The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences was established in 1861, and is one of eight faculties at the University of Oslo. It is the largest educational and basic research science faculty in Norway. More than 625 scientists, 5000 students and 350 technical and administrative staff members contribute to the pursuit of scientific knowledge and keep the research standard at a high international level.
During the last decades there has been a rapid development within mathematics and natural sciences. These disciplines form the fundament of our understanding of nature and of applied disciplines like information technology, genetics, materials and micro technology. The natural sciences affects our view of the world and the way we think - they form the premises for technological development, and consequently for our material wealth and standard of living.
Being part of this development, today's Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Oslo combines a strong research program, solid instruction and a good relationship with the political and business worlds in its investigations into a wide range of fields. Environmental science, IT, petroleum and astrophysics are areas of particular excellence at the faculty.
Research activities at the faculty span a broad diversity of subjects. Divided into nine departments and three Centres of Excellence, the faculty addresses fundamental problems of theory and practice in mathematics, physics, chemistry, informatics, earth and life sciences. With a special focus on basic research within these fields, the faculty provides leading-edge scientific competence to its students, its industrial research and development (R&D) partners and to other academic institutions in all parts of the world.
Two Nobel prizes and participation in global research projects like ESA's (European Space Administration) and NASA's "Solar and Heliospheric Observatory" are testament to the faculty's strength in scientific research.
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