Topic: Education

Upper secondary education

Steady increase of pupils on programmes for general studies

Published: 12 June 2014

upper secondary education, folk high schools, tertiary vocational education, pupils, apprentices, tainees, education programmes, fields of study, vocational examinations, apprentice examination, course level, completed education, interrupted education, immigrants, Norwegian-born with immigrant parents

Students at universities and colleges

Most students in Health, welfare and sport

Published: 23 May 2014

educational institution, specialist field (for example social studies, law, humanities and arts), students abroad, countries of destination, type of institution, ownership, immigrants, norwegian-born with immigrant parents, parents' educational attainment level

Graduations from universities and colleges

Small increase at graduate level

Published: 22 May 2014

higher education, graduates, specialist field (for example social studies, law, the humanities), Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, undergraduate studies, postgraduate studies, research education, doctorates

Academic and special libraries

Fewer books and publication series

Published: 22 May 2014

university library, university college library, national library, special library, lending, borrowing, collections, books, journals, digital documents, employees, revenues, expenditure

Credit point production at universities and colleges

Half of full-time students attained 60 credit points

Published: 21 May 2014

students, credit points, educational institutions, type of institution, ownership, specialist field (for example social studies, law, the humanities)

Activities of adult learning associations

Slight increase in activities

Published: 13 May 2014

courses, course participation, main subjects (for example languages, social studies, services), adult education

Minifacts about Norway 2014

Published: 9 May 2014

Minifacts about Norway presents key information about Norway in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

Former participants in the introduction programme for newly arrived immigrants 2007-2011

Reports 2014/15

Published: 6 May 2014

Kindergartens

Nine out of ten children in kindergarten

Published: 25 April 2014

private kindergartens, public kindergartens, non-municipal kindergartens, coverage, part-time place, duration of stay, minority language children, refugee kindergartens, family kindergartens, open kindergartens, kindergarten personnel, nursery nurses

Folk high schools

High number of foreign participants on short courses

Published: 9 April 2014

participants, cohorts, main subjects (for example languages, services, social studies), foreign nationals

Facts about education in Norway 2014

Published: 11 February 2014

This brochure contains key figures for education statistics in Norway. The statistics are based on figures for 2012.

Households’ payments in kindergartens, rates of change

Rise in kindergarten fees

Published: 10 February 2014

parents' payments, kindergarten rates, private kindergartens, public kindergartens

National tests

Geographical differences

Published: 6 February 2014

pupils, primary and lower secondary schools, results, pupil performance, command level

Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents in lower secondary school

Reports 2013/65

Published: 23 December 2013

Utdanning 2013

Published: 19 December 2013