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– Research
– Education
– Innovation
– Dissemination
– Organization
– Objectives
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FACTS
NTNU key figures (2010)
52 departments in 7 faculties
NTNU University Library
NTNU Museum of Natural History and Archaeology
10 587 student applications with NTNU as first choice
18 432 registered students, 6726 admitted in 2010
2 785 degrees awarded
260 doctoral degrees awarded (32 % women)
4 935 person-years
3 075 employed in education and research; 596 full professors
Budget: EUR 640 mill.
590 000 m2 owned and rented premises
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FACTS
Sources of revenue (EUR million)
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
Other
EU
State/municipal
Industry
Research Council
Ministry Educ.
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20
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Gender issues
Type of position – % women
2010
2009
2008
2007
Professor
19.1
17.1
15.5
14.9
Associate professor
34.1
34.0
32.5
30.6
Doctoral candidate
38.6
39.7
39.2
37.8
Post doctoral fellow
38.5
39.8
37.8
34.4
Operation and maintenance
62.0
62.8
61.4
61.0
Administrative
70.7
72.1
72.4
72.4
Administrative head
27.5
25.7
27.6
28.6
Administrative middle management
46.6
49.9
48.4
48.4
Other
38.9
41.1
42.8
49.4
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FACTS
NTNU in Trondheim
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FACTS
Trondheim’s academic history
1217 Schola Cathedralis Nidarosiensis
1760 Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
1910 Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH)
1922 Norwegian Teacher Training College
1950 SINTEF (The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the
Norwegian Institute of Technology)
1955 The Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (NTVA) (Trondheim)
1968 University of Trondheim
1973 Music Conservatory in Trondheim
1974 Section for Medicine (From 1984: Faculty of Medicine)
1979 Trondheim Academy of Fine Art
1984 College of Arts and Science
1996 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
2010 Celebration of Trondheim’s 250 years as an academic city
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R&D
Research – a core activity
NTNU’s fundamental strengths:
Technology and the
natural sciences
Broad academic base
Interdisciplinary
collaboration
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R&D
Research – I
• 260 doctoral degrees awarded in 2010
• More than 2000 research projects
• 64 projects in the EU’s 7th Framework Programme
• 62 EU projects from 2002–2006
• More than 300 cooperative agreements with universities globally
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Research – II
• 26 % of the academic staff are international (2008)
• 34 % of PhD candidates are international (2008)
• Joined the ”European Charter for Researchers” and
”Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers”
• Scientific positions on Euraxess Jobs since 2004
• Center for reception of international employees:
”International Researcher Support” (Euraxess Services)
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R&D
PhD programmes at NTNU
• 2267 PhD candidates in NTNU’s graduate school (2010)
• 50 doctoral programmes
• Graduate schools where NTNU is the responsible coordinator:
- Biosystematics
- Teacher Education
- Medical Imaging
- Text – Picture – Sound – Space
- Language and Linguistics
- Nordic Graduate School in Gender Studies
- Georg Brandes School
- Nanotechnology for Microsystems
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R&D
Cooperation with
• SINTEF is one of Europe’s largest
independent research organizations
• Gross operating revenue in 2010: EUR 350 mill.
• 2120 staff from 67 different countries
• Contract research in technology, natural sciences, medicine and
social sciences
• Joint strategy with NTNU
• Cooperates with NTNU in terms of staff, equipment, laboratories
and science communication
• 20 Gemini Centres for joint NTNU–SINTEF R&D
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R&D
Strategic focus
• Six thematic strategic areas
Hosting:
• Three Centres of Excellence
• Four Centres of Research-based Innovation
• Two Centres for Environment-friendly Energy
Research
• Interdisciplinary research activities
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R&D
NTNU’s six strategic areas
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Energy and Petroleum – Resources and Environment
Medical Technology
Materials Technology
Marine and Maritime Technology
Information and Communication Technology
Globalization
Budget:
Seed funding (EUR 0.5–1.5 million per area)
Funding for PhD candidates
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R&D
Energy and environment
• Centre for Renewable Energy, with SINTEF
Energy. 200 researchers and 55 PhD candidates
• NTNU coordinator of ESFRI on Infrastructure CCS,
ECCSEL
• Bilateral agreement with MIT on Energy R&D,
supported by Statoil
• Cooperation with Japanese universities in Kyoto
International Forum for Environment and Energy
• NTNU ranked No.1 in Engineering Education for
Sustainability in Europe (2008)
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R&D
Globalization
Four focus areas:
• Global Production and
Communication
• War, Conflict and Migration
• Intercultural Dynamics:
Communication, Responsibility
and Development
• Global Economic Flows,
Governance and Stability
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R&D
Centres of Excellence
Nationally selected research groups at NTNU of high
international standard that are governed by uniform
management principles.
