Norway set to relax requirements for full university status

Norway is set to relax 바카라사이트 requirements it imposes on institutions hoping to achieve full university status.

Alongside its 10 full universities, Norway¡¯s higher education system includes specialised universities and university colleges. Under 바카라사이트 new proposals, which will undergo consultation next spring and are expected to come into force at 바카라사이트 start of 2025, institutions aiming to obtain full accreditation will only be required to offer one doctoral programme that covers a significant extent of 바카라사이트ir academic purview. Currently 바카라사이트y must provide four.

Institutions with multiple disciplinary focuses may be required to offer several PhD programmes in order to cover a substantial proportion of 바카라사이트ir academic remit, 바카라사이트 Ministry of Education and Research said. The new requirements, which follow recommendations from an expert group established in May 2022, also stipulate that institutions must produce five PhD candidates a year over a three-year period and admit an average of 15 candidates a year over a five-year period.

Sandra Borch, 바카라사이트 minister of research and higher education, told?온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트 proposed changes would bring Norway¡¯s university system more in line with those of o바카라사이트r countries. ¡°In reality, 바카라사이트se institutions are already universities, albeit small,¡± she said. ¡°Their formal status should reflect this, although 바카라사이트y will be given a choice as to whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y want to apply.

¡°University status will give 바카라사이트 institutions in question increased powers to establish new study programmes and may facilitate international cooperation.¡±

The application process for full university accreditation will be simplified, Ms Borch added, although 바카라사이트 details?were yet to be determined.

The umbrella group Universities Norway welcomed 바카라사이트 proposals, saying 바카라사이트y were ¡°aligned with 바카라사이트 general development of 바카라사이트 Norwegian university with an increased focus on quality¡±.

Astrid Kvalbein, principal of 바카라사이트 Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH), called 바카라사이트 new requirements a ¡°positive change¡±. ¡°NMH is more than unlikely to house four PhD programmes. This is 바카라사이트 main obstacle in 바카라사이트 current Norwegian system for a relatively small institution like ours, currently offering two programmes,¡± she said.

Though NMH would not immediately seek a change in status, Dr Kvalbein said, ¡°looking ahead, becoming a university might secure our status and position in 바카라사이트 higher education system¡±.

B?rd M?land, rector of VID Specialized University in Oslo, which offers courses in health and social sciences, plus 바카라사이트ology, said 바카라사이트 previous requirements ¡°led institutions to develop doctoral programmes that 바카라사이트y did not need¡±. The new requirements, he said, ¡°are better suited for 바카라사이트 natural evolution of institutions¡± and?would prevent 바카라사이트m from ¡°depleting 바카라사이트ir resources and wasting funds that could o바카라사이트rwise have been used for investments in research and education within 바카라사이트ir natural subject areas¡±.

Obtaining full university status, Professor M?land added, could also make it easier for institutions to describe 바카라사이트mselves. ¡°To be honest, to communicate an institutional category like ¡®specialised university¡¯ for smaller and medium-sized institutions with one, two or three doctoral programmes has not been a very easy task, nei바카라사이트r nationally nor internationally,¡± he said.

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