Faculty of Social Sciences

Departments

Deadlines

Master's Degree Programmes for International Applicants Residing Abroad

1 December

Quota Scheme

1 December

Short-term

Norwegian Language Courses

15 October: Spring semester
15 May: Autumn semester

Acommodation
Apply directly to the Student Welfare Organisation (SiB)

The Faculty of Social Sciences has around 2600 students and 7 departments representing a wide range of research interests. Teaching is offered at undergraduate and postgraduate (Master and PhD) levels.

International students applying for a period of study abroad will find various courses and master's programmes taught in English in the field of 'Social Sciences'.

News

Why is intimacy so closely associated with trust and harmonious relationships when domestic bliss is so hard to come by?

This weekend a group of anthropologists gather in Bergen to discuss this question at the workshop “The Entangled Tensions of Intimacy, Trust and the Social”. It is hosted by Professor Vigdis Broch-Due and researcher Margit Ystanes, both members of the Poverty Politics research group at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen.
New publication

Transitions to parenthood in Europe

"Transitions to parenthood in Europe - A comparative life course perspective" edited by Ann Nilsen, Julia Brannen and Suzan Lewis.
New publication

Towards sustainable hybrid relationships in cash-for-care systems

This article looks at real-life relationships between disabled people and their personal assistants in the United Kingdom and Norway.
News

Workshop on Institutional Analysis 2012

PhD Workshop on Institutional Analysis to be held at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, August 27 to 31, 2012.
News

2012 EGPA Annual Conference - Invitation and call for papers

The European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) is organizing its 2012 EGPA Annual Conference in Bergen.