- Centre for Quantifiable Quality of Service in
Communication Systems – Q2S
- Centre for the Biology of Memory – CBM
- Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures – CESOS
-Partner in International Centre for Geohazards and
Centre for the Study of Civil War
Duration: 2003–2013. Budget: EUR 11 million annually
-Funded by the Research Council of Norway, NTNU and industry
New in 2011:
Sustainable Arctic Coastal and Marine Technology (SACME)
Duration: 2011–2019.
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RFAKTA
&D
Quantifiable Quality of Service in
Communication Systems (Q2S)
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Audio over IP Networks
Multimedia over IP Networks
Interdomain and Overlay Networks
Intradomain Networks
Trustworthy Multiparty Interactions in Dynamic
Networking Environments
A total of 35 professors, postdocs and PhD candidates.
Financed by the Research Council of Norway,
NTNU and UNINETT. Supported by Telenor R&D
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RFAKTA
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Centre for the Biology of Memory
• Research on the brain and memory
• Neural mapping of the spatial environment
• Named Kavli Institute for
Systems Neuroscience (2007)
• One of 15 Kavli Institutes in the world.
Others at Harvard, Yale, MiT,
Stanford and Cambridge
Close to 50 scientific personnel; including professors, visiting
professors, postdocs, graduate students, and associated
researchers.
Co-funded by NTNU and the Research Council of Norway.
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RFAKTA
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CeSOS – Centre for Ships
and Ocean Structures
The Centre conducts internationally
recognized research to improve the design
of ships and ocean structures, and the
planning of marine operations.
Researchers use theoretical
and experimental methods in:
• Marine hydrodynamics
• Structural mechanics
• Automatic control.
6 key staff, 10 post-docs/researchers,
50 PhDs in progress.
A total of 40 research person-years,
including visiting professors and associated personnel.
Highly interdisciplinary approach to respond to
the growing demand for new knowledge about
ships, ocean structures, and increasingly
about ocean renewable facilities.
Co-funded by NTNU
and the Research Council of Norway
www.cesos.ntnu.no
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Centres for Research-based Innovation
Research-intensive enterprises allied
with prominent research groups at NTNU
• Medical Imaging Laboratory for Innovative Future Healthcare (MI Lab)
• Structural Impact Laboratory (SIMLab)
• Centre for Integrated Operations in the Petroleum Industry (CIO)
Duration: 2007–2015.
Budget: Min. EUR 7.5 mill. annually.
Funded by the Research Council, NTNU and industry.
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Medical Imaging (MILab)
Patients: Improved quality of life
Healthcare: Cost efficient solutions
Industry: New products and applications
Society: Halting the increase in health care expenses
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EUR 30 million for 2007–2014
Partners:
– R&D: Helse Midt-Norge; Trondheim
University Hospital and SINTEF
– Industry: GE Vingmed Ultrasound;
FAST; Medistim; Sonowand; Nordic
Neurolab; NordicimagingLab;
CorTechs Labs; Arctic Silicon Devices
Intra operative assessment
by ultrasound in
cardiovascular surgery
• www.ntnu.edu/milab
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R&D
SIMLab – Structural Impact Laboratory
Computer simulation of how
aluminium structures behave
in collisions
Goal for safer and lighter cars:
100 kg of aluminium to replace
200 kg of steel. In the USA this
would save 18 bn litres of
petrol/year
Key SIMLab partners:
SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Audi AG,
Hydro Aluminium, Renault, SSAB Swedish
Steel, Statoil, The Norwegian Public Roads
Adm. (NPRA), The Norwegian Defence Estates
Agency (NDEA).
At present: 40 million people injured and
1.2 million killed globally on the roads
each year.
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RFAKTA
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Centre for Integrated Operations
in the Petroleum Industry
Every 1% of extra oil
recovered on the NCS =
USD 50 billion p.a.
