Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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The Norwegian University of Science and Technology , commonly known as NTNU, is located in Trondheim
. NTNU is the second largest of the eight universities
in Norway
, and, as its name suggests, has the main national responsibility for higher education in engineering and technology. In addition to engineering and the natural and physical sciences, the university offers advanced degrees in other academic disciplines ranging from the social sciences, the arts, medicine, architecture and fine art.
(NTH) (1910), the College of Arts and Sciences
(AVH), the Museum of Natural History and Archaeology
(VM), the Faculty of Medicine (DMF), the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art
and the Trondheim Conservatory of Music (MiT). Prior to the 1996 merger, NTH, AVH, DMF, and VM together constituted the University of Trondheim (UNiT), which was a much looser organization. However, the university's roots go back to 1760, with the foundation of the Trondheim Society, which in 1767 became the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
. A group of Trondheim-based institutions including NTNU will celebrate a 250th Jubilee in 2010 to commemorate this history, while NTNU itself celebrates its centennial.
, for engineering and sciences, and Dragvoll
, for humanities and social sciences as the main two. Other campuses include Tyholt
for marine technology, Øya
for medicine, Kalvskinnet
for archaeology
, Midtbyen for the music conservatory and Nedre Elvehavn
for the art academy.
and is at any time running some 2,000 research projects. Students and staff can take advantage of roughly 300 research agreements or exchange programs with 58 institutions worldwide.
NTNU was ranked 24th in Europe and 116th in the World in 2011 in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities
,
http://www.webometrics.info/top500_europe.asp?zoom_highlight=Norwegian for its presence on the web, the second highest ranking of any Norwegian university.
The university is home to three of 21 Norwegian Centers of Excellence. These are the Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures, the Centre for the Biology of Memory and the Centre for Quantifiable Quality of Service in Communication Systems. The Centre for the Biology of Memory is also one of four Kavli Neuroscience Institutes.
NTNU students have a clear presence in the city of Trondheim. The most famous student organization is the Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem
, also known as "the red round house" after its architectural form; every other year it organizes a cultural festival UKA
. Another festival organized by students is the International Student Festival in Trondheim ISFiT, which awards a student peace prize and draws internationally known speakers. The student sports organization, NTNUI
, has roughly 10 000 members in its many branches, with the largest groups including orienteering
, cross-country
and telemark skiing
, but there are also groups for sports less common in Norway, like American football
, lacrosse
and aikido
. A cabin and cottage organization owns several cabin
s in the countryside, available for students wishing to spend a few days away. There are also student fraternities, some of which conduct voluntary hazing
rituals, which provide contact with potential employers and for social interaction between students. There are also alumni associations; religious and political organizations; clubs devoted to various topics such as innovation, human rights, beer, oatmeal, anime and computers; and The Association for Various Associations, which is a parody of the university's large number of student organizations.
,
who graduated from NTH, one of NTNU's predecessors, and who founded The Kavli Foundation
when he retired from a successful career as head of Kavlico Corp., one of the world's largest suppliers of sensors for aeronautics, automotive and industrial applications.
The university's only living Nobel laureate is Ivar Giaever
, who graduated from NTH in 1952, and won the Nobel Prize in Physics
in 1973. Lars Onsager
, another NTH graduate (1925), won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
in 1968. John Ugelstad (1921–1997) was a chemical engineer at the university who created monodisperse polymer beads, which are now widely used in medical technology.
Other alumni of note are:
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
. NTNU is the second largest of the eight universities
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, and, as its name suggests, has the main national responsibility for higher education in engineering and technology. In addition to engineering and the natural and physical sciences, the university offers advanced degrees in other academic disciplines ranging from the social sciences, the arts, medicine, architecture and fine art.
History
NTNU was formed in 1996 by the merger of the Norwegian Institute of TechnologyNorwegian Institute of Technology
The Norwegian Institute of Technology, known by its Norwegian abbrevation NTH was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 85 years, after which it was merged into the University of Trondheim as an independent...
