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The University of Oslo (Universitetet i Oslo, in Latin Universitas Osloensis) was founded in 1811 as Det Kgl. Frederiks Universitet and currently has about 32,000 students. It is the largest and oldest university in Norway, the other universities being the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the University of Bergen and the University of Tromsø.The university has faculties of Theology, Law, Medicine, Arts, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Dentistry, Social Sciences and Education. The Faculty of Law is still located at the old campus on Karl Johans gate (Oslo's central pedestrian street), near the National Theatre, the Royal Castle and the ParliamentThe Storting or Stortinget ('the Great Assembly'), is the parliament of Norway, and is located in Oslo. It sits in the Storting Building which was completed in 1866 and was designed by the architect Victor Langlet. History The Storting in its present form, while most of the other faculties are located at a modern campus area called Blindern .
1 Research
Four researchers at the University of Oslo have been rewarded with Nobel prizes:
- Ragnar Frisch - 1969For other uses, see Number 1969. For the movie, see 1969 (movie). Events January January 1 Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper The News Of The World January 5 The Derry Riots leave over 100 people i - EconomicsEconomics is the social science studying how society uses its limited resources to meet desires and wants. Put otherwise, economics studies what, how and for whom society produces. This involves analyzing the production, distribution and consumption of go
- Odd Hassel - 1969For other uses, see Number 1969. For the movie, see 1969 (movie). Events January January 1 Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper The News Of The World January 5 The Derry Riots leave over 100 people i - ChemistryChemistry is the science of matter and its interactions with energy (see physics, biology). Because of the diversity of matter (which is mostly atomic), Chemists are often engaged in the pursuit of studying how atoms interact to form molecules, and how mo
- Ivar Giæver - 1973Events January events January 1 United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community now known as the European Union January 3 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led - Physics
- Trygve Haavelmo - 1989 - Economics
2 Student life
As Norway is a social democracy, the university charges no tuition. However, students are required to pay a fee to the students welfare organization Studentsamskipnaden i Oslo, which use the money for student benefits such as subsidized kindergartens, athletic programmes, psychology service, student canteens, student housing and so on. The fee is now at 410 NOK (approx. 60 USD) per semester.
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