University of South-Eastern Norway

University of South-Eastern Norway
Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge
TypePublic university
Established4 May 2018
Vice-ChancellorPetter Aasen
Students~17,000 (2023) [1]
Location
Bø in Telemark, Porsgrunn, Notodden, Rauland, Drammen, Hønefoss, Kongsberg, Horten
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Norway
Websitewww.usn.no Edit this at Wikidata

The University of South-Eastern Norway (Norwegian: Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge), commonly known as USN, is a Norwegian state university. It has campuses in Bø in Telemark, Porsgrunn, Notodden, Rauland, Drammen, Hønefoss, Kongsberg and Horten. USN is a continuation of the three former university colleges, Telemark University College, Buskerud University College and Vestfold University College, which merged between 2014 and 2016 to form the University College of South-Eastern Norway.[2] The institution was granted the status of a full university by the King-in-Council on 4 May 2018.[3]

USN has 88 undergraduate programs, 44 master's programs and 8 PhD programs. Measured in the number of students, USN is the fourth largest University in Norway with approximately 17,000 students and 1,900 staff, spread over eight campuses.[1] The university is exclusively offering several courses in Norway, such as optician study in Kongsberg.[4]

  1. ^ a b "About USN". Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  2. ^ Klare for sørøst-fusjon, Khrono, 4 June 2015
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Bli optiker – Ta bachelor i optometri". Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 August 2023.