The State Administration Database

University of Nordland

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01.08.1994 Founding by complex reorganization

Name: Bodø University College
Short name: HBO
Affiliations: Other public administration body
Hierarchical level: Highest level
COFOG 09 Education
Belongs to group University Colleges
Main affiliation category: Body part of group subordinated ministry
Located: 1804 Bodø
Procedure and documents for this change:
Related units:

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2002 New form of affiliation/administrative level

(The unit is reorganized and has changed its form of affiliation/administrative level.)
Affiliations: Agency with special extended authority
Hierarchical level: Highest level
Procedure and documents for this change:

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2002* No change to unit, but change of superior

(The unit reports to a new superior organization because the previous superior organization was terminated at the same time.)

01.01.2007* Maintenance by reorganization

Related units:
  • * National Centre for Arts and Culture

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2010* Maintenance by reorganization

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2011 Unit moving into, or out of, integrated organizations

(The unit moves into, or out of, an integrated organization or a group organization; the unit becomes part of a larger service / group of organizations.)
Main affiliation category: National single organization (without subordinated units)

University College in Bodø changed on 1. January 2011 its institutional status to university; Nordland University.

Brief History
The application for accreditation of University College Bodø University was sent to the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT) 7 September 2009. On 27 to 28. April 2010 the Academic Committee of NOKUT completed interviews and surveys with impaired Party at University College in Bodø. On 30 June 2010 NOKUT made it publicly known that the University College in Bodø satisfy the criteria to be accredited as a university. On 16 September 2010, the Board in NOKUT decided that the University College in Bodø was accredited university. On 27. September, Bodø University College sent its application for change of institutional status to the Ministry of Education.


University of Nordland has four accredited Phd courses:
* PhD in business economics at the Graduate School, Bodø (HHB)
* PhD in sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSV)
* PhD in professional practice at the School of Professional Studies (PHS)
* PhD in aquaculture at the Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture (FBA)

01.01.2011 Change of name

Name: University of Nordland
Short name: UiN

31.12.2015 Ending by merger

Procedure and documents for this change:
Merged into:

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.

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