(NTH) (1910), the College of Arts and Sciences
Norwegian College of General Sciences
Norwegian College of General Sciences or AVH was a college and part of the University of Trondheim. Create as Norwegian College of Teaching in Trondheim in 1922 it became part of the new university in 1968 and got its final name in 1984...
(AVH), the Museum of Natural History and Archaeology
NTNU Museum of Natural History and Archaeology
Museum of Natural History and Archaeology is a department of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway with collections and displays related to natural history and cultural history....
(VM), the Faculty of Medicine (DMF), the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art
Trondheim Academy of Fine Art
Trondheim Academy of Fine Art is a department of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway responsible for Bachelor and Master education within fine art...
and the Trondheim Conservatory of Music (MiT). Prior to the 1996 merger, NTH, AVH, DMF, and VM together constituted the University of Trondheim (UNiT), which was a much looser organization. However, the university's roots go back to 1760, with the foundation of the Trondheim Society, which in 1767 became the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters is a learned society based in Trondheim, Norway.-History:DKNVS was founded in 1760 by bishop of Nidaros Johan Ernst Gunnerus, headmaster at the Trondheim Cathedral School Gerhard Schøning and Councillor of State Peter Frederik Suhm under the name...
. A group of Trondheim-based institutions including NTNU will celebrate a 250th Jubilee in 2010 to commemorate this history, while NTNU itself celebrates its centennial.
Campus
NTNU has several campuses in Trondheim, with GløshaugenGløshaugen
Gløshaugen is a location in Trondheim, Norway east of Elgeseter, west of Singsaker and north of Lerkendal where the main campus and buildings of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology is located. It was the location of the Norwegian Institute of Technology before it became a part of...
, for engineering and sciences, and Dragvoll
Dragvoll
Dragvoll is a location in Trondheim, Norway, where several parts of the buildings and campus of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology are located. It may also refer to the university campus itself. At Dragvoll the faculties of social sciences and humanities are located, consisting of...
, for humanities and social sciences as the main two. Other campuses include Tyholt
Tyholt
Tyholt is an area located on the highest point in the city of Trondheim, Norway. It borders to Singsaker in the west, Strindheim in the north, Moholt in the south and Valentinlyst in the east. The area has a good view of Trondheim on the one side and to Lade and Strinda...
for marine technology, Øya
Øya
Øya is a location in Trondheim, Norway that is a peninsula in the river Nidelva, with Elgeseter to the east. The area is dominated by housing, but also features St. Olavs University Hospital as well as parts of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Sør-Trøndelag University College....
for medicine, Kalvskinnet
Kalvskinnet
Kalvskinnet is an area of Trondheim, Norway, southwest in city centre, Midtbyen bordering the river Nidelva in the south. In Sverris saga the place is called akeren. The city is dominated by public offices, including such institutions as the Norwegian University of Science and Technology,...
for archaeology
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
, Midtbyen for the music conservatory and Nedre Elvehavn
Nedre Elvehavn
Nedre Elvehavn is a borough of Trondheim, Norway located east of Nidelven opposite Midtbyen . The borough is located north of Bakklandet, west of Møllenberg and south of Nyhavna...
for the art academy.
Academics
The university consists of seven faculties with a total of 53 departments and has approximately 20,000 students. Academic and administrative staff contribute 4,300 man-labour years of which 2,500 are in education and research. NTNU has more than 100 laboratoriesLaboratory
A laboratory is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. The title of laboratory is also used for certain other facilities where the processes or equipment used are similar to those in scientific laboratories...
and is at any time running some 2,000 research projects. Students and staff can take advantage of roughly 300 research agreements or exchange programs with 58 institutions worldwide.
NTNU was ranked 24th in Europe and 116th in the World in 2011 in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities
Webometrics Ranking of World Universities
The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, also known as Ranking Web of World Universities, is ranking system for the world's universities based on a composite indicator that takes into account both the volume of the Web contents and the visibility and impact of these web publications...
,
http://www.webometrics.info/top500_europe.asp?zoom_highlight=Norwegian for its presence on the web, the second highest ranking of any Norwegian university.
