Trondheim City center Statoil (Rotvoll) Trondheim fjord Airport Main university campus (Gløshaugen) 2 Trondheim: 150 000 inhabitants. Founded 997
Historical background university • • • 1210 Schola Cathedralis Nidrosiensis 1760 Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters 1910 Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) 1922 Norwegian Teacher Training College (NLH) 1996 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) 1910 3
Main campus (Gløshaugen) 4
NTNU facts and figures • • 7 faculties and 50 departments 20 000 students 1100 academic staff 2 000 degrees awarded (at bachelors and masters levels) 200 doctorates awarded 3 352 staff Budget NOK 2. 5 billion 487 000 m 2 of premises (owned and rented) 5 Updated September 2002
Students by discipline 6 Technology Natural Sciences and Mathematics 7 806 1 768 Social Sciences Humanities Medicine Architecture Programme for Teacher Education Psychology (profession) Music (profession) Visual arts 4 792 2 662 987 426 251 244 149 54
Natural Science Building (Realfagbygget) • • 7 Opened in 2000 9 000 m 2 on 9 floors Departments: Biology, Physics and Chemistry Workplace for 2 500 students and 400 staff
Department of Chemical Engineering at NTNU • 20 full-time academic staff • 60 Ph. D. students • 70 Master students annually Six main research areas: • Polymer and colloid chemistry • Catalysis and petrochemistry • Process systems engineerin • Reactor technology and CFD • Separation technology • Pulp and paper technology 8 Ugelstad Laboratory