The Student Welfare Organisation in Trondheim or SiT 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 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...

, 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 is responsible for the welfare of about 25,000 students at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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...

 (NTNU), Sør-Trøndelag University College

Sør-Trøndelag University College

Sør-Trøndelag University College or HiST is a Norwegian university college located in Trondheim. The school offers higher education within nursing, teaching, economics, food science, engineering and information technology...

 (HiST) and Queen Maud's College of Early Childhood Education

Queen Maud's College of Early Childhood Education

Queen Maud's College of Early Childhood Education is a private college for preschool teachers located in Trondheim, Norway...

 (DMMH).

Among the responsibilities of SiT include housing for 3000 students, two training centres, kindergarten

Kindergarten

A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...

 places, ten café

Café

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s, the seven book stores SiT Tapir, psycologists, advisors, career centre, heath station and economic support arrangements. The housing for students is located at Berg, Singsaker

Singsaker

Singsaker is an area of Trondheim, Norway located north of Moholt, east of Gløshaugen, west of Tyholt and Rosenborg and south of Bakklandet. The area consists almost completely of suburban housing, despite being quite close to the city centre....

, 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....

, Moholt

Moholt

Moholt is an area of Trondheim, Norway south of Tyholt and north of Loholt. The area is dominated by housing, including a lot of student housing. There are also some supermarkets and commercial enterprises in the area, primarily because of the proximity to European route E6...

, Jakobsli, Lerkendal

Lerkendal, Trondheim

Lerkendal is an area and borough in Trondheim, Norway.The area is located south of Gløshaugen and Elgeseter, west of Berg, north of Tempe and east of the river Nidelva. The area is dominated by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, SINTEF and the home stadium of Rosenborg, Lerkendal...

 and Steinan. About 20% of students in Trondheim have accommodation through SiT. Facilities are located on ten campuses in town, including Gløshaugen

Gløshaugen

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...

, 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...

, Øya, 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...

, 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,...

, Moholt, Leangen

Leangen

Located in eastern Trondheim, Norway. Is mainly an industrial area, and the Leangen Ice Hall , IKEA as well as part of the Sør-Trøndelag University College college lies here....

, Rotvoll

Rotvoll

Rotvoll is an area of Trondheim, Norway located between Leangen to the west and Ranheim to the east. The area has some suburban housing and is otherwise dominated by the StatoilHydro research facility and Sør-Trøndelag University College campus for teacher education...

, Tunga, Trondheim and DMMH.

SiB is led by a board

Board of directors

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, with the majority and chairman being students. Other representatives are from NTNU and HiST as well as the employees in SiT. The highest organ for welfare activities is Velferdstinget (the welfare thing) that has 17 student members.