Buskerud University College

Buskerud University College (Norwegian: Høgskolen i Buskerud or HiBu) was a university college established 1 August 1994 and situated in Viken county, Norway. It merged with Vestfold University College on 1 January 2014 to form Buskerud and Vestfold University College. This new school merged again on 1 January 2016 with Telemark University College into University College of Southeast Norway.

The University's campuses were located in three cities around Oslo: Kongsberg (technology and engineering), Drammen (political science, health science, teacher education, and design) and Hønefoss (business administration and management).

The institution had approximately 4500 students and 250 employees, and offered a broad range of bachelor and master programmes.

Courses in English

Besides the courses in Norwegian, the following departments also offered courses taught in English:

Engineering
Political science
Tourism
Visual communication
Norwegian language and culture

Master's degrees in English were offered in systems engineering, human rights and optometry/visual science.

References

Official website

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Universities and colleges in Norway

Established state universities (U5 group)

Bergen
Life Sciences
Oslo
NTNU
Tromsø

New state universities

Agder
Nord
Oslo Metropolitan
South-Eastern Norway
Stavanger

State specialised universities

Private specialised universities

State university colleges

Private university colleges

Ansgar
Fjellhaug
Kristiania
Leadership and Theology
Lovisenberg
NLA
Queen Maud

See also: University colleges with accredited study programs
There are also several institutions with approved studies at college level, but without institutional accreditation as a college. These still have the right to call themselves a university college.