Unit (Norway)

Unit
Directorate overview
FormedJanuary 1, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-01-01)
Preceding agencies
Typegovernment directorate [Wikidata]
HeadquartersTeknobyen Innovasjonssenter
Abels gate [Wikidata] 5A
7030 Trondheim, Norway
63°24′56″N 10°23′35″E / 63.41562589°N 10.39292431°E / 63.41562589; 10.39292431
Employees204
Directorate executive
  • Roar Olsen, director
Parent departmentMinistry of Education and Research
Key document
Websitewww.unit.no/en Edit this at Wikidata
Agency ID919 477 822

Unit, which labels itself as the Norwegian "directorate for ICT and joint services in higher education and research", is the government directorate [Wikidata] within the Ministry of Education and Research which provides governance of and access to shared information and communications technology (ICT) services. Unit was created on January 1, 2018, following a merger of BIBSYS, CERES [Wikidata] and parts of Uninett.[1]

  1. ^ "About Unit". Unit. November 5, 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-10.