European Job Days
in Porto 29.th – 30.th Oct.
Content
• Bergen
• Bergen University College
• Faculty of Engineering
– Department of Civil Engineering
– Department of Electrical Engineering
– Department of Mechanical and Marine Engineering
Pictures
The City of Bergen, 270 000 inhabitants
Hordaland County, 500 000 inhabitants
The West Coast, > 1 mill inhabitants
The Bergen Region
A Dynamic Growth Region
Priority sectors
• ENERGY SECTOR
Oil, gas and renewable energy
• MARITIME SECTOR
Ship owners, shipyards, service companies and suppliers
• MARINE SECTOR
Fisheries, aquaculture and other marine products
• ADVENTURE, CULTURE AND TRAVEL
• MEDIA AND CULTURE BASED BUSINESSES
Media, design, film and music
A Strong Oil and Gas Region
Key figures 2010:
22,6 BEUR turnover
4,3 BEUR value creation
27 800 employees
1 361 companies
Value creation:
The sum of operational result
plus wages
18 per cent of the Norwegian Maritime
Turnover is in the Bergen Region
Key figures 2010:
10 BEUR turnover
2,2 BEUR value creation
19 700 employees
1 270 companies
95 per cent claim that the Bergen Region has good
Research Environment
30 000 students
4 000 scientists
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University of Bergen
Norwegian School of
Economics
Bergen University
College
Bergen Academy of
Art and Design
Norwegian School of
Management,
Stord/Haugesund
University College
Bergen School of
Architecture
Royal Norwegian
Naval Academy
Bergen
270 000 inhabitants
More than 30 000 students
Close to the Coast
Gateway to the Fjords
Bergen University College
• Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Engineering
7000 students and 700 staff
 more than 30 bachelor studies
13 Master studies
New campus in 2014 !!
Total 52000 m2
Side 10
R&D Centres
• The Centre for Evidence-Based Practice
• The Centre for Care Research
• The Strategic Programme for
Distributed Information and
Communication Systems
• The Centre for Educational Research
• The Centre for Art, Culture and
Communication
• The Centre for New Media
• The Centre for Innovation
Faculty of Engineering
International Relations
• Internationalization is a strategic
priority area
• Bilateral agreements based on
academic collaboration
• Student exchange together with
R&D
• Integrated courses in English for
international students
International cooperation
• HiB students in subsea can
take one or two semesters
at partner universities in
Brazil (UVV), Scotland (RGU)
or Australia (UWA).
• Students from partner
universities can take one or
two semesters at HiB
following lectures in English
or doing projects
Workshop with Brazilians
• Seminar in subsea
technology
• 2 weeks each second
year in Vitoria (Br)
and Bergen (N)
• Visit local petroleum
industry and have
university lectures
• Students live in each
other homes
• Makes friends for life
and build useful
network
The Faculty of Engineering has
6 departments
Department of :
Civil Engineering
Mech. and Marine Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Computing, Math. and Physics
Chemical Engineering
Business Administration
Approx. 2100 students and
130 academic staff
In Porto looking for persons with talent
In teaching and research in areas like:
Power Electric Systems
Control Systems and automation
Electronic and Communications Systems
Road and Railway Planning
Water and Wastewater Planning
HVAC
Operation and Maintenance
Hydraulics systems and Fluid power
Renewable energy
Subsea technology
Go to
Flow assurance
stand E13
hydrodynamics
Department of Civil engineering
• Bachelor in civil engineering
– 100 students each year
• Bachelor in Land surveying
and land management
– 45 students each year
• Planning master studies in
Sustainable Buildings and
Urban Planning from 2015
Department of Civil engineering
• 23 employees
– 3 professors
– 3 associate professors
– 15 assistant
professors
– 2 laboratory
engineers
Bachelor in Civil engineering –
3 program options
• Structural engineering
• Technical infrastructure
planning
• Construction
engineering
Department of Civil Engineering specialties
• Structural engineering
• Industrial surveying /
laserscanning
• Negotiation and dispute
resolution
• Land management / land
administration
Department of Electrical
Engineering
Offers bachelor in:
• Power Electric Systems
• Control Systems and automation
• Electronics
• Communication Systems
Offers master in:
• Communication Systems
Department of Electrical
Engineering
22 employees:
–1 professors
–6 associate professors
–11 assistant professors
–4 laboratory engineers
Department of Electrical Engineering
• Planning a master study
in Power Electric
Systems from 2015
• Vacant positions in:
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Power electric systems
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Control systems and automation
Department of Mechanical and Marine
Engineering
Offers bachelor in:
Approx 700 students
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General Mech. Engineering
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Marine Engineering
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Industrial Engineering
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Energy Technology
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Subsea Technology *
*The hardest admissible engineering study
at bachelor level in Norway!
Master programmes at our department
• It is our ambition to become a leader in
research and education in energy and
subsea technology in cooperation with
NTNU, UiB and others
Master in subsea
Technology
Master in Energy
Technology
Marine operations
Subsea materials
Thermal engines
Research & development
Unique opportunity to conduct
research in the areas of:
 Energy
 Subsea (technical
integrity/stress engineering)
NB! The research must be
relevant to the
business and education!
In line with this, we build energy
laboratory and laboratory for
subsea Materials Science
Testing of model in our towing tank
Resulted in the the real thing
Thank You!
Takk!
Obrigada!
See you at stand E13