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Gjøvik and Lillehammer UC – planning to merge in 2007. Joint international office from Oct. 2004. Presence and service on both campuses. Cooperation on management, strategies, agreements, activites for int. students, etc. Regional university ambitions; Gjøvik/Lillehammer + Hedmark.
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Gjøvik and Lillehammer UC – planning to merge in 2007. • Joint international office from Oct. 2004. • Presence and service on both campuses. • Cooperation on management, strategies, agreements, activites for int. students, etc. • Regional university ambitions; Gjøvik/Lillehammer + Hedmark
Facts about Lillehammer University College • One of 25 state university colleges in Norway • Established in 1994 as part of the national reorganization of higher education • Is localized at Storhove – 5 km north of the town centre • 2800 students • 250 teaching and administrative staff
Faculties at Lillehammer UC • Faculty of Social Sciences • Faculty of Health and Social Work • Faculty of Television Production and Film Studies • The Norwegian Film School
Faculty of Social Sciences • Bachelor programmes:Business AdministrationSocial SciencesOrganisation and ManagementTravel and Tourism • Master programme:Education
Faculty of Health and Social Work • Bachelor programmes:Social WorkChild Care and WelfareSocial EducationPsychology • Master programmes:Social PolicySocial AdministrationHealth and Social Work with Children and Youth
Faculty of Television Production and Film Studies • Bachelor programmes:Directing for TelevisionProfessional BroadcastingVisual CultureCulture Management • Master programme:Film/TV Science
The Norwegian Film School • The Film School offers a 3-year professional training programme. • Areas of specialisation:CinematographyDirectingEditingProducingScreenwritingSound design and technique
Facts about Lillehammer • 25 000 inhabitants • Situated at the northern end of Lake Mjøsa, Norway’s biggest lake • 180 km north of Oslo • Hosted the 1994 winter olympics • Stable climate – warm summers and cold winters • Excellent possibilities for outdoor activities, in summer as well as in winter
Gjøvik University College • 1600 students, 200 staff members • Bachelor programmes in nursing, radiography, engineering (electrical, civil, mechanical), geomatics, technology design, computer science, information security, media technology, media management, media design. • Two international master programmes (from 2006):Information SecurityMedia Technology
Facts about Norway • 4,4 million inhabitants • 385 000 km2 • 19 counties and 435 municipalities • The Norwegian coastline mesures 2650 km • Monarchy King Harald 5th • Parliamentary democracy ”Stortinget” • Member of the EEA and Schengen, but not the European Union
Norway - the cradle of skiing • The downhill slopes at Hafjell and Kvitfjell are known to the world as olympic arenas (Lillehammer Winter Olympics 1994). • The Norwegian national sport is crosscountry skiing. In Lillehammer there are many marked ski trails