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The PhD degree in Health and Medicine gives you the opportunity to further your career in research or in professions where a high degree of knowledge and competency is required.
Stavanger AI Lab connects researchers, educators and students at UiS with industry, business and the public sector.
Find the museum and research centres affiliated with the University of Stavanger.
Are you wondering where and when you can go on an exchange in your study programme? Or what you must consider before, during and after your stay abroad? Find everything you need to plan the journey of a lifetime!
The Faculty of Health Sciences educates competent healthcare professionals for health services in a state of constant transition. Our research covers subject areas related to health, medicine, ethics and welfare to ensure an interdisciplinary approach to health and healthcare services.
Our communication team is ready to handle inquiries from the media and other stakeholders, nationally and internationally.
The UiS based research centre SHARE was established in 2017. Together with the national partner at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Gjøvik (NTNU Gjøvik), the centre constitutes Norway’s largest research group studying quality and safety in healthcare.
The University of Stavanger has five PhD programmes that cover a wide range of disciplines.
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In the rapidly evolving and complex field of engineering, engineers face the challenge of understanding the AI landscape within engineering applications, navigating ethical considerations, scoping AI projects, and identifying AI use cases within engineering workflows. This fully online course will tackle this challenge by introducing a big picture map of the field and by providing an intuitive understanding of how AI works.
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The course is intended for anyone who is interested in learning about artificial intelligence (AI) in an intuitive way. The course is flexible and fully digital with recorded lectures, structured in modules that can easily be adapted to fit your schedule.
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The Master of Science in Business Administration at the UiS Business School presents a comprehensive and dynamic curriculum, blending theory with practical tools to prepare you for the contemporary job market. With strong ties to the industry, our business school ensures you stay connected to real-world business scenarios, offering an engaging and international learning environment.
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Digital Society and Societal Transformations educates social scientists who understand how data and AI work, and how technology impacts democratic society. This programme will not teach you coding - it will give you the analytical and critical tools to live and work in the digital society, and better understand how technologies shape society.
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EMMIR is the European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations. It is the first African-European-Asian Erasmus Mundus programme in migration studies. Our students experience a multidisciplinary education between our 9 partners in Germany, Norway, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Sudan, Uganda, South Africa, and India.
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From Tokyo to Paris. Los Angeles to Queensland – UiS Business School has exchange agreements with several reputable partner universities worldwide.
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Do you want to lead in the future energy transition?
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ConductIT is a study programme designed to offer flexible conducting training to music students, music educators and music professionals. The programme consists of a number of individual courses in conducting. Each course represents a profile or specialization within conducting; fundamentals of conducting, orchestral conducting, wind and brass band conducting or school band conducting.
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Unlock your potential and make an impact on our planet! This master programme in Environmental Engineering, features a unique emphasis on water resource management.
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The world needs engineers to develop smart and sustainable technologies for the marine and offshore industries. Would you like to contribute to the green transition and the future of the blue economy?
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The Master of Science in Business Administration at the UiS School of Business and Law presents a comprehensive and dynamic curriculum, blending theory with practical tools to prepare you for the contemporary job market. With strong ties to the industry, our business school ensures you stay connected to real-world business scenarios, offering an engaging and international learning environment.
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Do you have a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics? Then this is the master's degree for you! Mathematics and physics are the foundation for all technological development, and are used in economics, in social studies and in health.
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The MSc programme in Biological Chemistry focuses on important areas of human, animal, and plant health, from the organismal to the molecular and cellular level.
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Is the book an endangered species? Are text messages destroying the English language? What were medieval books like? How do children learn to read and write? Who was Shakespeare and does it matter? What does reading do to our minds?
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The MFAMILY Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) programme enhances your knowledge and your skills needed for working internationally with interventions for vulnerable children and marginalized families.
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This study programme provides an education in either mechanical or structural engineering, giving you the necessary engineering tools to turn challenges into opportunities.
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An intensive 1-year course in Norwegian Language and Culture aims to give students the Norwegian language proficiency required to enter Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes taught in Norwegian at the University of Stavanger.
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The programme is aimed at musical talents with ambitions to develop their musical and instrumental technical skills.
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This programme is suitable for those who wish to complete an in-depth study as a performing or creative artist. Our goal is for you to realise your personal artistic profile and develop your insight and skills to a professional level. This means that the programme is open to all styles and genres within the four areas of dance, classical music, conducting and jazz/improvisation.
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This programme is suitable for those who wish to complete an in-depth study as a performing or creative artist. Our goal is for you to realise your personal artistic profile and develop your insight and skills to a professional level. This means that the programme is open to all styles and genres within the four areas of dance, classical music, conducting and jazz/improvisation.
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Do you want to develop your instrumental skills and your artistic profile on your main instrument? Extension studies gives you the opportunity to add and specialize further from a completed bachelor's programme in music performance. You will learn more about artistic dissemination on a professional level.
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Do you want a challenging and exciting dance education? Do you want to develop your artistic and technical expertise, and establish yourself as a performing dance artist? Bachelor in Dance gives you the opportunity!
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The programme provides practical opportunities for advanced audio students to expand their experience and professional network. The programme emphasizes the recording of acoustic music with a focus on jazz and classical performance.
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With a master’s in Computer Science, the door is open to some of the most challenging and interesting jobs in the field.
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Norway is recognised worldwide as a leader in the advances of offshore industry, and the University of Stavanger has close ties with the local and international industry.
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Industrial Asset Management brings a modern twist to engineering education. Through this Master's degree, you will acquire expertise in both technical engineering and management that is highly requested in various industrial sectors.
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Do you want to solve engineering challenges by using programming and computer modelling? Study Computational Engineering at UiS!
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Become a risk expert at a time when terrorism, pandemics, climate change and complex technological risks are some of the challenges facing society. With a master’s degree in Risk Analysis, you can analyse, assess, communicate, manage and govern all types of risk.
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Are you interested in how cities can become more sustainable, efficient, safe and livable? This programme qualifies you to understand and shape the cities of the future.
