This is NTNU and SINTEF

Several NTNU faculties and SINTEF institutes are located on the Gløshaugen campus in Trondheim, Norway.

The SINTEF Group

The SINTEF Group performs contract research and development for industry and the public sector in technological areas and in the natural and social sciences.

With 1782 employees and a turnover of NOK 1.5 billion, the SINTEF Group is Scandinavia's largest independent research organization. Contracts for industry and the public sector account for 90 per cent 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 sustainable growth. The results of SINTEF's work is to be reflected in the competitiveness of Norwegian industry and increased productivity in 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 also has broadly based expertise in the classic university disciplines and academic eminence in the 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 18 450 students and a staff of 3 150. Over nine hundred and fifty og these have permanent research positions.

2 510 degrees were awarded in 1998. Of these, 1 151 were to masters-level engineers. 188 completed their doctorates in 1998 and 134 of these were within technology. The budget was NOK 2 billion in 1998.

GEMINI is published by the SINTEF Group (The Foundation for Industrial and Scientific Research) and NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) in Trondheim, Norway.

Editors:

Gunnar Sand, Director SINTEF

Anne Katharine Dahl, Information Director NTNU

Executive editor:

Åse Dragland

Editional coordination NTNU:

Nina E. Tveter

Reporters:

Christina B. Claussen, Jan Helstad,
Svein Tønseth, Anne Lise Aakervik,
Nina E. Tveter, Even Gran, Julie Maske,
Trond Gram, Emil Røyrvik

Translation:

Bjørg Vassbotn Hawthorn, Dale Licata and Inger Rudvin

English editing: Stewart Clark and Melissa Miller

Tel. editor: +47 73 59 24 76
Fax: +47 73 59 83 50

Postal Address:

GEMINI

SINTEF Info
N-7465 Trondheim, Norway
NTNU Info
N-7491 Trondheim, Norway

Design/production:

Åse Dragland, Inger Rygh, Tor Høyden

Cover photo:

Rune Petter Ness

Print: Grytting

You can also find GEMINI on the Internet http://www.sintef.no/gemini