Partners:
Shell, Total, Statoil, ConocoPhillips, Stanford U., Delft
Technical U., SINTEF,
Research Council of Norway
Onshore operation and control room.
www.ntnu.edu/iocenter
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Centres for Environment-friendly
Energy Research (FME)
Top-level R&D groups cooperating with innovative industries
Established by the Research Council of Norway (2009)
FME Centre hosted by NTNU:
- Research Centre on Zero Emission Buildings – ZEB
FME Centres with NTNU as active partner:
- BIGCCS – International CCS Research Centre
- Centre for Environmental Design of Renewable Energy
(CEDREN)
- Bioenergy Innovation Centre (CenBio)
- Research Centre for Offshore Wind Technology
- The Norwegian Research Centre for Solar Cell Technology
Duration: 2009–2017, based on evaluations
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R&D
Strategic focus
Interdisciplinary research
• Gas Technology Center
• Nanotechnology – NTNU Nanolab
• The Nord-Trøndelag County
Health Study (HUNT)
• Functional Genome Research (FUGE)
• Industrial Ecology (IndEcol)
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R&D
International research networks
NTNU is an attractive partner for the global academic community
• Research and education cooperation
with universities worldwide.
• NTNU is represented in key
international research organizations.
• Member of Nordic Five Tech – Strategic alliance
of the leading Nordic technical universities
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R&D
Major laboratories
NTNU and SINTEF share more
than 100 research laboratories:
• Hydrodynamic/marine technology laboratories
(Towing Tank and Ocean Basin Laboratory)
• Machine Tools Laboratory
• Materials and Engineering Laboratories
• Laboratories for semiconductor materials
• NTNU Nanolab – Nanotechnology
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Laboratories – examples
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ECCSEL (European CO2 Capture and Storage Lab.)
Phonetics Laboratory
Marine Cybernetics Laboratory
Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory
Ultrasound Laboratory
Magnetic Resonance Centre
Structural Impact Laboratory
Energy and Indoor Environment Laboratory
ENGAS Lab. (Gas Technology Centre)
Waterpower Laboratory
Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering Lab.
Trondheim Marine Systems Research Infrastructure
Ugelstad Laboratory
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RFAKTA
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SINTEF/NTNU laboratories – Tyholt
Hydrodynamic/marine technology labs
(Towing Tank and Ocean Basin Laboratory)
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R&D
Academic output from NTNU in 2009
Scientific papers and review articles
2 385
Scientific presentations
4 139
Books
225
Reports and theses
642
Book chapters/reports
Artistic productions and art and museum
exhibitions
Products
1 189
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EDUCATION
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EDUCATION
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University-level institutions
in Norway
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1) NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2) Norwegian University of Life Sciences
3) University of Oslo
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4) Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
5) Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education
6) The Oslo School of Architecture and Design
7) The Norwegian Academy of Music
8) The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science
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9) UniK – University Graduate Centre, Kjeller
10) The Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology
11) University of Stavanger
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12) University of Bergen
2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
13) University of Tromsø
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14) The University Centre on Svalbard
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15) University of Agder
16) University of Nordland
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EDUCATION
Education – 2010
• 10 587 primary student applicants
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6 726 new students admitted
• 18 400 registered students
• 2 780 degrees awarded
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260 doctoral degrees awarded
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150 programmes of study
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40 international master’s programmes
• 3 000 courses
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EDUCATION
Ten areas of study
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Architecture
Technology
Humanities
Science
Social Sciences
Medicine
Psychology
Fine Art
Music
Practical-pedagogical Education
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EDUCATION
Degree structure (years of study)
Humanities
Fine Art
Science
Social Sciences
Technology
Architecture
Medicine
Clinical Psychology
Music
Teacher
education
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EDUCATION
Education for international students
 No tuition fees
• All students must cover all living expenses in Norway
with a minimum of NOK 89 000 per academic year
Categories of international students at NTNU:
• Exchange students
• Degree-seeking students (undergraduate and graduate)
• International master's programme students
• Visiting/non-degree students
• NUFU students
• PhD candidates
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EDUCATION