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Become the expert needed to design secure and performant computer systems for smart digitalisation in society and the industry.
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Data Science lets engineering students from different fields become experts in machine learning and Artificial intelligence.
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Data Science is a Master's programme that aims to increase the ICT competence of engineers from different fields.
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The demand for quality in prehospital services is increasing. At UiS, we offer an interdisciplinary master's programme for health care professionals in prehospital emergency care and medicine.
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In this study programme, you will be learning about sustainability. Climate change and biodiversity loss represent two of the greatest challenges of our time. They involve political, economic, developmental, security, social and ethical challenges, especially for the most vulnerable societies.
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Did you know that over 80 percent of all added value in companies and the public sector is related to service production and service? In other words, the society needs more leaders with expertise on developing and leading new service solutions.
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The demand for quality in prehospital services is increasing. At UiS, we offer an interdisciplinary master's programme for health care professionals in prehospital emergency care and medicine.
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An online Nordic Network Gender Body Health event on life, death and remembering.
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Philosophiae Doctor Disputation - Faculty of Science and Technology.
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A Greenhouse Research Talk by Hyunah Keum, Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy/Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Hulda Garborgs hus
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Professor Merja Stenroos presents the research project LiTra, which has been awarded the EU's most prestigious grant
Universitetsbiblioteket, Campus Ullandhaug.
The Greenhouse welcomes applications from candidates who wish to apply for international fellowships through external funding sources.
Get an overview of The Greenhouse Centre's recent publications, articles and released books.
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The conference examines different aspects of the Energy Industry: Political risk in Norway, Investments in Offshore Wind, Battery Storage and Solar Energy, ESG, and Transmission.
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A Greenhouse Research Talk by Andy Thatcher, University of Bristol
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Arranged by IEEE Signal Processing Society, Norway Chapter.
Kjølv Egelands Hus, University of Stavanger
UiS has established an interdisciplinary PhD community within the green transition that facilitates networking, idea exchange, and collaboration across disciplines, with an aim of strengthening the candidates' research projects. The network serves as a forum for doctoral candidates from all academic fields!
With the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), QuSTT leverages advanced Natural Language Processing to analyze open-ended textual responses, transforming qualitative language data into quantitative semantic representations.
A parasocial relationship is a one-sided relationship where individuals form emotional bonds with figures in the media, such as actors, influencers, and celebrities, who are unaware of the individuals' existence.
For over 30 years, the concept of subjective well-being has been traditionally understood as consisting of two components: affect and cognition, typically conceptualized as life satisfaction.
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A CIAM Lunch & Learn seminar giving a brief overview of the successes, open points, insights, and challenges encountered while using acoustic and visual sensors for mapping in hydro-energy and offshore applications.
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Noorhan Firdaus Pambudi and Kartika Nur Alfina have successfully completed their doctoral projects in the Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science, Unviersity of Stavanger.
Are you a second or fifth-year student? Remember to complete Studiebarometeret by November 12.
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A Greenhouse Research Talk by Jacob Tom, University of Stavanger
Hulda Garborgs hus
Associate Professor Federico Fenaroli has reached a significant milestone in his career with the awarding of a major research project from the Norwegian Research Council (NFR).
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An international congress and contest aiming to disseminate and evaluate the recent advances in different topics of engineering science as well as modern research topics in the 21st century, structural health monitoring, smart structures, smart cities, and sustainability.
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In this workshop, we reflect on what your examiners want to you demonstrate, discuss how to approach the writing process, and look at the elements of a good “kappe”.
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The European Geothermal Workshop (EGW) covers the whole domain of geothermal energy as listed under covered topics.
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This article reports on the findings from a study which looked at the acceptability and usability of this intervention by the nurses and patients.
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Hyeonbin Park, a Ph.D. student in the Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea, reflects on a research visit to The Greenhouse
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Undertaking a PhD is both an exciting and challenging experience. This workshop draws on evidence-based strategies to help you stay well during your PhD.
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The research project Read to Me focuses on assessing children's reading as they read engaging texts aloud. The goal of the project is to provide teachers with more knowledge about the relationship between motivation and reading.
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In this workshop, we reflect on (1) the style and structure of academic papers and (2) the writing process.
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On four Fridays this autumn, art students will take the stage at Ullandhaug.
Universitetsbiblioteket, campus Ullandhaug
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On four Fridays this autumn, art students will take the stage at Ullandhaug.
Universitetsbiblioteket, campus Ullandhaug
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A new collaborative project on extinction histories has been selected for funding by The Research Council of Norway and the National Research Foundation of South Africa.
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Greenhouse member Melina Antonia Buns has been selected as member of the prestigious Young Academy of Norway (AYF).
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You are hereby invited to participate in the 18th International Meeting on Behavioural Science Applied to Healthcare (BSAH) in Stavanger.
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Despite political initiatives spanning four decades in the form of countless national, regional and local efforts to support teacher leadership in the classroom, we have not succeeded well enough.
5 ECTS PhD course in Environmental Humanities to be held in Stavanger, 2-6 December 2024
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Do you enjoy reading and discussing books with others? Then Ex Libris' book club might be right up your alley.
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Do you enjoy reading and discussing books with others? Then Ex Libris' book club might be right up your alley.
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Are you working on your PhD but having trouble finding time to write? Join us for Shut up & write and keep your writing going!
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Are you working on your PhD but having trouble finding time to write? Join us for Shut up & write and keep your writing going!
Universitetsbiblioteket, Studieverkstedet
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Are you working on your PhD but having trouble finding time to write? Join us for Shut up & write and keep your writing going!
Universitetsbiblioteket, Studieverkstedet
MARGAIN uses environmental archaeology to explore life along the North Atlantic coasts in the past, and asks how we can use this knowledge to work towards a more sustainable relationship with the ocean in the present and future.
The International Network for Well-Being is a community of junior and senior researchers, along with students, who share a passion for the Science of Well-Being. Our goal is to promote health, health equity, and to study biopsychosocial resilience during the challenges of the 21st century.
