Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics

Core faculty activities

• To realise research, teaching and research dissemination at national and international level within all relevant fields
• Focused areas:aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, climate, life in the arctic, marine bioprospecting, fish health, marine alimentary products, business and macro economics, resources and environment, markets and management of marine resources

Facts:

• Dean Edel Elvevoll
• Faculty Director Terje Aspen
• Overall Budget 2009: 310 mill. NOK (incl. 100 mill. NOKs  external funding)
• Budget as part of overall UoT spending: 8,1 % (if Aqua-culture station as well as Reasearch vessel Jan Mayen is added the share is 10, 4%)
• 310 employees (incl.  95 ext. funded)
• 1055 students incl. PhD-students

Key figures - education

7 Bachelor Programmes
1 Integrated  Masters Programme

6 International Master Programmes
5 Master Programmes lectured in Norwegian

1 experience based  Master Programme

PhD-education within the Sciences field
PhD-education within the Social Sciences field