Research
NTNU's overall budget in 2009 was 590 million euros, most of which (434 million euros) came from the Norwegian Ministry of Education. Funding from the Research Council of Norway (NFR) totalled 73 million euros, an increase over 2008 of 12 percent.The university is home to three of 21 Norwegian Centers of Excellence. These are the Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures, the Centre for the Biology of Memory and the Centre for Quantifiable Quality of Service in Communication Systems. The Centre for the Biology of Memory is also one of four Kavli Neuroscience Institutes.
Students
According to the Norwegian Social Science Data Services, NTNU had 75,978 applicants in 2009 and a total student population of 18,909, of whom 9,027 were women. There were 6,193 students enrolled in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management, 3,195 students enrolled in the Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, 3,142 students enrolled in the Faculty of Humanities, 2,702 students enrolled in the Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, 1,980 students enrolled in the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, 914 enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine, and 614 enrolled in the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art.Student life
NTNU welcomes students from all over the world, and offers more than 30 master’s programmes that are taught in English. PhD programs are open to qualified applicants, and are paid staff positions that give candidates specific workplace rights and benefits under Norwegian law.NTNU students have a clear presence in the city of Trondheim. The most famous student organization is the Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem
Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem
The Student Society in Trondheim is Norway's largest student society.Besides housing two cafés and frequently hosting concerts and other activities , it is an independent organization for all students and teachers in Trondheim, owned fully by its members...
, also known as "the red round house" after its architectural form; every other year it organizes a cultural festival UKA
UKA
UKA is the largest cultural festival in Norway and is arrangedevery other year entirely by volunteer students from Trondheim. In 2007, 1394 students did volunteer work, while 78,000 event tickets were sold....
. Another festival organized by students is the International Student Festival in Trondheim ISFiT, which awards a student peace prize and draws internationally known speakers. The student sports organization, NTNUI
NTNUI
Norges Teknisk-naturvitenskapelige Universitets Idrettsforening, NTNUI, is the largest sports club in Norway with more than 10,000 members and a variety of participators on all levels of skills in more than 50 different sports. The athletic association is formally connected to the Norwegian...
, has roughly 10 000 members in its many branches, with the largest groups including orienteering
Orienteering
Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...
, cross-country
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
and telemark skiing
Telemark skiing
Telemark skiing is a form of skiing using the Telemark turn. Unlike alpine skiing equipment, the skis used for telemarking either have a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes, just as in cross-country skiing, or may be released to only connect there.Telemark turns are led with...
, but there are also groups for sports less common in Norway, like American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
and aikido
Aikido
is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious beliefs. Aikido is often translated as "the Way of unifying life energy" or as "the Way of harmonious spirit." Ueshiba's goal was to create an art that practitioners could use to...
. A cabin and cottage organization owns several cabin
Cottage
__toc__In modern usage, a cottage is usually a modest, often cozy dwelling, typically in a rural or semi-rural location. However there are cottage-style dwellings in cities, and in places such as Canada the term exists with no connotations of size at all...
s in the countryside, available for students wishing to spend a few days away. There are also student fraternities, some of which conduct voluntary hazing
Hazing
Hazing is a term used to describe various ritual and other activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group....
rituals, which provide contact with potential employers and for social interaction between students. There are also alumni associations; religious and political organizations; clubs devoted to various topics such as innovation, human rights, beer, oatmeal, anime and computers; and The Association for Various Associations, which is a parody of the university's large number of student organizations.
Noted alumni
NTNU's most visible living alumnus is Fred KavliFred Kavli
Fred Kavli is a Norwegian and naturalized American physicist, business leader, inventor, and philanthropist. He was born in the village of Eresfjord, Nesset municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Today Kavli lives in the city of Santa Barbara, California. He established The Kavli...
,
who graduated from NTH, one of NTNU's predecessors, and who founded The Kavli Foundation
The Kavli Foundation
The Kavli Foundation, based in Oxnard, California, is a foundation that supports the advancement of science and the increase of public understanding and support for scientists and their work....
when he retired from a successful career as head of Kavlico Corp., one of the world's largest suppliers of sensors for aeronautics, automotive and industrial applications.