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Academic writing: From first draft to publication
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Open for PhD candidates at the University of Stavanger.
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FILIORUM- Centre for Research in Early Education and Care is proud to have two esteemed Professor IIs, both internationally recognized researchers in the field of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). With extensive experience and expertise, they bring valuable insights and global perspectives to our work.
Yara’s Birkeland Prize for 2024 in chemistry was given to doctor Song Lu for his thesis titled “Transition-metal-mediated electrocatalytic CO2 reduction: from nanoparticles to single-atom catalysts”.
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Join the library for an introduction to the reference screening tool Rayyan. Language: Norwegian.
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Anja Schnepf defended her PhD-thesis titled "Design optimisation of Power Cable Configurations for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines".
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Sunday 9th of June the SHARE Centre for Resilience in Healthcare hosted the annul Resilient in Healthcare Society Meeting of 2024. With presenters coming from a large international resilience in healthcare community such as Norway, Sweden, Brazil, USA, UK, Japan and Taiwan,
Below you can find the detailed programme for the 32nd Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research.
The training component for PhD candidates in Health and Medicine consist of a coursework component of minimum 30 ECTS and a dissimination component. This supports the work with the thesis and ensures broad academic and scientific competence.
You may apply for admission by applying for a PhD fellowship or apply with external funding.
We offer a number of courses that can be a part of the training component. External candidates may apply for admission for single courses. PhD courses from other institutions may also be a part of the training component of the doctoral study.
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Do you want to present, participate in a workshop, symposium, or with a poster at the world’s largest conference on bullying? The “call for abstracts” for WABF 2025 is now open.
In the dynamic realm of management, making informed and strategic decisions is key to driving success. "Strategic Decision Making" offers a comprehensive exploration of core business economics principles and their practical application.
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Guang Yin is the first researcher at the University of Stavanger (UiS) to receive the European Research Council's award for young researchers in the starting phase, the ERC Starting Grant.
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Aster Hoving tells about a study visit to Japan as part of her PhD studies.
Center management and all employees at Centre for learning environment. Click on "Page content " to find a specific person.
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PhD Complete is a workshop series offered by UiS to support you throughout your PhD journey. The goal is simple: to assist you in completing your PhD.
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The Fourth World Congress of Environmental History will take place at the University of Oulu, Finland from 19 to 23 August, 2024.
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News from the rector
Rector Klaus Mohn welcomed the students to a new academic year during the opening ceremony at Campus Ullandhaug today. Read the speech here.
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On 7-9 August 2024, The Greenhouse is hosting an international conference on Storytelling for Environmental Futures, which brings together scholars from across the world to discuss how storytelling in the environmental arts and humanities can contribute to environmental futures.
We conceptualize advanced operational functions as well as explore optimization methods and physics-informed AI to address present and future operational hurdles, aiming for economic, resilient, and secure operations of electric power system.
From 1th of November, UiS-IT will start rolling out two-factor authentication for all students at UiS when logging on to Microsoft services.
The goal of the Sea Stories of Hope project is to shift the stories we tell about our oceans from ones of despair to ones of evidence-based hope, in order to foster greater environmental engagement. With funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers, this project aims to bring together the general public, teachers and students at all educational levels (from kindergarten to higher education), researchers, environmental experts, tourists, and commercial actors to create, collect, and tell different and more hopeful stories about the oceans.
Studies or traineeships abroad don't always have to last an entire semester. You may receive financial support for stays of up to 30 days.
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Endre Harvold Kvangraven describes the experience of a research trip to Taiwan as part of his PhD studies at the University of Stavanger.
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The eHealth@H2H team has expanded! We welcome Katharina Gottschlich to our team as the newest PhD student.
The University in Stavanger offers 4 microcourses in Python programming. The courses are project based
with a combination of theoretical and practical approach.
Do you remember the scented erasers you had as a child? ‘Scratch and sniff objects’ have now made a comeback.
Students with disabilities or special needs have the right to appropriate individual accommodations for educational institutions, teaching, learning materials, and exams to ensure equal educational opportunities. Accommodations can not compromise the academic requirements of each program.
Familiarise yourself with potential host countries before applying for exchange.
A scholarship scheme for degree-seeking master’s students from selected partner institutions outside the EU/EEA.
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Øyvind Time's master's thesis can help make everyday life easier for healthcare personnel who must learn how to take a fluid sample from the spinal cord or administer an epidural.
One of the world's foremost randomized controlled trial experts, Professor Eric Bettinger, will be back in Stavanger in the fall to teach a course on RCTs in the Social Sciences.
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Professor Helge Ruddat has received NOK 12 million to investigate and classify the mathematical concept of Fano manifolds.
Poetry Planet is a prototype under development titled “Open-World Games: A Creative Way for Students to Read and Write.”
A new research project is going to look into whether Sámi students in Norwegian schools are more involved in online bullying than other students, as a result of their background. “There is hardly any research on Sámi schoolchildren and online bullying,” says Luisa Morello.
Do you want to learn more about Artificial Intelligence? University of Stavanger (UiS) now offer two new courses about this topic.
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Repsol awarded a total of four prizes and NOK 120,000 to master students at University of Stavanger.
Tine Vigdel Bredal has investigated different methods for analyzing chalk at core level and right down to the smallest scale, the nano level. She defended her doctorate 5 June.
Master students from University of Stavanger won the prestigious student competition during the geology conference EAGE Annual 2024.
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She is a radiologist at Stavanger University Hospital, he is a computer scientist. Now they have teamed up to develop a tool that can help doctors make better and faster decisions when a cerebral stroke is suspected.
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The UiS board discussed Israel at its meeting on 6 June 2024.
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Reidar Bratvold won the prize as Energy Professional of the Year at the SPE gala.
Jianan Zhang has performed research on the numerical modelling of the floating docks. On 31 May, she defended her doctoral thesis.
Here you can find the programme for the The 32nd Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research.
