– We are pleased to see that this budget invests in higher education and research, and that our concerns about rent for the Life Science building have been heard. We look forward to moving in next year, says Rector Ragnhild Hennum at the University of Oslo.
The research is a pioneering effort to employ drones for methane (CH4) emission quantification from ruminants in sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of the first field studies to measure methane emissions from camels, a largely understudied source.
This summer 50 students gained work experience from a research project with a scholarship from UiO:Life Science. The closure of this year's summer projects was celebrated with presentations, a poster exhibition, and a prize ceremony.
Academic employees, postdoctoral researchers, PhD students within the life sciences at the UiO can apply for support to strengthen collaboration with international research communities.
Academic employees, postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, and student associations at the University of Oslo can apply for support to partially fund open events within the life sciences that align with the strategy of UiO:Life Science.
Three new convergence environments at the University of Oslo will receive funding to research how volcanic eruptions can trigger climate crises, explore circular solutions for CO₂ and H₂O, and examine crime in international shipping. With interdisciplinary approaches, the researchers aim to find new answers to some of today’s pressing challenges.
Professor Stephanie Werner at the Department of Geosciences and PHAB, Uni of Oslo has been awarded 12 million NOK from the Research Council of Norway for the project 'Galactic Recipe for Exo-Planets.'
UiO professor and glaciologist Regine Hock at the Department of Geosciences has been awarded the Fram Committee Nansen Award for 2025. The prize is awarded to outstanding Norwegian contributions to the exploration of polar regions.
Do you have an idea in life sciences that could help solve health challenges for humans or animals? Then you can apply for admission to UiO:Life Science's innovation programme SPARK Norway to further develop the idea into new technology, treatment or solution.
The Centre for Planetary Habitability (PHAB), a CoE affiliated to the Department of Geosciences, has undergone changes in management this summer. Professor Stephanie Werner took over as director and centre leader for PHAB from July 1, 2025.
Almost 3300 master students have accepted the offer of master admission this autumn at the University of Oslo. This is a modest increase in applicants and admissions compared to last year.
This summer marks the 60th anniversary of humanity's first successful mission to Mars. On July 14th 1965, NASA’s Mariner 4 flew past Mars providing the first close-up photographs of Mars.
Cybernetics student Leonard Sandløkk Schiller is well underway with his summer project. He is one of 50 students who have received a scholarship from UiO:Life Science to participate in a real research project over a six-week period this summer. We meet him at the Department of Technology Systems in Kjeller, where he is immersing himself in his summer project.
UiO:Life Science has granted 150,000 NOK for the development of the new interdisciplinary course KOS1500 – Bridging Humanities and Medicine for Sustainable Societal Impact – An Introduction to Translational Medical Humanities.
Are you a researcher with an innovative idea based on your research that can contribute to solving an important need in society, but need funding to develop the idea further? Check the UiO call for innovation funding within all academic fields. The call is aimed at both commercial and non-commercial projects. The application deadline was 1 September 2025.
The Norwegian government has allocated over a billion for AI research. The competition was tough; from over 50 applications, six were selected. TRUST from UiO is one of the six new centers. Many researchers from NJORD and GEO are affiliated with the center and will contribute to TRUST.
Two researchers at the Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, receive funding for their research projects in the groundbreaking research grants - FRIPRO from The Norwegian Research Council, announced on June 10. The competition for FRIPRO grants is as tough as ever.
PHAB Researcher Agata Krzesinska is a part of the Mars Sample Return campaign study team who receives the NASA Honor Award for group achievement.
The project, The Great Oxygenation Event and Planetary Habitability, aims to understand the environmental changes that enhanced planetary habitability during the early Proterozoic (2.5-2.0 billion years ago).
In the autumn of 2024, UiO:Life Sciences announced a new application round for convergence environments. By the application deadline on 27 May, 51 applications were received.
The Else-Ragnhild Neumann Award 2024 was presented by Trond Helge Torsvik, PHAB to the award winner Joanna Dziadkowiec, at a seminar the 15 of May in the Science Libary at University of Oslo.
Earlier in May, new members of the Academy were welcomed at the annual meeting of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters at Grand Hotel, Oslo. New member from 2025 is Professor Trude Storelvmo from the Department of Geosciences.
From May, the Department of Geosciences at the University of Oslo will have a new head: Joseph Henry Lacasce will take over from Bernd Etzelmüller, who will continue as deputy head until the end of 2025.
– I am pleased to inform you that Øystein Prytz will become the faculty's new Dean of Research from August 1st. – I am proud to have a highly competent researcher and research leader join the deanery, says Dean Solveig Kristensen!
The Norwegian Hydrological Council welcomes you to attend the 8th Conference on Modelling Hydrology, Climate and Land Surface Processes, (2–4 September 2025, Lillehammer, Norway).
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