The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oslo was established in 1814 and is Norway’s oldest medical school. The teaching and research at the Faculty ranges from basic biomedical subjects, via clinical subjects, to health subjects, and has a prominent international profile. The Faculty attaches importance to dissemination and innovation activities.
Key figures 2025 | Faculty of Medicine | Institute of Health and Society | Institute of Basic Medical Studies | Institute of Clinical Medicine | Norwegian Centre for Molecular Biosciences and Medicine (NCMBM) | |
| Scientific publications | 2676 | 502 | 344 | 1772 | 30 | |
| Professional study | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Master’s programmes | 7 | 6 | 1 | – | – | |
| Bachelor’s programmes | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Registered students1 | 2380 | 900 | 585 | 830 | – | |
| Candidates on the PhD programme2 | 1270 | 170 | 145 | 925 | 10 | |
| Completed doctorates | 192 | 27 | 20 | 145 | – | |
| Academic full-time equivalents | 760 | 147 | 215 | 332 | 52 | |
| Academic employees | 1392 | 373 | 262 | 695 | 56 | |
| Technical full-time equivalents | 153 | 2 | 64 | 71 | 11 | |
| Technical employees | 190 | 3 | 73 | 96 | 12 | |
| Administrative full-time equivalents | 282 | 44 | 37 | 92 | 7 | |
| Administrative employees | 316 | 61 | 40 | 105 | 7 | |
| Finances – total income | 1661 million | 242 million | 371 million | 611 million | 103 million | |
| Proportion of the budget funded by external sources | 38% | 46% | 39% | 48% | 58% | |
1The Faculty's professional study programme in medicine consists of 12 semesters and has a total of 1495 students. The cited number of student for the institutes includes the institute’s share of the medical students and the number of students on bachelor's and master's programmes (a total of 820 at the Faculty). The number of students at the Faculty also includes 15 students at the the medical student research programme, and visiting exchange students: 15 at master's level, 10 at bachelor's level and 25 at the professional study programme in medicine. For privacy reasons, the figures are rounded off to the nearest 5.
2 The number of candidates as per spring 2025 was reported to the Database for Statistics on Higher Education (DBH) on 15 February 2026. For privacy reasons, the figures are rounded off to the nearest 5. The figure for the Faculty of Medicine includes 15 candidates admitted at overarching faculty level.
Sources of the official facts and figures about the Faculty
- Cristin
- Database for Statistics on Higher Education (DBH) (In norwegian)
- OF (Oracle Financial)
- Student numbers are taken from DBH each autumn after they have been reported.