociology and Human Geography, UWA has insurance to cover its outgoing exchange Technology, innovation and culture students: UWA Corporate Personal and Travel Policy. It is usually accepted by the host universities as primary Theology insurance. However, the Norwegian University of Life Education Sciences will advise you, or you will need to find out, if Educational research, Special Needs Education, Teacher you need to take out your own, additional insurance. Education and School Development ABOUT OSLO Other areas Oslo is the capital of Norway with approximately 500,000 Development and the Environment, Interdisciplinary inhabitants, or a little over 10% of the country’s total Gender Studies population. About one third of the total population of the country lives around the Oslo Fjord area. Even though SEMESTERS: the city is situated so far north, its climate is temperate in 2nd week of August to mid December (Fall Semester) the autumn and warm in summer. The winters last from 3 2nd week of January to mid June (Spring Semester) to 5 months with very good skiing conditions in the hills around the city. Oslo has four seasons, Spring (March, HOUSING April, May) temperatures range from minus 5C to plus The University of Oslo guarantees housing for exchange 15C, occasionally it may even snow in late April; Summer students. For information about student life and various (June, July, August) the weather varies from cold and services offered by the university, visit rainy to warm and sunny, temperatures range from 10 - www.uio.no/english/student_life/ and 25C; Autumn (September, October, November) www.uio.no/english/student_life/uponarrival.html temperatures range from plus 15C to minus 10C; Winter (December, January, February) temperatures range from The Division of Student Housing (Boligdivisjonen in minus 5C to minus 20C, and there may be a lot of snow Norwegian) is part of The Foundation for Student Life in and ice. Oslo, a separate organisation controlled and owned by students from the University of Oslo and five independent OTHER INFORMATION colleges in the city. Nearly all rooms in student residences Read the University of Oslo section in the blue files in the are controlled by Boligdivisjonen. Study Abroad Office. You will find some very useful information from returned UWA students. International students applying for admission to the University of Oslo may also indicate a wish for To help all new students to get to know their way around accommodation in a student dormitory. As long as the campus life, the Student Parliament arranges a Peer International Education Office receives this form within the Support Program. All new international students may also deadline (June 25, Autumn semester/November 25, Spring join a "Buddy group". A buddy group consists of 6-10 semester) a single room will be available for you for the international students and a buddy. Buddies are senior duration of your studies as long as you maintain passing students who can show you around campus, introduce grades. you to the social life at the university and answer practical questions. Joining a buddy group also is an The university administration will pass your wishes along excellent opportunity to make new friends. The first few to the Division of Student Housing, and you will receive weeks of the semester are filled with activities designed your housing contract upon arrival in Oslo especially for buddy groups (Norwegian and international). Join in, and we guarantee you a lot of fun! Most International Students are housed at the two largest student residences, Sogn and Kringsjå. Other dwellings CONTACTS may, however, be offered, depending on the housing The University of Oslo situation. Sogn and Kringsjå are situated approximately 3 www.uio.no/english/ and 5 kilometres from campus at Blindern. [email protected]

Students live in single rooms and share bathroom, kitchen, Our contact details: hall and telephone with 4-8 other students. Rooms are www.international.uwa.edu.au/se/welcome furnished with a sofa-bed, desk, two chairs, a bookshelf Tel: 6488 8199 and table. Curtains, pillows and quilts are not provided, but [email protected] may be rented.

Student housing comprises both stand-alone city blocks in the centre of Oslo and larger housing complexes (in Norwegian: studentby, student village) which are a bit 2