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Facts and figures 2025

Key figures for the Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway, in 2025.

Scientific publications320
Master programs*1
Bachelor programs2
Achieved master`s degrees **35
PhD dissertations22
PhD candidates51.55
Academic staff  (man-year)148,25
Technical staff (IT/Laboratories, man-year)13,2
Administrative staff (man-year)11
Finances (mill NOK) ***176
– Part of the budget that is externally funded **ca. 40 %

The Department of Geosciences at the University of Oslo is the broadest research-based geoscience teaching environment in Norway.

* The Department of Geosciences has one MSc program in Geosciences and is also involved in the MSc program in Computational Science, with the study direction CS: Geoscience.

** The facts and figures except finances is taken from the Database for Statistics on Higher Education (DBH).

*** External financing is included the Centre for Planetary Habitability (PHAB), which is one of the Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF). The PHAB-centre is organizationally part of the Department of Geosciences. 

Published Feb. 14, 2025 2:58 PM - Last modified May 5, 2026 1:58 PM