Degrees awarded in 2010
Master’s degrees
Technology
Social Sciences
Humanities
Medicine
Science
Architecture
Psychology
Integrated 5 yr teacher programme
Performing Music
Fine Art
TOTAL
1132
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161
148
134
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2097
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EDUCATION
Internationalization – studies (2009)
• 36 international (English) master’s programmes
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4 master’s programmes under Erasmus Mundus
• 5 NOMA programmes
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918 NTNU students studied abroad
• 1251 students from abroad to NTNU
• Joined the Erasmus Mundus – External Cooperation Window
• Study centres in Caen, York, Kiel, St. Petersburg and Fudan
• IAESTE and BEST (student programmes)
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EDUCATION
Nordic Five Tech – a strategic alliance
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EDUCATION
NTNU Centre for Continuing and
Professional Development (2010)
Organizes NTNU’s further and continuing education
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9450 participants in further and continuing education
5385 participants at conferences
213 credit-based courses completed
Flexible post-experience master’s programmes
Tailored courses and programmes to meet industry’s needs
Provides NTNU with valuable expertise and industrial contacts
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R & D and EDUCATION
NTNU University Library
• 11 library units
• 2.1 million books and periodicals
• 423 000 photographs, 33 000 maps,
32 000 music scores
• 105 000 electronic books, 12 000 electronic periodicals
• 253 databases (56 reference, 144 full text and 53 others)
• Access to 600 international reference databases
• 124 staff
• Budget: NOK 150 million
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EDUCATION
Student town No. 1 in Norway
One in five inhabitants in Trondheim is a student
The Student Union (Studentersamfundet) has 8 000 members
and operates its own building
UKA, the student week, is Norway’s largest cultural festival
ISFiT = International Student Festival in Trondheim
NTNUI is Norway’s largest sports association with 10 000 members
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www.ntnu.no/alumni
NTNU Alumni
For NTNU students and graduates
Contact with the community at large,
business and industry
Goal: Networking and knowledge sharing
24 400 members (March 2011)
300 participating network groups
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INNOVATION AND INDUSTRY
NTNU – Innovation and Creativity
Dissemination of knowledge, expertise and R&D results.
Contributes to improving the business community and society at large.
DISSEMINATION
 innovation
R&D
 new
knowledge
Developing new technology.
International cooperation.
TEACHING
 expertise
Education for academic and
professional purposes.Training.
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INNOVATION & INDUSTRY
Innovation – I
• Gløshaugen Innovation Centre
(18 companies in-house, April 2011)
• Several courses related to entrepreneurship
• Centre for Entrepreneurship
• NTNU Technology Transfer Office AS
– Help and support for people with business ideas
– Search for business ideas among academic
groups
• Start NTNU – a student-run
organization for innovation
• Cooperation agreements with industry
• Events
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INNOVATION & INDUSTRY
Innovation – II
Results 2010
• 99 business ideas
• 46 patents registered
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5 spin-off companies formed
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8 licence contracts
Established NTNU Discovery
to fund the development of R&D results
with a commercial potential
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INNOVATION AND INDUSTRY
Commersialization of technology
NTNU Technology Transfer AS harness new knowledge as it
emerges from the university and transforming inventions
into new business opportunities in the marketplace.
• Registered a total of 729 ideas
from students and faculty.
• Submitted 284 patent
applications.
• Commersialized 60 ideas by
establishing 31 companies and
29 technology licenses.
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INNOVATION & INDUSTRY
NTNU Technology Transfer AS
• Wholly owned subsidiary of NTNU.
• Creates business activities from research at NTNU
and St. Olav University Hospital.
• Establishes spin-off companies
and licenses new technology.
• Win-win cooperation among scientists, companies and investors.
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INNOVATION & INDUSTRY
Innovation and business development
Investors
Innovation and renewal require
interaction between:
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Entrepreneurs
Businesses
Investors,
who finance new projects.
Entrepreneurs,
who generate ideas.
Business and industry,
as owner and customer.
The universities,
with an active role in the
development of new business
activities.
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NYSKAPING
INNOVATION
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Gløshaugen Innovation Center
Norway’s first on-campus
incubator for innovation in
business and industry
Incubator for companies from
NTNU and SINTEF
18 companies (April 2011)
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INNOVATION & INDUSTRY
NTNU and industry – I
• Approx. 700 major research projects in cooperation
with industry, public sector and various funds
• EUR 27 mill. to NTNU from industry in 2010.
