Oslo Metropolitan University

Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet, officially Oslomet – storbyuniversitetet) is a state university in Oslo and Kjeller, Norway, established on 12 January 2018.奥斯陆城市大学（英文：Oslo Metropolitan University，简称 OsloMet，挪威文正式名称为 Oslomet – storbyuniversitetet）是挪威奥斯陆与谢勒的一所国立大学，2018 年 1 月 12 日设立。

It grew out of Oslo and Akershus University College, until 2018 Norway's largest university college, and it is the second youngest of the country's new universities.该校由奥斯陆与阿克什胡斯大学学院发展而来，后者在 2018 年之前是挪威规模最大的大学学院；它也是挪威新制大学中第二年轻的。

OsloMet has about 20,000 students, some 1,400 academic employees and 800 administrative staff, and it is placed in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.该校约有 2 万名学生、1400 名学术人员与 800 名行政人员，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于第 1201-1400 位区间。

History

• OsloMet's roots lie in the vocational colleges of the Greater Oslo region, including teacher-training and nursing schools, which trained teachers, nurses, social workers, engineers and journalists for the growing welfare state.奥斯陆城市大学的源头是奥斯陆大区的职业院校，其中包括教师培训学校与护士学校，它们为不断扩张的福利国家培养教师、护士、社会工作者、工程师与记者。
• In 1994 Oslo University College and Akershus University College were each formed through mergers of many smaller colleges, a process that consolidated more than 30 institutions over the following years.1994 年，奥斯陆大学学院与阿克什胡斯大学学院分别由多所较小院校合并而成，此后数年间共有 30 多所机构被整合。
• From 1995 the university colleges were governed by the same law and regulatory framework as Norway's universities, which narrowed the formal gap between the two types of institution, although the colleges remained less research-intensive and more vocationally focused.自 1995 年起，这些大学学院与挪威各大学受同一部法律与监管框架约束，两类机构之间的正式差别由此缩小，不过这些学院在研究强度上仍低于大学，职业导向也更强。
• During the 2000s the colleges broadened their academic scope, added master's and doctoral programmes and recruited more associate professors and professors in a process described as academization, with recruitment increasingly favouring candidates at associate professor level or above.进入二十一世纪，这些学院拓宽了学科范围，增设硕士与博士项目，并招聘更多副教授与教授，这一过程被称为「学术化」，招聘也日益偏向副教授及以上职级。
• In 2011 Oslo University College and Akershus University College merged to form Oslo and Akershus University College, which became Norway's largest university college.2011 年，奥斯陆大学学院与阿克什胡斯大学学院合并为奥斯陆与阿克什胡斯大学学院，成为挪威规模最大的大学学院。
• In 2014 the college absorbed the Work Research Institute and the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, two of Norway's largest applied social-science bodies, which brought long-running studies of labour markets and urban policy into the institution.2014 年，该学院并入工作研究所与挪威城市与区域研究所，这两家挪威最大的应用社会科学机构把劳动力市场与城市政策的长期研究带入该校。
• Two years later, in 2016, it merged with Norwegian Social Research and the National Institute for Consumer Research, adding welfare, family, migration and consumption research to its portfolio.两年后的 2016 年，它又并入挪威社会研究所与国家消费者研究所，把福利、家庭、移民与消费研究纳入其版图。
• The four institutes kept their autonomy and separate identities while coming under the university's board, giving OsloMet a research base that a teaching college had lacked.这四家机构在并入大学董事会管理的同时保留自治与独立身份，使奥斯陆城市大学获得了教学型学院所缺乏的研究基础。
• On 12 January 2018 the King-in-Council granted the institution university status, and it adopted the name Oslo Metropolitan University.2018 年 1 月 12 日，挪威国务会议授予该校大学地位，它随即采用奥斯陆城市大学这一名称。
