This is NTNU and SINTEF

Several NTNU faculties and SINTEF institutes are located in the same area, Gløshaugen.

With 1929 employees and a turnover of NOK 1.4 billion, the SINTEF Group is Scandinavia's largest independent research organization. Contracts for industry and the public sector account for 90 percent of operating revenues.

The SINTEF Group works closely with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Experts in various disciplines collaborate on projects, sharing laboratories and equipment. Together with NTNU, SINTEF functions as a source of expertise on a high international level. We also collaborate with the University of Oslo.

As a foundation for the public benefit, our task is to help ensure that our know-how is used to support a sustainable growth. The results of SINTEF's work shall be reflected in the competitiveness of Norwegian industry and productivity of the public sector.

The SINTEF Group is involved in international projects that produce about 15% of our operating income.

NTNU
NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) in Trondheim is a national centre for technological education and research founded on knowledge within the natural sciences. The university has also broadly based expertise in the classic university disciplines and academic eminence in social sciences and the humanities. NTNU has 11 faculties:

• Architecture, Planning and Fine art
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
• Applied Earth Sciences
• Physics, Informatics and Mathematics
• Chemistry and Biology
• Marine Technology
• Mechanical Engineering
• Arts
• Social Sciences and Technology Management
• Medicine

At present, NTNU has 18.455 students and a staff of 3000. 900 has permanent research positions.

2.510 degrees were awarded in 1997. Of these, 1.151 became masters-level engineers. 185 completed their doctorates in -97, of these 134 within technology. In 1997, the budget was NOK 1.9 billion.