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A recent collaboration between Lyse and researchers at the UiS School of Business and Law has proven to be highly beneficial for both parties. While the researchers were able to test their hypotheses in a real-world setting, the energy and telecommunications company received valuable input from employees in a structured manner.
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In the eHealth @ Hospital 2- Home study we have asked two different patient populations and two different clinical groups to help us in exploring how a remote patient monitoring intervention with additional nurse support might alter people’s self-care abilities after a hospitalisation.
PhD Complete is a workshop series offered by UiS to support you throughout your PhD journey. The goal is simple: to assist you in completing your PhD.
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Elaine Munthe has received the Ruth Wong Professorship for 2024 at the National Institute of Education and is attending The Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference.
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When the world-renowned writer Kathy Lette traced her roots in the Australian TV program "Who Do You Think You Are?", she ended up in Stavanger and at UiS.
The eXploring Leadership (eXL) research group at the University of Stavanger is a forum that facilitates exciting diversity in leadership research and development. eXL is an inclusive meeting place where you can meet across academic environments and institutional boundaries.
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The organization Students for Palestine Stavanger will have a tent camp on the Ullandhaug campus from Thursday, May 16th.
Innovation is a core challenge for organizations in all phases of their lives. For established organisations, the challenge is to come up with innovation, to be able to create and deliver a steady stream of new products and services, and to improve internal processes to be able to do this.
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The world's largest anti-bullying conference, the World Anti-Bullying Forum, will be held in Stavanger, Norway, in 2025. The world's foremost researchers, kindergarten teachers, schoolteachers, kindergarten and school leaders, politicians and organizations will gather to find out how we can better research and work against bullying.
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In a remarkable demonstration of applied learning and industry collaboration, master's students from the UiS School of Business and Law recently presented their projects to a group of industry representatives as part of the collaboration with InGenious Program.
POL-AID examines populism in Nordic societies and its implications for democracy.
Anna Kvashchuk defended her dissertation for the degree of PhD at the University of Stavanger the 30th of April.
PROFRES Doctoral Research School
Autumn PhD Symposium
Bodø 21th – 24th October 2024
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The UiS Aerospace rocket launch took place successfully 27 April in Helleland.
As part of the Pedagogy Unit (Uniped), the focus of this research group is to work with educators on the critical assessment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education to explore AI’s implications and identify appropriate applications.
The reseach group on AI, ethics and law focuses on legal and ethical implications of development, deployment and use of AI systems.
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UiS post-doctoral researcher Daniel Bowman writes about John Joseph Mathews’s 1934-novel Sundown, and the use of automobiles as signifiers of national identity.
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SHARE - Centre for Resilience in Healthcare recently gathered researchers and health care professionals to an open seminar about the future of leadership in healthcare. The seminar concludes a full week of activities related to the Support4Resilience project.
Attending childcare for the first time can be extra challenging for shy children. To support shy children's well-being as best as possible, the staff needs to recognize children’s needs in different situations. A good collaboration between parents and childcare staff is extra important when there are shy children in the group.
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In a riveting showcase of industry knowledge and teamwork, the inaugural UiS Petro-Games competition proved to be a resounding success.
Stavanger University Library will be a driving force for knowledge development, value creation and welfare at the university and the society around us.
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Is it a group or a singular person who has made a special effort to make your everyday study life better? Then you should nominate them to The Education and Learning Environment Award 2024!
Welcome to a seminar bringing archaeologists and forensic investigators together to discuss common challenges and approaches in Forensic Archaeology.
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Professor Merja Stenroos has been awarded the most prestigious grant from the EU, the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant. It is the first time a UiS research project has been awarded a grant from the ERC.
What ethical challenges can arise when implementing technological solutions in healthcare services? The research group E-DigiCare aims to explore the ethical aspects and consequences of developing and implementing digital health and healthcare services.
LIFE wants to achieve a new and improved understanding of life skills education (LSE) in Norwegian schools.
Bridging between academia and industry, equipping students with knowledge and skills to make a meaningful impact in the transition towards a sustainable future.
Here you will find resources related to the chapters in the book "barnevernets undersøkelse".
The resource bank is for both students and professionals. Here you will find resources that child welfare and social work students as well as employees in the field can benefit from. The purpose is to collect resources so that they are easily accessible.
The little extra contains resources that will contribute to cohesion and integration in the student community at barnevern.
Here you will find various resources related to child welfare programmes.
Here you will find various resources related to case management in child welfare services.
Activities within the research group EduWorkSoCo exhibit a thematic coherence centered around the following three perspectives: Graduate employment and entrepreneurship, international higher education and female researchers within the academic working environment.
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Radel James Gacumo, on behalf of the Sensory Books project, participated in the Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA) Conference in Malmö, Sweden, from March 6th to 8th, 2024.
Collecting and summarising earlier research within a specific clinical field is common and expected when developing new interventions. In the eHealth@Hospital-2-Home project, a literature review of patient experiences with eHealth interventions informed the research questions and shaped the design of the intervention.
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Charlotte Wrigley attends 'Thinking Through Permafrost' workshop
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Chatterjee elected on the Executive Committee of the International Committee for the History of Technology
The war in Gaza affects students and staff at the University of Stavanger and creates strong engagement. On this page, you will find information about how UiS is addressing the war.
The Responsible Tourism online seminar week (18th-22nd March 2024) organized in Nordic cooperation deals with current topics of responsible tourism, such as climate change and tourism, accessibility and ethics in tourism, concrete actions to promote responsibility and future of tourism.
"A plague of weasels and ticks: animal introduction, ecological disaster, and the balance of nature in Jamaica, 1870–1900" by Matthew Holmes.
"Earth Ice Bone Blood" by Charlotte Wrigley.
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At a time when healthcare is at a crossroads, the "Global State of Patient Safety 2023 – Supporting Leaders" seminar hosted by SHARE - Centre for Resilience in Healthcare, served as the perfect precursor to the week-long kick-off of the EU project, Support4Resilience.
This research groups mission is to promote a sense of mattering and belonging where people can connect to a sense of meaning and purpose in ways that also contribute to the common good at a societal and global level.
