University of Oslo

The University of Oslo ranks first in this list of the best universities in Norway. It is a public research university and Norway's oldest university. The university was placed 63rd in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2016, making it the highest-ranked Norwegian university.

The university was created in 1811 and was modeled after the Universities of Copenhagen and Berlin. It was given its current name in 1939 and was named after King Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway. The institution is sometimes known as Universitetet colloquially, as it was the sole university in Norway until 1946, and was previously known as "The Royal Frederick's" (Det Kgl. Frederiks).

Eight faculties make up the university's research organization. Dentistry, Educational Sciences, Humanities, Law, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Medicine, Social Sciences, and Theology are the faculties in question. The university's original campus, which was heavily influenced by Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel's neoclassical style, is located near the National Theatre, the Royal Palace, and the Parliament in Oslo's city center. The Faculty of Law remained on the old campus, and the majority of the other faculties were relocated to the Blindern campus, which was built in the 1930s in the suburb of West End. The Faculty of Medicine is divided among numerous Oslo-area university hospitals.

Phone: +47 22 85 50 50
Address: Problemveien 7, 0315 Oslo, Norway
Website: https://www.uio.no/

Times Higher Education Ranking: 119