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Facts and figures 2024

Key figures for the Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway, in 2024.

Scientific publications344
Master programs*1
Bachelor programs2
Achieved master`s degrees **44
PhD dissertations14
PhD candidates52,3
Academic staff  (man-year)148,6
Technical staff (IT/Laboratories, man-year)15,62
Administrative staff (man-year)13,5
Finances (mill NOK) ***221
– Part of the budget that is externally funded **52 %

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 May 4, 2026 10:18 AM - Last modified May 4, 2026 11:19 AM