Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is a public research university located in Trondheim, Norway. NTNU is the second largest of the eight universities in Norway, and has the main campus in central Trondheim. With over 27,000 students, it is also the third largest university in Norway by number of students. The university was established in 2010 after the merger of two former universities, the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) and parts of Sintef ( Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research).
NTNU has eight faculties that offer a wide range of programmes at bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels within natural sciences and technology, social sciences and medicine. In addition to education and research, NTNU also offers innovation services through its four centres: Prototech AS , SINTEF Energy Research , SINTEF Industry and SINTEF Digital . The institute also offers a broad portfolio of continuing education courses.
The University is organized into several campuses. The main campus houses most academic departments while smaller outlying campuses are used for research purposes or as sites for other institutes affiliated with NTNU such as SiT – Health Sciences at Tyholt and Møreforsking Molde . There are plans to move all health-related activities to a new hospital site south-west of downtown Trondheim. Construction started on 1 October 2014. When completed around 2025, this will be one of Europe’s largest medical clusters with a capacity for 10 000 patients and 2 200 employees . Other notable buildings on campus include Gløshaugen Church and Oyaas gård .