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Welcome to the Faculty of Medicine

The Faculty of Medicine is one of 7 faculties at the University of Bergen, and has about 1900 students.

The Faculty consists of 5 departments, which provide the foundations for its teaching and research activities.

Study Health Sciences at the Faculty of Medicine

The Faculty of Medicine offers courses and degrees at Bachelor's, Master's and PhD level. 

honorary doctorate
Portrait photo of Bruce Zetter

Professor Bruce Zetter to be Honorary Doctor at the University of Bergen

The University of Bergen is appointing 10 new Honorary Doctors, one of which is Harvard Professor Bruce Zetter, very well known to the CCBIO family, both as advisor in the CCBIO Scientific Advisory Board, and through the CCBIO-VBP INTPART collaboration.

RESEACH | OBESITY - CANCER
Obesity increase risk of cancer. University of Bergen.

Overweight before age 40 increases the cancer risk

The risk of cancer increases considerably if you gain weight before the age of 40. For endometrial cancer, the risk increases by 70 percent.

RESEARCH | CANCER
Brain Cancer.

Cancer tumours form surprising connections with healthy brain cells

Healthy neurons form synapses with aggressive brain cancer cells that stimulate the growth and proliferation of brain cancer. Anti-epileptic medicine can curb the dangerous communication and possibly be part of future treatment.

Trond Mohn Foundation 15 years
Silke Appel portrett

From skis to Sjøgren's Syndrome

As a child, Silke Appel was taken on ski trips to Geilo with her family from Berlin. Today she is a research director and deputy head of the Broegelmann Research Laboratory in Bergen, thanks to financial support from the Trond Mohn Foundation.

MIGRATION
Esperanza Diaz portrait.

Released the first international book on migrant health

Esperanza Diaz at IGS has published the first book in history In English on migrant health – a resource for general practitioners.

Doctoral education

The aim of the research program at the Faculty of Medicine (the PhD degree) is to qualify the candidate for research activities and other work requiring a high level of scientific insight within the Faculty's research fields.

The Faculty of Medicine also administers the dr.philos. degree, which is an independent degree without supervision and organised research training. The two degrees are considered equal in status.

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Centres of Excellence
Centre for Cancer Biomarkers (CCBIO)
Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Childe Health (CISMAC)
Free online course in Occupational Health Oct. 2018
Research Centres and Core Facilities
Centre for International Health (CIH)
K.G. Jebsen Centres
Core Facilities
Broegelmann Research Laboratory (BRL)