The Norwegian University of Life Sciences comprises 8 departments. High professional quality, a high degree of teacher-student interaction and a pleasant social and physical environment characterise education at UMB.

UMB is recognised as a leading international centre of knowledge, focused on higher education and research within environmental- and biosciences. The university’s main specialisation areas are:

· biology
· food
· environment
· land use and natural resource management.

Together with other research institutes established at Aas, UMB provides state-of-the-art knowledge based on a broad range of disciplines. A broad range of study programmes are offered at Bachelor, Master and PhD level. These include:

· Animal science
· Aquaculture
· Biotechnology
· Chemistry
· Applied Mathematics and Statistics
· Physics
· Spatial Planning
· Biotechnology
· Environment and Natural Resources
· Plant Science
· Forestry
· Ecology and Natural Resource Management
· Food Science
· Landscape Architecture
· Economics and Resource Management
· Development Studies
· Teacher education in Natural Science

About 180 of the 600 courses at the Bachelor and Master level are taught in English, as well as many PhD level courses. 7 Master level programmes are conducted fully in English, and one Bachelor programme is fully conducted in English every other year. Besides theoretical and scientific education, emphasis is placed on practical training. Around 30% of UMB students conduct part of their studies abroad. For detailed information on UMB’s study programmes, see the Programme Descriptions for Prospective Students

Meeting tomorrow’s challenges
UMB began in 1859 as the only Norwegian agricultural post-graduate college (Norges landbrukshøgskole), a mainly educational institution. Research received a primary function nearly 40 years later and on 1 January 2005 the institution received the Norwegian university status. UMB, under Norwegian law and in follow-up to the European Bologna Declaration, is implementing a quality reform and has restructured the courses, credits and degrees to meet European standards.

In total, UMB has some 2,600 students of which about 293 are PhD students. Annually, the University confers about 40 PhD degrees upon successful candidates. There are many different nationalities at UMB; the international students make up over 10% of all students at the University. Of the 870 University staff, more than half hold scientific positions.

Contact:

P.O. Box 5003
NO-1432 Aas
Norway
Tel: + 47 64 96 50 00
Fax: + 47 64 96 50 01

On 1 September, 2007 Agder University College became the University of Agder. This is the result of decades of political and academic effort and the systematic development of the academic environment in the region.

Contact us

Switchboard

Telephone: +47 38 14 10 00
Fax: + 47 38 14 10 01
Email: postmottak@uia.no

Addresses

Postal address:

Service Box 422, NO-4604 Kristiansand, Norway

Visiting addresses:

Kristiansand Gimlemoen: Gimlemoen 25A, Kristiansand

Kristiansand Musikkens hus (Music Conservatory): Kongens gt 54, Kristiansand

Grimstad Grooseveien: Grooseveien 36, Grimstad

Grimstad Dømmesmoen: Dømmesmoen, Grimstad

Arendal: Sykehusveien 4, Arendal

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Faculties and Divisions

Contact information for each faculty can be found here.

If you are a prospective exchange student, contact the International Office.