This week, key people from the Student Affairs Department, the IT Department, and the Section for Management of Electronic Case Processing and Documentation (ESAK) gathered to celebrate. A new process for PhD admissions is in place, and the integration between Nettskjema and the archive system Elements — which makes the new process possible — is operational.
UiO is opening for the allocation of project funds to academic environments that wish to develop new educational offerings or adapt existing educational offerings in collaboration with one or more partners in the Circle U. university alliance.
How should the University of Oslo maintain its research profile as an internationally oriented, comprehensive university? This was discussed by Rector Ragnhild Hennum, Pro-Rector Bjørn Jamtveit and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences Anne Julie Semb at an open meeting last Friday.
The University of Oslo (UiO) is launching a mandatory course on privacy and IT security. It is designed to provide you with the necessary skills to protect our valuable research data and personal information.
Instructors at at UiO can sign up to find out if the content they develop is accessible to all students. They can now join the Testfest (Test festival) for universal design of teaching resources.
The local salary negotiations at the University of Oslo (UiO) for 2025 have now been concluded. This year’s settlement is an interim settlement, which means that only salary has been subject to negotiations.
The agenda for the meeting featured the state budget, board work, and Viking ships as Rector Ragnhild Hennum welcomed staff to her inaugural digital all hands meeting.
Ukraine’s First Lady, Olena Zelenska, visited the University of Oslo on 23 October. She was present for the signing of an agreement between the Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies (GCUS) and the University of Oslo.
Starting Monday, December 1, you will need to pay for parking at UiO. Following October 16 you do not need to use the Apcoa Flow app.
– We are pleased to see that this budget invests in higher education and research, and that our concerns about rent for the Life Science building have been heard. We look forward to moving in next year, says Rector Ragnhild Hennum at the University of Oslo.
Every year on 10 October, mental health is brought to the fore around the world. At UiO, there will be events and activities for an entire week. This year's theme: Mental Preparedness.
On Thursday, October 2, the new version of GPT UiO was released. It includes several new features, including document uploads and the ability to create your own AI assistants.
The changes are not very noticeable for you as a user of IT at UiO, but it is an important change from a technological and security perspective.
After ten years of preparation, the first of the Viking ships will be relocated to a new museum, where they can be preserved and displayed for posterity. The final journey of the Oseberg Ship begins on 10 September.
Irishman Brian Dooley is Senior Advisor at the Washington DC-based NGO Human Rights First. He receives the award for having dedicated his career to advocating human rights and bringing greater global attention to less visible issues.
The UiO Growth House is introducing two newly developed innovation courses to strengthen innovation competence and capacity among researchers, including PhD candidates and postdocs, and other staff. Read more about the courses and sign up.
Currently, UiO is purchasing landline telephony from SIKT, but SIKT will discontinue this service in the second half of 2025. Most others in the sector have already switched to telephony via Teams, and now UiO will join them. This is the most practical solution, and the move has been decided by the university director.
– The University of Oslo has played a significant role in building our country for over 200 years. And now it is your turn to be part of that history, said rector Ragnhild Hennum as she welcomed new students on the University Square.
Almost 3300 master students have accepted the offer of master admission this autumn at the University of Oslo. This is a modest increase in applicants and admissions compared to last year.
The chosen case management system to replace Elements is WebSak+ from the supplier ACOS. Implementation is planned for spring 2026. More information will follow after the summer.
This was stated by Ragnhild Hennum in her speech at the Aula yesterday, when she was inaugurated as the new Rector of the University of Oslo. Hennum will take on her duties on 1 August.
Three researchers at the University of Oslo have received the prestigious Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Their projects will provide new insights into warfare, global criminal life courses, and the origins of the mathematical worldview.
Are you a researcher with an innovative idea based on your research that can contribute to solving an important need in society, but need funding to develop the idea further? Check the UiO call for innovation funding within all academic fields. The call is aimed at both commercial and non-commercial projects. The application deadline was 1 September 2025.
Anders Jahre Award for Medical Research 2025 is awarded to Professor Sten Eirik Wælgaard Jacobsen, Karolinska Institutet. The Anders Jahre Award for Young Researchers goes to Thomas McWilliams, University of Helsinki and William Nyberg, Karolinska Institutet.
The trade union LO Stat and the state reached an agreement at 2 a.m. this morning. This means there will be no strike this year, and that this year’s salary negotiations will begin.
