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International students arriving in Bergen in August for the autumn semester of 2013.
Are you a new international student? (29.11.2013)
Monday 6 January the University of Bergen (UiB) will be welcoming our new international students to Bergen and the university.
Photography of the Norwegian Constitution of 1814 at Eidsvoll
1814: from autocracy to democracy (28.11.2013)
When the Norwegian Constitution was adopted in 1814 it represented a dramatic break from the absolute monarchy and aristocratic privilege of the past.
Illustration photo, terror acts in Norway on 22 July 2011
Tourists feel safer after Utøya terror (27.11.2013)
The fear of terrorism has decreased amongst tourists in Norway after the terror acts on the island of Utøya island on 22 July 2011.
Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi from Kenya was educated at University of Bergen in the 1980s and is now director-general of UNCTAD.
From UiB to the UN (22.11.2013)
Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi from Kenya is the new secretary-general of UNCTAD. In 1989, Kituyi received his doctorate in anthropology at UiB.
Logo of Horizon 2020, the new EU research funding programme
Horizon 2020: Big Science (22.11.2013)
With 70 billion Euros worth of grants, Horizon 2020 is the largest research programme in the world. UiB hopes to collect a sizeable part of the funds to be allocated.
Photo of illustration of the renowned UiB scholar and social scientist Stein Rokkan.
The Stein Rokkan Prize 2013: Capitalism on Europe’s periphery (20.11.2013)
The 2013 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research goes to two researchers for their book about socialist legacies in East Central European economies.
Woman lying in a bed whilst holding a mobile phone in her hand.
How your mobile phone steals sleep time (14.11.2013)
Bringing your mobile phone, tablet or computer to bed is a bad idea if you want a good night’s sleep, researchers at UiB have found.
Professor Maurice B. Mittelmark, Department of Health Promotion and Development, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen.
The promoters of good health (12.11.2013)
The Department of Health Promotion and Development celebrates its first 25 years this autumn. Today this pioneering research environment is renowned for its methods and teaching.
Biology student Thomas Østerhus hunting for tiny creatures in the water during a field course at UiB’s Department of Biology.
UiB biologists awarded SFU status (08.11.2013)
The bioCEED programme at UiB’s Department of Biology has been named one of three new Centres of Excellence in Higher Education (SFU) in Norway.
Picturesque image from the Lofoten area in Northern Norway.
Oil and uncertainty: watch a new video with messages from Lofoten (07.11.2013)
Uncertainty abounds when it comes to striking the right balance between the environment and the oil industry in Lofoten.