The university's only living Nobel laureate is Ivar Giaever
Ivar Giaever
Ivar Giaever is a physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson "for their discoveries regarding tunnelling phenomena in solids". Giaever's share of the prize was specifically for his "experimental discoveries regarding tunnelling phenomena in ......
, who graduated from NTH in 1952, and won the Nobel Prize in Physics
Nobel Prize in Physics
The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and...
in 1973. Lars Onsager
Lars Onsager
Lars Onsager was a Norwegian-born American physical chemist and theoretical physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.He held the Gibbs Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University....
, another NTH graduate (1925), won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...
in 1968. John Ugelstad (1921–1997) was a chemical engineer at the university who created monodisperse polymer beads, which are now widely used in medical technology.
Other alumni of note are:
- Gunvald AusGunvald AusGunvald Aus, also written Aas was a Norwegian-American engineer. He is most associated with the engineering of the Woolworth Building in New York City....
, (1879) Norwegian-American engineer most associated with the engineering of the Woolworth BuildingWoolworth BuildingThe Woolworth Building is one of the oldest skyscrapers in New York City. More than a century after the start of its construction, it remains, at 57 stories, one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States as well as one of the twenty tallest buildings in New York City...
in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. - Jens G. Balchen, electronics engr., professor, "father of Norwegian cybernetics", IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersThe Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...
fellow - Alf Egil Bogen, electronics engr., co-inventor of Atmel AVRAtmel AVRThe AVR is a modified Harvard architecture 8-bit RISC single chip microcontroller which was developed by Atmel in 1996. The AVR was one of the first microcontroller families to use on-chip flash memory for program storage, as opposed to one-time programmable ROM, EPROM, or EEPROM used by other...
µcontroller, co-founder of Atmel Norway - Helmer DahlHelmer DahlHelmer Hartmann Dahl was a Norwegian engineer.He graduated as an engineer from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1931, and was hired at the Chr. Michelsen Institute in 1935. From 1942 to 1945 he was in exile in the United Kingdom...
, electronics engr., WWII radar and ASDICSonarSonar is a technique that uses sound propagation to navigate, communicate with or detect other vessels...
pioneer, research and industry mentor, technology historian - Asbjorn Folling - graduated (1916), Jahreprisen 1960
- Martin Sigvart GrytbakMartin Sigvart GrytbakMartin Sigvart Grytbak was one of four innovative and influential Norwegian-American engineers that were involved in the design of the great bridges of the Twin Cities. The others are Kristoffer Olsen Oustad, Andreas W...
- graduated (1903), Norwegian-American engineer involved in the design of the great bridges of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. - Bjarne Hurlen, mechanical engr., army officer, defence industry executive (Kongsberg VåpenfabrikkKongsberg GruppenKongsberg Gruppen is Norway's major defence contractor and maritime automation supplier, located in Kongsberg, a former mining town....
1956–1975) - Ediz HunEdiz HunEdiz Hun is a famous Turkish film actor.-Biography:After studying at the St. George's Austrian High School in Istanbul, he graduated in Biology and Environmental Science from the University of Trondheim in Norway. After he had participated in a contest organized by Ses magazine he was noticed by...
, biology & environmental sciences, lecturer at Marmara University, former Member of Turkish Grand National Assemble and famous Turkish actor - Ralph HøibakkRalph HøibakkRalph Høibakk is a Norwegian entrepreneur. He established the Tandberg Data company in 1978, which produced ergonomically designed laptops and keyboards. Høibakk left the company in 1986, and started Høibakk Invest, which provides management consulting for new enterprises...
, physicist, computer industry executive, mountaineer, adventurer (Seven SummitsSeven SummitsThe Seven Summits are the highest mountains of each of the seven continents. Summiting all of them is regarded as a mountaineering challenge, first postulated as such and achieved on April 30, 1985 by Richard Bass .-Definition:...
