2026

The local salary negotiations at the University of Oslo (UiO) for 2025 have now been concluded.

The National Security Authority (NSM) has raised the national cyber risk level to HIGH. The IT department is closely monitoring the situation and implementing necessary measures. As faculty or staff, you may carry out your normal workday, but we all must be extra vigilant.

UiO covers the cost of influenza vaccination for employees who wish to receive it. You can get vaccinated at Vitusapotek pharmacies. Read more about how to book an appointment.

From Thursday 22 October at 12:00 until Monday 26 October, it will not be possible to edit content on UiO's «For employees» web pages. The pages will remain available as usual for anyone who wants to read them.

The local parties at the University of Oslo (UiO) have reached an agreement on general increases for the 2026 salary settlement.

All employees may use 1.5 working hours per week to exercise. Make use of courses offered this autumn semester!

The topic was responsibility in international cooperation and preparedness. 2026 is the Total Defence year – how is UiO prepared for prolonged crises and, well... war?

The new representatives of the group of fixed-term academic staff on the University Board have been elected.

Rector Ragnhild Hennum welcomes employees to a meeting at Scene Humsam in Georg Sverdrup's hus on Friday 12 June, 09:00–09:40. 

UiO is now launching an improved version of Meldeappen, the tool UiO uses to register and keep track of how the university processes personal data.

On Tuesday 28 April, all staff and students are invited to open consultation meetings on the review of the International Summer School (ISS) and UiO’s Norwegian language courses. The meetings will take place in Niels Henrik Abels hus, Abels utsikt (room 1259).

The University of Oslo has introduced a new procedure for registering holidays for academic staff. It was partially implemented in 2025, but from 2026 onwards holidays in July will be pre-registered for everyone in this staff category.

In recent weeks, there have been several minor arson incidents at Nedre Blindern and one case in Forskningsparken. All of them were quickly detected and extinguished. The police have opened an investigation into the events. Access card and code is now required to enter the buildings.

Employees will receive an overview of saved links and easy access to important content will be maintained.

4 March 2026 an error occurred in the settings for a security mechanism on Windows machines at UiO. If you are experiencing problems with applications/programs not starting, or that you have a black screen after logging in to the machine, you have been affected by this error. The IT department is working to fix this on the affected machines.

The application deadline for stays during the summer school holidays is 15 February. Applications for stays outside the summer holidays are processed on a rolling basis. The Holiday Foundation’s cabins on Hvaler open at Easter.

1 March is the deadline for applying to the University Kindergartens for year 2025/2026 with start-up in August. The application form opens 1 February.