In addition to the Rector, the Rectorate at NTNU consists of two Pro-Rectors.
The Rector is head of academic and administrative activities at NTNU and is also Secretary to the Board of NTNU.
The Rector reports to the Board and is responsible for communication between the Board and the outside world regarding decisions passed by the Board.
The Rector is responsible for financial matters at NTNU, and for keeping the Board continuously updated on financial and budgetary issues.
Rector
Torbjørn Digernes
Torbjørn Digernes
– Rector
NTNU’s Rector was born in 1947 in Ørsta, in western Norway. He completed his master’s degree (sivilingeniør) in applied physics at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) in 1972 and was awarded his doctorate at the Department of Computer Science, NTH ten years later. His thesis work concerned an economic analysis of the design and operation of fishing vessels.
He worked at the Educational group at the Center of Computation at the University of Trondheim from 1972 to 1974, at the Institute for Research on Fishery Technology from 1974 to 1986, and at MARINTEK from 1986 to 1990. For the next six years he was employed at the European Space Agency’s Space Station programme at the European Space Technical Centre in the Netherlands.
In 1984, he was appointed adjunct professor at NTH, and in 1998 he was given a position as Professor of Marine Systems Design at NTNU. He was Dean of the Faculty of Marine Technology from 1999 to 2001, and when that faculty was merged with three others into the new Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology in 2002, he was elected the Dean of this faculty.
Quantitative modelling, using both analytical and simulational methods, has been a common thread in his research and teaching.
Professor Digernes has held a range of board positions both at NTNU and outside, and he was appointed Rector of NTNU on 1 August 2005.
Astrid Lægreid
Astrid Lægreid
– Pro-Rector Research and Innovation
Astrid Lægreid is Professor of Functional Genome Research at the Faculty of Medicine (DMF). She specializes in biology/molecular biology. She has worked at NTNU since 1988, initially as a research fellow and later as a researcher and associate professor before accepting the position as professor in 2002.
Lægreid gained managerial experience during her period as Vice-Dean at DMF, and she has been a member of several boards at NTNU since her arrival. She has served on a number of committees and panels, also outside her own field and faculty. Some of these have been at national level.
Julie Feilberg has worked as an associate professor at the Department of Applied Linguistics since 1990. She has been Pro-Rector at NTNU since 2002.
Julie Feilberg was previously Head of the Department of Applied Linguistics and Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Arts. In addition, she has chaired and served on several national boards, committees and councils, and has for many years participated in large-scale research work dealing with the principal aspects of NTNU’s activities.