; South Pole) - Lars Monrad KrohnLars Monrad KrohnLars Monrad-Krohn is a Norwegian engineer and entrepreneur. He graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology, Institute for Radio Technology, in 1959. His master thesis addressed construction of computer core memory and was the first computer-oriented thesis handed in at NTH...
, electronics engr., industrialist (mini- and microcomputers) - Olav Landsverk, electronics engr., military weapon systems computer pioneer, professor
- John M. Lervik, electronics engr., co-founder and CEO of Fast Search & Transfer (FAST)
- Finn LiedFinn LiedFinn Lied is a Norwegian military researcher and politician for the Labour Party.By education he was a military officer, serving as captain in the army from 1944 to 1945, and civil engineer. From 1946 to 1956 he was a researcher at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, and from 1957 to...
, electronics engr., WWII resistance agent, defence research director, Minister of Industry - Terje Michalsen, electronics engr., venture capitalist
- Trond Halstein MoeTrond Halstein MoeTrond Halstein Moe is a Norwegian operatic baritone.He trained at University of Trondheim and the Norwegian Academy of Music, and in 1987 won First Prize in the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna in 1987. Since 1990, he has been a regular performer in over 70...
, opera singer - Ingvild Myhre, electronics engr., telecom industry executive (Alcatel Telecom Norway, TelenorTelenorTelenor Group is the incumbent telecommunications company in Norway, with headquarters located at Fornebu, close to Oslo. Today, Telenor Group is mostly an international wireless carrier with operations in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Asia, working predominantly under the Telenor brand...
Mobil) - Robert K. Nilssen, electrical engr., professor, IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersThe Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...
fellow - Kristoffer Olsen OustadKristoffer Olsen OustadKristoffer Olsen Oustad was a Norwegian-American engineer who designed major structures in the United States. Often working together with three other Norwegian-American engineers Kristoffer Olsen Oustad (Died February 13, 1943) was a Norwegian-American engineer who designed major structures in...
- graduated (1882), Norwegian AmericanNorwegian AmericanNorwegian Americans are Americans of Norwegian descent. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the later half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century. There are more than 4.5 million Norwegian Americans according to the most recent U.S. census, and...
Civil Engineer - Venketa Parthasarathy, chemical engr., noted for work on wood pulpWood pulpPulp is a lignocellulosic fibrous material prepared by chemically or mechanically separating cellulose fibres from wood, fibre crops or waste paper. Wood pulp is the most common raw material in papermaking.-History:...
and two-stage oxygen delignification - Johan RichterJohan RichterJohan Richter or Giovanni Richter was a Baroque painter, born in Sweden, but painting mainly landscapes or veduta of Venice....
, mechanical engr.graduated 1924, inventor with more than 750 worldwide patents within the paper and pulp industry. Creator and CEO of Kamyr, KarlstadKarlstadKarlstad is a city, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city had 61,685 inhabitants in 2010 out of a municipal total that during the first quarter 2010 was 84,885 inhabitants...
(now Kvaerner Pulping, Karlstad) - Edgar B. Schieldrop, mechanical engr., student societyStudentersamfundet i TrondhjemThe Student Society in Trondheim is Norway's largest student society.Besides housing two cafés and frequently hosting concerts and other activities , it is an independent organization for all students and teachers in Trondheim, owned fully by its members...
co-founder, popular science & technology author - Rune SkarsteinRune SkarsteinRune Skarstein is a Norwegian radical economist employed at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. Skarstein was born on 7 April 1940 in the village of Olden in Nordfjord in Western Norway....
, radicalRadicalizationRadicalization is the process in which an individual changes from passiveness or activism to become more revolutionary, militant or extremist. Radicalization is often associated with youth, adversity, alienation, social exclusion, poverty, or the perception of injustice to self or others.-...
economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
employed at NTNU - Rolf Skaar, cybernetics engr., industrialist (minicomputers), Norwegian Space Centre director
- Øystein Stray Spetalen, petroleum engr., Norwegian investor
- Berit Svendsen, telecom. engr., MTM, CTO of TelenorTelenorTelenor Group is the incumbent telecommunications company in Norway, with headquarters located at Fornebu, close to Oslo. Today, Telenor Group is mostly an international wireless carrier with operations in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Asia, working predominantly under the Telenor brand...
