University of Oslo - Oslo, Norway
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N 59° 54.920 E 010° 44.108
32V E 597021 N 6643253
The University of Oslo located at Karls Johans Gate 47 in Oslo, Norway.
Waymark Code: WMXTB9
Location: Oslo, Norway
Date Posted: 02/24/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team
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The University of Oslo, until 1939 named the Royal Frederick University, is the oldest university in Norway, located in the Norwegian capital of Oslo.

Until 1 January 2016 it was the largest Norwegian institution of higher education in terms of size, now surpassed only by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The Academic Ranking of World Universities has ranked it the 58th best university in the world and the third best in the Nordic countries. In 2015, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked it the 135th best university in the world and the seventh best in the Nordics. While in its 2016, Top 200 Rankings of European universities, the Times Higher Education listed the University of Oslo at 63rd, making it the highest ranked Norwegian university.

The university has approximately 27,700 students and employs around 6,000 people. Its faculties include (Lutheran) Theology (with the Lutheran Church of Norway having been Norway's state church since 1536), Law, Medicine, Humanities, Mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, Dentistry, and Education. The university's original neoclassical campus is located in the centre of Oslo; it is currently occupied by the Faculty of Law. Most of the university's other faculties are located at the newer Blindern campus in the suburban West End. The Faculty of Medicine is split between several university hospitals in the Oslo area.

The university was founded in 1811 and was modeled after the University of Copenhagen and the recently established University of Berlin. It was originally named for King Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway and received its current name in 1939. The university is informally also known as Universitetet ("the university"), having been the only university in Norway, until 1946 and was commonly referred to as "The Royal Frederick's" (Det Kgl. Frederiks), prior to the name change.

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in the university's Atrium, from 1947 to 1989, making it the only university in the world to be involved in awarding a Nobel Prize. Since 2003, the Abel Prize is awarded in the Atrium. Five researchers affiliated with the university have been Nobel laureates.

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Name: University of Oslo

Location/Address:
Karl Johans Gate 47
Oslo, Norway
0162


Phone Number: +47 22855050

Web Site: [Web Link]

Type of School: Graduate School (independent)

School Affiliation: Public -- National

Date Founded: 1811

Enrollment: 27,227 (2014)

Location of GPS Coordinates: Main Entrance.

Nicknames/Mascots: Not listed

School Colors: Not listed

School Motto: Not listed

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