• Many of NTNU’s 222 adjunct professors
(20 % positions) are connected to industry
• Extensive offers in continuing and professional
development, such as the annual
industrial seminars at NTNU in January
• NTNU has education and research agreements with:
Telenor
Aker
Jotun AS
Statoil
Shell
Total
Rolls Royce
Det norske Veritas
Elkem
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INNOVATION & INDUSTRY
NTNU and industry – II
• International placement projects through
IAESTE and EC programmes
• Formal agreements among NTNU’s
faculties, businesses and industry
to stimulate cooperation
• NTNU Alumni (network for former students) has
24 000 members and about 300 alumni groups
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SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
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SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
Science communication (2009)
80 events for the general public
110 art productions/performances/presentations
220 popular scientific articles
840 popular scientific lectures
3 000 contributions from NTNU faculty in the media
11 000 visitors to the annual Science Festival and Researcher’s Night
18 500 articles in Norwegian and international media mention NTNU
Popular periodicals published by NTNU: Gemini and Spor
Websites universitetsavisa.no and stories in forskning.no
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R&D and SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
The NTNU Museum of Natural
History and Archaeology
- A university museum that conducts research,
resource management and science communication
in natural and cultural history
- Scientific collections of national and international
importance in natural and cultural history
- Two botanical gardens
- More than 90 000 visitors annually
- Celebrated "Trondheim - City of knowledge 250
years" and “NTNU 100 years” all through 2010,
with a large anniversary exhibit and free admittance
www.ntnu.no/vitenskapsmuseet/english
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SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
Trondheim Science Centre
Centre for hands-on experience of science
NTNU is a financial contributor
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More than 70 000 visitors annually
200 interactive exhibits
Teaching materials as books and models
Travelling exhibitions and school extensions
Lectures and courses for teachers
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Experimental club
Planetarium
Newton Energy Room
Robot laboratory
Inventor’s workshop
Camera Obscura
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SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
GEMINI science magazine
• Co-produced by NTNU and SINTEF
• NTNU’s largest science communication
effort
• Six issues per year
(4 in Norwegian, 2 in English)
• Circulation: approx. 10 000 (English);
approx. 90 000 (Norwegian)
• Free subscription
• Most cited science magazine in Norway
• Winner of several first prizes
as best corporate magazine
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Board
Organization
Rector
Prorectors
Research and Innovation
Education and
Quality of Learning
Director
Director
Organization and Information
Finance and Property
Innovation and
External Relations
Faculties
Architecture
and
Fine Art
Information
Technology,
Mathematics and
Electrical Eng.
Humanities
Engineering
Science and
Technology
Natural
Sciences and
Technology
Medicine
Social
Sciences and
Technology
Management
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NTNU organization
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The Board – NTNU’s ruling body
Marit Arnstad
Karin Röding
Ådne Cappelen
Morten Loktu
(Chair)
(external)
(external)
(external)
Bjarne Foss
Anne K. Børresen
Helge Holden
Kristin Dæhli
(academic staff)
(academic staff)
(academic staff)
(techn. adm. staff)
Torbjørn Digernes
(Rector)
Alexander Olsen
Marianne Årvik
Jone Rivrud Rygg
(acad./res.staff
without tenure)
(student)
(student)
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STRATEGY
NTNU’s vision:
Knowledge for a better world
• Set standards for knowledge development
• Create value:
Economic, cultural and social
• Use NTNU’s main scientific profile in
technology and the natural sciences,
scientific breadth and interdisciplinary
competence to meet the challenges
Norway and the world are facing
From NTNU’s strategic document.
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STRATEGY
NTNU’s values
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Creative
Constructive
Critical
Respectful and caring
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STRATEGY
NTNU’s mission in society
In general
Carry out R&D; offer education based on own
research; disseminate knowledge;
be a cultural force; contribute to innovation.
In particular
Develop the technological basis for future society.
For democracy and solidarity
Participate in public debate; engage in
finding solutions to global challenges;
promote human rights and intercultural dialogue.
From NTNU’s strategic document.
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STRATEGY
Main objectives
• Activities at an international level,
with several research groups
of international top-class.
• First-class laboratories
and infrastructure.
• Attract the best students
and staff.
• Students and employees
who are proud of being
connected with NTNU.
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