Doctors and surgeons from Stavanger University Hospital participate in the eHealth @ Hospital-2-Home project. This blog post features insights from two of these professionals, shedding light on their roles within the project and the motivation behind their involvement.
This course introduces the concepts and challenges associated with the implementation of CO2 Storage in geological porous media (depleted gas fields and saline aquifers).
The focus is on key aspects of
CO2 storage (storage capacity, injectivity, trapping mechanisms and containment),
, storage site selection
, well planning and integrity
, monitoring regulations
and CO2 utilization.
The following single courses at the Faculty of Science and Technology are related to artifical intelligence and machine learning.
Research projects affiliated with the Centre for Innovation Research.
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Four projects which all aim to contribute to a sustainable healthcare service have been awarded seed funding from HelseCampus Stavanger.
The aim of the programme is to stimulate childist research across the academy, test and evolve the concept of childism, and inform childist social and political justice processes.
In the EKCO-project, after school program staff, together with researchers, will examine how after school offerings in five countries currently operate, with the aim of developing new and improved practices in the field.
Radicalization of Gender and Anti-democracy: the Case of Incels in Nordic-Europe. INCELNOR-MA aims to generate and share insights into incel communities, shedding light on the broadcasting strategies employed by incels and exploring the visual culture that serves as a medium for communication and mobilization in the context of gender-radicalization and political masculinities.
Students from different study programs across UiS were invited to engage in a challenge-based learning activity, aiming at generating new ideas for developing the future hotel.
The HyTack project aims at developing and providing an educational base in the field of hydrogen technology to the students in the partner universities, partner countries, and to a wider community.
Special Networking Session during the Society of Experimental Finance Conference 2024 at the University of Stavanger Business School. The event is in cooperation with the Stavanger Chamber of Commerce.
- With a classical education, I haven't felt confident enough to improvise in years.
The University of Stavanger and the Society for Experimental Finance invite you to join the Experimental Finance Summer School 2024 at the University of Stavanger, Norway, June 8 - 10, 2024. Students are also invited to attend the Experimental Finance 2024 conference from June 10 – 13.
The 14th Conference for the Society of Experimental Finance takes place at the University of Stavanger, School of Business and Law from June 10 - 13, 2024. Prior to the conference, the SEF PhD Summer School will be on campus Saturday, June 8th until Monday morning, June 10th, For the first time the main conference will include a networking session on women in finance on Tuesday, June 11th.
- I dream of touring with my favorite jazz musicians like Joel Ross and Aaron Parks.
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The UiS energy central will be filled with research and teaching on geothermal energy and electricity.
The eHealth@hospital-2-home-project has published the protocol for the randomised control trial of the nurse-assisted eHealth intervention for patients with heart failure and colorectal cancer post-hospital discharge.
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A new service that makes it easier for anyone to find and read Norwegian research related to the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) has been launched.
Management and reporting is an important part of the research centre. Here is an overview of the management team.
Master’s research in the eHealth@Hospital-2-Home project explores the impact of the nurse assisted digital health intervention on the family members of participants in the feasibility study.
Here you will find information about collaboration, our alumni network, how to get in touch with students, and an overview of our partners.
Here you will find information about projects, seminars, publications, centers, and research groups.
UiS School of Business and Law offers study programs in business subjects and law at all levels: one-year program, bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. We also offer executive education.
“Bringing Responsibility to Firm Practices: Strategies and Challenges”
The Industrial Economics Master of Science (M.Sc.) programme equips students with the theoretical and practical understanding of engineering and natural sciences, and business and management sciences through the lens of economics.
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The library organises writing groups for students writing a master's thesis.
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SHARE - Center for Resilience in Healthcare recently hosted an international seminar titled “The future of quality and safety in healthcare – emerging topics and possible solutions” with good attendance and engagement.
How do I get a student card? What can I use it for? And what do I do if I have lost my student card?
"Being a student at the University of Stavanger was one of the best experiences I have had in my career to date", says former PHCC-student Abi Wild.
Did you know that Stavanger is the energy capital of Norway? Are you interested in technology, natural science or risk? Find your way to UiS!
Yucong Ma has researched dynamic analysis and design of subsea shuttle tanker systems.
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Interested in trying out business studies? Now you can take a one-year program in business and management at the University of Stavanger!
Linn Tjemsland and Linn Elisabeth Furseth are both intensive care nurses who work in the cardiac intermediate unit at Stavanger University Hospital. In 2021 they took the opportunity to expand their nursing experience by being involved in the conduct of a research project.
- I wanted to study under professor Ellen Nisbeth and explore Scandinavian traditions.
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Students have been affected by the fire that occurred in the student accommodations at Stareveien in Sandal Sunday, December 10.
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Melissa Bond, associate professor 2 at the Knowledge Center for Education, has been appointed as a member of the editorial board of the journal Review of Education.
Omid Karari Karadeh is a student at City and Regional Planning, and had a project work in collaboration with local businesses. – Absolutely essential to make contact while they're students, a city planner in Stavanger Municipality says.
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What factors make the relationship work well between the kindergarten and multilingual parents? A forthcoming, systematic review will address this topic. The research project is presented as a protocol in KCE's new journal - Nordic Journal of Systematic Reviews in Education.
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SHARE – Center for Resilience in Healthcare at UiS is hosting Resilient Health Care Society’s summer conference at Sola Beach Hotel in 2024, which lasts from June 10th to 12th with a pre-conference on June 9th.
– I have been in Norway and Stavanger before, and I thought that it would be a great place to study because the city and the nature around it has so much to offer.
For the fourth time, StartUp Booster has been organized by LevelUp – the student incubator at UiS.
The Sustainable Futures in Education (SuFu) strategic research initiative is an interdisciplinary research programme which aims to expand our theoretical and practical understanding of how sustainability thinking and praxis can be integrated into higher education, and particularly within teacher education programmes.
Carlos Eduardo Lopes da Silva has compared the two oil cities Stavanger and Macaé in Brazil.