2000–. - Anders TalleraasAnders TalleraasAnders Talleraas is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 1977, and was re-elected on four occasions....
, mechanical engr., MP for 20 years, former Conservative party parliamentary leader - Vebjørn TandbergVebjørn TandbergVebjørn Tandberg was a Norwegian electronics engineer. An alumnus of the Norwegian Institute of Technology, founded Tandbergs Radiofabrikk of Oslo in 1933, and made it a great success....
, electronics engr., industrialist (radio, tape recording, television) - Leif TronstadLeif TronstadLeif Hans Larsen Tronstad DSO, OBE was a Norwegian scientist, intelligence officer and military organizer. He graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1927 and was a prolific researcher and writer of academic publications...
, O.B.E.Order of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
, chemist, nuclear chemistry scientist, planner and organiser of WWII's Operation GunnersideNorwegian heavy water sabotageThe Norwegian heavy water sabotage was a series of actions undertaken by Norwegian saboteurs during World War II to prevent the German nuclear energy project from acquiring heavy water , which could be used to produce nuclear weapons... - Tor Olav TrøimTor Olav TrøimTor Olav Trøim is a Norwegian businessperson and engineer. He holds a number of executive and board positions in John Fredriksen-controlled companies, and is often described as his right hand....
, marine engr., shipping and energy industry executive (Frontline Ltd.Frontline Ltd.Frontline Ltd. is one of the world's largest oil tanker shipping companies, based in Hamilton, Bermuda and controlled by John Fredriksen. Its primary business is transporting crude oil...
, SeadrillSeaDrillSeadrill is a Norwegian-Bermudan offshore drilling company with operations in Angola, Brunei, the Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Thailand and the United Kingdom. The company operates Semi-submersibles, Jack ups, Tender rigs, Semi-Tenders and Drillships. The company is...
) - Tore M. Undeland, electrical engr., professor, international textbook author (Wiley)
- Bror WithBror WithBror With , born in Norway's capital Kristiania, was a mechanical engineer, inventor and industrialist. He graduated in 1925 from the Norwegian Institute of Technology....
, mechanical engr., inventor of the RottefellaRottefellaRottefella is a Norwegian ski binding manufacturer.-Rottefella/Fischer Partnership:Taking effect beginning of the 2007-2008, Rottefella will be the official bindings of Fischer Skis boots. Presently, Fischer boots use the Salomon Nordic System Rottefella is a manufacturer of NNN bindings...
ski binding and Dromedille dinghy; WWII resistance agent - Vegard Wollan, electronics engr., co-inventor of Atmel AVRAtmel AVRThe AVR is a modified Harvard architecture 8-bit RISC single chip microcontroller which was developed by Atmel in 1996. The AVR was one of the first microcontroller families to use on-chip flash memory for program storage, as opposed to one-time programmable ROM, EPROM, or EEPROM used by other...
µcontroller, co-founder of Atmel Norway - Gjert Wilhelmsen, marine engr., co-founder of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
See also
- NTH RingNTH RingThe NTH Ring known by many names in Norway, NTH-ringen, first known as Høiskoleringen, also known as Ringen, Sivilingeniørringen, NTNU/NTH-ringen or Master-ringen...
- Centre for Renewable EnergyCentre for Renewable EnergyCentre for Renewable Energy is a virtual research centre owned by Norwegian University of Science and Technology , SINTEF, Institute for Energy Technology and University of Oslo . SFFE was etablished in 2004, initially as a unifying organ for SINTEF and NTNU...
- List of forestry universities and colleges
- Gemini (magazine)Gemini (magazine)Gemini is a Norwegian science magazine with a circulation of readers. It has been awarded with the Communication Association's prize for "the best Norwegian business magazine". Gemini is published by SINTEF and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. Gemini is...
, research news from NTNU and SINTEF