The Student Welfare Organisation in Bergen or SiB is the student welfare organisation

Student welfare organisation

Student Welfare Organisation is a legal entity responsible for the welfare of students of universities, university colleges, scientific universities and other colleges in Norway...

 in Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

, Norway

Norway

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 and is responsible for the welfare of about 25,000 students at the University of Bergen

University of Bergen

The University of Bergen is located in Bergen, Norway. Although founded as late as 1946, academic activity had taken place at Bergen Museum as far back as 1825. The university today serves more than 14,500 students...

 (UiB), the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH), Bergen University College

Bergen University College

Bergen University College is a Norwegian public institution of higher education, established in August 1994 by the merging of six former independent colleges in Bergen, Norway.The College is organised in 3 faculties:*Faculty of Education...

 (HiB), Bergen National Academy of the Arts

Bergen National Academy of the Arts

Bergen National Academy of the Arts or KHiB is one of the two independent institutions of higher learning in the visual arts and design in Norway. It is located in Bergen, Norway.-History:...

, Diakonissehjemmet University College, the Norwegian School of Information Technology

Norwegian School of Information Technology

Norwegian School of Information Technology is a Norwegian information technology university college located in Oslo, Norway.It previously had schools located in Bergen, Stavanger and Bærum, but these were later shut down....

, Bergen School of Architecture

Bergen School of Architecture

Bergen School of Architecture or BAS is a private and academically independent school which trains architects, located in Bergen, Norway....

, the Norwegian Teacher Academy, Betanien Diakonal University College and NLA Teacher College.

Among the responsibilities of SiB include housing, training centres, 300 kindergarten

Kindergarten

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 places, 20 café

Café

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s, the book stores Studia, psycologists, advisors, career centre, heath station and economic support arrangements. The housing is concentrated in about 20 buildings around Bergen, both in the city centre/campus areas as well as other placing including Fantoft and at Hatleberg beside NHH. SiB is one of the largets real estate

Real estate

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 owners in Western Norway, accommodating more than 3300 students, though SiB has been criticized for only having a 12% coverage of student housing, compared to 20% in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 and Trondheim

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...

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SiB is led by a board

Board of directors

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 of ten members; five, including the chairman, from the students, three from the employees and two from the universities and colleges. One of the latter is from UiB while the other is alternatingly from NHH or HiB.

The student representatives on the board is elected by the Student Welfare Parliament in Bergen

The Student Welfare Parliament in Bergen (Norway)

The Student Welfare Parliament in Bergen is is the topmost student body in the Student Welfare Organisation in Bergen, Norway. It is an association of all the student democracies affiliated with the Student Welfare Organisation in Bergen...

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