- I'm really hoping I'll be spending lots of time in the studio working with different artists and bringing their ideas to life!
Individual exchange to an institution University of Stavanger does not have an agreement with.
Shalini Premachandran Frøiland has worked as a journalist and a bureaucrat. When she decided to get back to academia she was excited to start the master's program Digitial societies and societal transformations.
UiS has several agreements outside the EU, at the institutional level. These agreements are open to everyone at UiS and could therefore be suitable for students from different study programs.
- Since there are so many fun and skilled people on the faculty, I thought that a couple of years here could make me more fun and skilled as well.
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Professor Dolly Jørgensen has won funding to research the links between cultural heritage and petrocultures and their connections to green transitions.
This blog will provide a short summary of presentations from members of the eHealth @ hospital-2-home research group.
- At the Faculty of Performing Arts I quickly got to know many great fellow students both in the cello and other sections.
Studies emotions, aiming to use innovative machine-learning and artificial intelligence approaches to develop new scientific understanding of human emotions.
Serving as a bridge between the experimental research performed at the Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience Lab and clinical research performed at Stavanger University Hospital and other local health facilities.
Research aiming to unveil the most fundamental and basic representations that infants use to start navigating the social world around them.
Mathematical models enable a scientific understanding of natural phenomena around us, and the study and optimization of processes in society and industry.
UArctic's student exchange programme north2north gives students at the Faculty of Science and Technology the opportunity to study in different parts of the USA, Canada and Europe.
The Nordic Journal of Systematic Reviews in Education (NJSRE) announces the first publication.
Developing a digital toolbox for Special Core Analysis (SCAL).
Why is Stavanger the best place to study in Norway? We give you 10 reasons for choosing the University of Stavanger.
Nisar Ahmed has developed a workflow for seismic inversion methods to estimate the rock-properties in a reservoir.
Do you have a passion for freedom, equality and justice? Then the Amnesty UiS group is for you!
ReaLiTea stands for Research Literacy of Teachers. It seeks to enhance the research and teaching skills of pre-service and in-service English language educators.
In this selection of video abstracts, we provide a glimpse into exciting and important research topics about early childhood education, school, and learning, based on articles written by researchers at the Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment.
The National IOR Centre has provided cost efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for improved oil recovery on the Norwegian Continental Shelf through academic excellence and close collaboration with the industry.
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The University of Stavanger has introduced a new rights retention strategy for employees in order to achieve the goal of open access to publications.
Here you will find a list of all the elective courses in the MSc in Business Administration program. The courses are categorized by major.
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As a new partner, Section for Acute and Pre-hospital care at Oslo University Hospital strengthens research on prehospital patient safety in SHARE – Centre for Resilience in Healthcare
A major in finance will prepare you for work with the financing of investment and operations of private and public enterprises.
In the economics major, you will develop a deep understanding of the market forces and economic principles that drive the behavior of firms, consumers, and government agencies. With a strong emphasis on practical application, you will learn how to leverage economic tools and analyses to make strategic business decisions that optimize outcomes for both individual stakeholders and society as a whole. This program will prepare you to be an insightful business leader, adept at navigating the complexities of the modern economic landscape to drive organizational success.
A major in finance will prepare you for work with the financing of investment and operations of private and public enterprises.
A major in management equips you with the tools to analyze and improve strategies, leadership styles, and operations across a variety of organizations. With a curriculum that spans digital marketing, artificial intelligence, sustainability, and economic transformation, this program provides a comprehensive framework to assess the effectiveness of business practices in achieving organizational and societal goals. By immersing yourself in this interdisciplinary and forward-thinking environment, you will be uniquely positioned to become a strategic leader in today's complex business landscape.
Upgrading pre- and in-service teachers’ digital skills with online STEAM hands-on training modules.
Offshore Wind is an area of rapid growth in Asia, the US, and partly in Europe. The course Offshore Wind
Law explores the main legal issues of offshore wind: leasing, permitting, transmission, financing, power
purchase agreements, and procurement.
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In a historic European first, the European university alliance is rolling out centralized, tamper-proof micro-credentials to its learners.
Students with citizenship from outside of the EU/EEA and Switzerland are required to pay the tuition fee at the University of Stavanger. For the academic year 2025/2026, the following rates apply.
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Statement from Rector Klaus Mohn and the academic community at the University of Stavanger.
InvolveMENT want to strengthen mental health services for youth. In our research, we focus on user involvement and how health services can contribute to improving the mental health of young people. Adolescents and young adults participate in all parts of the research.
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Assuring free access to scientific findings is the essence of Open Science. There are multiple ways of opening your research to the public, and the library can help you navigate the field of Open Science.
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Elin, Linda, and John David at the Stavanger University Library are passionate about research being open and transparent. Each year they help hundreds of researchers with open access, choosing the right journal, and publishing on UiS Publishing Platforms.
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SHARE – Center for Resilience in Healthcare is hosting an international seminar titled “The future of quality and safety in healthcare – emerging topics and possible solutions” at Ydalir Campus Hotel.
Students with citizenship from a country outside of the EU/EEA and Switzerland are required to pay tuition fees at the University of Stavanger. The tuition fees will not affect students who have already started their studies before autumn 2023 or exchange students from partner universities.
The FLeD project aims to facilitate the design of effective flexible learning scenarios for Faculty.
Use of histopathology to identify changes in marine species in response to contaminants is a long-known practice.
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Dr Laura Speed, Assistant Professor at Radboud University and the project Advisory Board Member, presented findings from Sensory Books project at the ECRO XXXIII conference.
Norway has a long tradition of using the outdoors and nature as part of the curriculum in kindergarten and primary school, and there is a continuous focus on maintaining and developing this tradition. International Week in Stavanger
offers an introduction to this approach to incoming one-week guest students from the Comenius network.
On 18-20 September 2024 NHS – Department of Leadership and Service Innovation
at the University of Stavanger, hosted the Nordic Symposium 2024 under the theme “The roles of humans and technology in shaping the future”.
