The University of Oslo is Norway’s oldest and highest ranked educational and research institution, with 28 000 students and 7500 employees.
The Department of Political Science is a part of the Faculty of Social Sciences and conducts research, teaching and dissemination. The Department currently has 37 permanent academic staff members, 23 research fellows conducting PhDs, 23 postdoctoral fellows and eleven administrative employees. About 1100 students are currently enrolled in Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD study programmes in political science, as well as the interdisciplinary Bachelor’s degree programmes in International Studies and Public Administration and Leadership, and the Master’s degree programme in Peace and Conflict Studies. The department is the host of C-REX Center for Research on Extremism.
