Department of Education and Health Promotion was established  July 1st 2004 at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen. The department merged staff from from the Centre for Child Welfare, the Research Centre for Health Promotion, the Department of Teacher Training and Department of Education. From 2005, the interfacultary Master in Gender and Development is being offered at the Department of Education and Health Promotion.

The Department of Education and Health Promotion engages in research on learning in higher education, child welfare issues and health promotion initiatives.

The Department is responsible for the University's program for inservice training in pedagogics, Teacher Training and various Bachelor- and Masters programmes in the fields of education and health Promotion. The Department also offers education at PhD level.

Sub Units:
Centre for Child Welfare	|	Research Centre for Health Promotion
Dept. of Teacher Training	|	Dept. of Education
Gender and Development	|

Head of Department:
Sølvi Lillejord
1 Vice Head of Dept.:
Gro Lie
2 Vice Head of Dept:
Arild Raaheim
Head of Staff:
Terje Restad