How can the tunnel safety industry benefit from the use of 5G networks and V2X communications? What challenges do road tunnels introduce for the deployment of such solutions, and how can they be solved?
On this page you will find information about student associations and student organisations that you can become a part of.
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Acquiring proficiency in AI technology will be pivotal in the future job market. At the University of Stavanger Business School, students are not only introduced to AI technology but are also taught how to leverage it effectively in both their studies and future careers.
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Students who have Norwegian as a second language will now be offered extended academic guidance during their first semester at UiS.
The research school gatherings will be held in March and October each year. In addition, summer and winter schools and writing seminars are offered.
From September 2023 until November 2024 you can visit the exhibition "Fabulous Animals" at Museum of Archaeology in Stavanger.
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A portable, low-magnetic MRI machine gives researchers an indication of whether a child is going to follow typical or atypical cognitive development. The results will be used to implement measures adapted to each individual child.
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In the months of August and September, professor Natalia Kucirkova had the pleasure to visit the University of Turku as part of the INVEST Fellowship Programme.
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The artist Hans Baumann has received a Fulbright-scholarship to spend four months at the University of Stavanger working on his film project "Carbon Permanence". The project examines the complex ethics of Norway’s energy transition, with a particular emphasis on the role of oil in shaping a post-fossil fuel future.
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Extraordinary gold find from the 6th century discovered on the island of Rennesøy, Stavanger.
The wireless network "eduroam" will get a new certificate on Monday, September 11th at 16:00.
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Even with travelling restrictions during the pandemic and troubled times in Nablus and the West Bank; The Erasmus+ exchange program between UiS and An Najah National University continues. The spring of 2023 was no exception. Reception of students for the course 'drama and intercultural communication' is central to the years-long collaboration between the two universities. Recently, UiS was granted almost 158,000 euros to continue and strengthen the programme over the next period, lasting from 2023-2025.
The student association for Computer Science, Robot Technology and Signal Processing, and Data Science.
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The innovation projects should be within the three strategic focus areas simulation, integration of care services, and security and safety. The deadline is 13 September 2024.
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Researchers at the University of Stavanger have received 6 million euros from the prestigious EU research program Horizon Europe.
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Professor Dimitrios G. Pavlou was recently awarded the prestigious Hojjat Adeli Award for Innovation in Computing.
Our new Viking exhibition, focused on myths and stories from the Viking Period, opens Friday 25th of August. The current Viking exhibition is closed until the opening.
This article describes the second major phase of an intervention designed to enhance patient experiences during the critical transition from hospital to home.
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Rector Klaus Mohn welcomed the students to a new academic year during the opening ceremony at Campus Ullandhaug today. Read the speech here.
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The UiS researcher moves elegantly between equal opportunities and gender diversity, welfare and caring sciences research and artificial intelligence and science fiction.
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The library now gives you access to a new online resource for students in history and related fields.
Safety and Resilience Through Digital Technologies: A Participatory Study with Women at the Intersection of Gender-Based Violence and Immigration in Norway (SaRe-DiGT) is a Marie Curie research project on the interconnectedness of digital technologies, gender-based violence, and immigration in Norway.
We are a research collective that aims to shed light on the imperial logics embedded in extractive activities in the North Sea and to develop a comprehensive research agenda for rethinking extractive activities in the region by considering the North Sea as a site of Northern European imperial ambitions.
Physics of Fluids (PoF) belongs to American Institute of Physics (AIP) academic journals and is traditionally known as one of the best fluid mechanic journals in the world.
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My summer job: The flute student works voluntary with arranging seminars in her home country during the summers
In his PhD work, Mehul Vora has contributed to new knowledge about the environmental risk related to shortlisted products and processes in improved and enhanced oil recovery.
The IAI Research Group at the University of Stavanger (UiS) organized the 44th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR'22) in Stavanger, Norway. ECIR'22 holds a significant place in history as the northernmost ECIR ever and marked a milestone as the first major IR conference held in a hybrid format.
The IAI Research Group at the University of Stavanger (UiS) organized the ACM SIGIR International Conference on the Theory of Information Retrieval (ICTIR) in 2020. ICTIR serves as a premier platform for researchers to present and discuss cutting-edge research on the foundational aspects of Information Retrieval (IR) and explore its connections with related disciplines.
The year 2022 was filled with significant achievements and activities for IAI (Information Access and Interaction) research group at the University of Stavanger. From hosting conferences to welcoming new members and engaging in group activities, IAI made remarkable contributions to the field of information retrieval. Here are some of the highlights and accomplishments from IAI in 2022.
Prediction of subsurface multiphase or single-phase flow processes is challenging, but important for oil and gas production, carbon storage and hydrogen storage and production.
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She joins the existing team of nurses who have developed and are testing the nurse assisted digital application that aims to support people with heart failure and colorectal cancer following a hospital admission.
New post-doctoral researcher joins the eHealth @H2H project. She will work on the analysis of data from the feasibility work, and help the team as they now deliver the next stage of the project.
The Knowledge Centre for Education has produced evidence gap maps, that makes it easier to have an overview of the research.
Some of the systematic reviews that The Knowledge Centre for Education has prepared and published, are in English. Read the full reviews here.
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Fitjar is a professor in innovation studies and comes from the position of Vice-Rector for Innovation and Society at the University of Stavanger. He will assume the role as head of the Center for Innovation Research (CIR) on August 1st.
The InvolveMENT project aims to adapt digital mental health services to meet the needs of youth with backgrounds as national minorities, indigenous peoples, and refugees. The main goal of the project is to help strengthen their mental health.
Here you can find information about which application category you belong to. Please see important information below.
The Faculty of Performing Arts offer study programmes taught in English, however, if you are interested in our undergraduate programmes you must meet our Norwegian language requirement.
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Environmental changes from generation to generation aren’t always visible. A new research project exploring natural resources on our coasts aims to open our eyes to what we are losing.
