The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norwegian: Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet, NMBU) is a public university located in Ås, Norway. It is located in Akershus county and has around 7,700 students. The university is organized into seven faculties and is the only educational institution in Norway to provide veterinary education.
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History
The institution was established in 1859 as the Higher Agricultural College (Den høiere Landbrugsskole). In 1897 the institution was transformed into the Norwegian College of Agriculture (Norges Landbrugshøiskole, later spelled Norges Landbrukshøiskole, Norges landbrukshøyskole and Norges landbrukshøgskole, abbreviated NLH). It received the status of a university-level college (vitenskapelig høgskole). In 2005 it received university status and was renamed the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Universitetet for miljø- og biovitenskap; UMB). In 2014 the university merged with the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science (NVH) in Oslo; it retained its English name but was formally renamed Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet (NMBU) in Norwegian. It is the only educational institution in Norway to provide veterinary education.
Organization
The university is organized into seven faculties:
Biosciences
Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science
Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
Landscape and Society
School of Economics and Business
Science and Technology
Veterinary Medicine
It also includes eight centers:
Aquaculture Protein Center (APC)
Animal Production Experimental Centre (SHF)
Centre for Plant Research in Controlled Climate (SKP)
Centre for Continuing Education (SEVU)
The Centre for Integrative Genetics (Cigene)
Centre for Landscape Democracy (CLaD)
Norwegian Centre for Bioenergy Research
Imaging Centre Campus Ås
Degree programmes
Bachelor's degree programmes in English
International Environment and Development Studies
Master's degree programmes in English
Agroecology
Animal Breeding and Genetics
Aquatic Food production - Safety and Quality
Aquaculture
Data Science
Development and Natural Resource Economics
Ecology
Feed Manufacturing Technology
International Development Studies
International Environmental Studies
International Relations
Radioecology
Bachelor's degree programmes in Norwegian
Animal Science
Biotechnology
Business Administration
Chemistry
Ecology
Economics
Environment and Natural Resources
Food Science
Forest, Environment and Industry
International students
NMBU has exchange agreements with more than 93 universities worldwide, including six Nordic, 44 European and eight North American institutions. Institutional partnerships with universities in developing countries are carried out mainly through the Department of International Environmental and Development Studies/Noragric. The objectives of NMBU’s cooperation with universities abroad include building strong academic networks, facilitating international exchange and contributing to the competence building with universities in the south.
Research and rankings
Research at NMBU includes basic research and applied research, providing a foundation for education, research training and research geared towards the private sector. Research is mainly focused on Environmental Sciences, Veterinary medicine, Food Science, Biotechnology, Aquaculture and Business Development. It also has a strong interdisciplinary and international approach. There is a strong link between research and the NMBU study programs; students at the Master and PhD level are often involved in many research activities.
Research is also a joint venture between research institutes in Ås. Together, the university and the institutions represent the largest research environments for life sciences in Norway. NMBU is also active through national alliances with other institutions and through institutional partnerships with universities in developing countries. NMBU’s health-related research is linked to healthy food, clean water and the environment and the many related challenges in developing countries.
Student life
Student Housing
The Pentagon, a group of buildings south of the NMBU campus, houses students. Other students live in private housing.
Organizations
University Foundation for Student Life in Ås (SiÅs)
The University Foundation for Student Life in Ås was established in 1955 under and in pursuance of the Act of 28.06.96 of Student unions. SiÅs shall:
provide the students with good and reasonable welfare offers
promote the students’ interests
contribute do that NMBU becomes and attractive place to study and work
SiÅs is in charge of the student accommodations, sports center, bookstore, print shop, restaurant and cafeterias, nursery, kiosk and booking of meeting and function rooms.
Studentsamfunnet in Ås is part of the student community at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), which includes numerous clubs and societies offering social, cultural, and recreational activities. Studentsamfunnet in Ås is one of the university’s oldest student organizations and manages several buildings used for student events and community activities.
The Student Board
The Student Board (NSO Ås) deals with everything that concerns student democracy, including daily contact with SiÅs and contact with the different student representatives in various boards, assemblies and committees. The Student Board is the administrative head of the Student Parliament, but it is the Student Parliament that controls the Student Board. The Student Committee consists of elected representatives from each department plus elected members of the Student Board. The highest body in the student democracy is the general assembly (Allmøtet). Here, all students have speaking and voting rights. Representatives to the Student Board are elected at the general assembly, which is held every autumn and spring. at the department general assemblies, student representatives on department level are elected. All students have speaking and voting rights on their department’s general assemblies.
International Student Union
Alumni
Eivind Dale (1979)
Adelaida K. Semesi