Only 34 young researchers around the world were selected to participate in the OMAE2023 Outreach for Engineers Forum. Three UiS researchers got a scholarship.
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Repsol and Vår Energi awarded a total of nine prizes and NOK 350,000 to bachelor and master students at UiS.
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Researchers at University of Stavanger have asked the industry to define their education needs in the years to come.
The group conducts research in algebraic geometry, complex analysis and geometry, mathematical models and differential equations, and differential geometry and mathematical physics.
In this page you will find information relevant for NCS2030 researchers.
Are you considering pursuing a PhD at UiS? Explore our available fellowship positions and learn how to apply.
To make your user and data resistant to attacks and threats, it is important that you use a strong password.
The InGenious programme serves as a platform to engage the industry in our study programmes and bridge the gap between the academic world and the corporate sector, complementing our strategy and mission.
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Gitte Kolstrup has transformed Stavanger University Library (UBiS) into a unique library with color palettes, floral wallpaper, exotic birds, creative study rooms, a cartoon corner, sofa groups, and large plants.
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In order to improve the quality and relevance of the MSc in Business Administration program, UiS Business School has established an advisory board for the program. The board consists of external stakeholders representing the business, societal, and academic communities.
Find contact information for those who work within PhD administration, and other relevant contact persons.
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Scientists and engineers from all over the world were gathered in Olympia in Greece to take part in the first ever engineering Olympiad.
How to reduce cost of energy for future large offshore wind turbines in free-wind and wake conditions by using full-scale wind and response data from offshore wind farms.
The University of Stavanger aims to ensure that students from underrepresented groups within student mobility and students who need accommodation can participate in Erasmus+ exchanges.
Here, we have gathered important information for those who are going on exchange next semester.
On this page you can find information about the conference hotels, as well as useful overviews of hotels and restaurants in Stavanger.
The conference is organized into sessions of four working groups as indicated below.
The use of digital apps and wearables to track our health information is on the rise. Thus, eHealth is a resource that may promote health management and patient engagement.
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Students and researchers at UiS are convinced that exoskeletons can be a useful aid for operating room nurses during long operations.
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Joanna sought help from a student mentor when she struggled with her own bachelor's thesis. Now she helps other students at the library.
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Rune Sørsdal has been hired as the new library director at Stavanger University Library.
The goal is to find environmentally friendly solutions for shipping and transport in Arctic waters.
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Syllabus books for one-day loans will be found on separate shelves, making it easier to find the book you are looking for.
The research group FLUENT approaches multilingualism from a variety of perspectives by investigating child and adult first, second and third language acquisition and development.
FLUENT means "FLerspråklig Utvikling og Endring i Nyere Tid" (multilingual development and change in society today).
Stavanger University Library is a modern library and a great meeting place. You are welcome to read, work on assignments, or participate in events and courses at the library.
It is possible to receive Erasmus+ grants for mobility outside the European Union.
When you go on an exchange with Erasmus+, you get access to free Online Language Support (OLS) through the online platform EU Academy.
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During the conference “From Knowledge to Action – the role of carers is changing?” in Oslo on March 16 Stecy Yghemonos held the presentation “A European Care Strategy for caregivers and care receivers”.
- I was impressed with the quality of education I received and how the program allowed me to take my knowledge to the next level
Kaneez Fatima took a master's degree in Biological Chemistry at UiS and is currently working on a PhD.
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Put on your best clothes, wave flags with UiS in the parade and take part in the unique and traditional celebration!
Over the last 15 years, research by the Department of Safety, Economics and Planning (ISØP) at The University of Stavanger has enhanced knowledge about risk management and risk regulation among policymakers and risk authorities in the Norwegian petroleum sector.
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The COVID pandemic has very quickly became a social crisis, from being a mere health crisis. Research led by the Risk analysis and governance group at UiS has provided valuable insights regarding the critical role of trust in authorities and collective responsibility in effective crisis management, advocating for comprehensive risk communication strategies across all governance levels.
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Eco Inhibitors, a spin-off from the University of Stavanger, has brought breakthroughs to the oil and gas industry with its eco-friendly hydrate inhibitors. Under the leadership of Professor Malcolm Kelland, the research transitioned from labs to commercial success, culminating in the acquisition by Italmatch Chemicals. This case study highlights the significant environmental and economic impacts of this innovation, showcasing the pathway from fundamental research to market-ready solutions.
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In the INTERACT research project, teachers receive guidance from their own specially trained coaches. “I am lucky to be able to mentor such committed and skilled teachers”, says coach Liv Jorunn Byrkjedal-Sørby.
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The Faculty of Health Sciences at UiS organized the course “Simulation-based learning in nursing education” from April 17th to April 21th, where nursing students from Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway participated.
As a part of the strategic priorities to improve the program’s quality and relevance, we seek to gain expert input from stakeholders from the business, societal and academic communities. One of the vehicles is the designated Program Advisory Board.
From autumn 2024 all students will receive an Erasmus+ travel grant based on travel distance and mode of transportation. The travel grant rate is higher if your travel with environmentally friendly modes of transportation.
Erasmus+ also offers you the opportunity to go on international traineeships. Through this program, you have a unique chance to gain international contacts and work experience.
Generous grants make it attractive to choose Erasmus+ as a mobility program for exchanges lasting 1-2 semesters.
The Tribunal for student affairs at the University of Stavanger shall ensure students a fair and impartial handling of complaints and cases, where the principles of equal treatment and proportionality are central.
UiS researchers got funding for Polish-Norwegian collaboration.
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Open discussions brought on by reading fiction, a sense of belonging, and a feeling of autonomy can be reasons why participating in reading groups is positive for people with cancer.
Computational engineering is a discipline that deals with the development and application of computational models and simulations, often coupled with high-performance computing, to solve complex physical problems arising in engineering analysis and design as well as natural phenomena.
From 2023, all applicants to studies at the Faculty of Performing Arts are required to upload a valid passport or national ID card to confirm citizenship. This is due to the introduction of tuition fees for applicants with citizenship outside the EU/EEA or Switzerland.