• The name proved controversial: on 18 January 2018 the Language Council of Norway ruled that the correct Norwegian spelling is Oslomet – storbyuniversitetet, rejecting the capitalised OsloMet used in the university's marketing and making the official form mandatory in government usage.校名引发争议：2018 年 1 月 18 日，挪威语言委员会裁定正确拼写为「Oslomet – storbyuniversitetet」，不认可校方宣传中使用的首字母大写形式 OsloMet，并规定政府文书必须使用这一官方拼写。
• Newspapers such as Morgenbladet said they would follow the official spelling, and critics described the branding as a triumph of emptiness in the pages of Aftenposten.《晨报》等报纸表示将遵循官方拼写，批评者则在《晚邮报》上把这一品牌操作称为「空洞的胜利」。
• In 2018 a branding document published for staff claimed that the institution should be called OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, but the Language Council rejected several of its key claims and the broadcaster NRK mocked the document on Dagsnytt Atten, where management declined to appear.2018 年，一份面向员工发布的品牌文件声称该校应称为 OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University，但语言委员会否定了其中多项关键说法，挪威广播公司 NRK 的《每日十八点》节目还嘲讽了这份文件，校方管理层拒绝出面回应。
• The dispute over abbreviations had a long prehistory: already in 1956 the World Meteorological Organization, a United Nations agency, recommended MET OSLO as the international standard abbreviation for the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, and the institute has used MET at home and abroad ever since, which is why it guarded the name so closely.围绕缩写的争议由来已久：早在 1956 年，作为联合国机构的世界气象组织就把 MET OSLO 推荐为挪威气象研究所的国际标准缩写，该研究所此后在国内外一直使用 MET 这一简称，这正是它如此在意这一名称的原因。
• The university also had to negotiate its abbreviation with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, which objected to forms resembling its own international shorthand MET Oslo.该校还必须与挪威气象研究所协商缩写问题，后者反对使用与其国际简称 MET Oslo 相近的形式。
• The university also has official name forms in Northern, Lule and Southern Sami, and it announced that it would translate its name into Norwegian Sign Language, a gesture towards the linguistic minorities the Norwegian state recognises.该校还拥有北萨米语、吕勒萨米语与南萨米语的正式名称形式，并宣布将校名译为挪威手语，以此回应挪威国家承认的语言少数群体。
• Curt Rice, an American linguist, served as rector from 1 August 2015 and led the institution through its transition to university status before leaving in 2021, and he had previously taught at the University of Tromsø.美国语言学家柯特·赖斯自 2015 年 8 月 1 日起任校长，带领该校完成向大学的转型，直至 2021 年离任；他此前在特罗姆瑟大学任教。
• Christen Krogh was appointed rector on 8 December 2021, and he has overseen the consolidation of the Pilestredet and Kjeller campuses and the university's research profile.克里斯滕·克罗于 2021 年 12 月 8 日获任校长，任内推进皮勒斯特雷特与谢勒校区的整合以及学校的研究布局。
• In February 2024 the university board condemned Israel's attack on Gaza, ended its exchange agreement with the University of Haifa and paused new institutional agreements with Israeli universities.2024 年 2 月，该校董事会谴责以色列对加沙的进攻，终止与海法大学的交流协议，并暂停与以色列高校签订新的机构合作协议。
• The decision drew international criticism, including from the former professor Torkel Brekke, who argued in the Wall Street Journal that it crossed into antisemitism.这一决定招致国际批评，前教授托克尔·布雷克在《华尔街日报》撰文称其越界为反犹主义。
• OsloMet describes itself as an urban university whose mission is to deliver research and education that address the practical problems of the welfare state and of city life.奥斯陆城市大学自称为一所城市大学，其使命是提供面向福利国家与城市生活实际问题的研究与教育。
• By the 2020s the university had consolidated around four faculties and four research institutes, with applied health, education, social work and technology as its strongest areas.到二十一世纪二十年代，该校已围绕四个学院与四个研究所完成整合，应用健康、教育、社会工作与技术是其最强领域。

Academics

• OsloMet has four faculties: Health Sciences, Education and International Studies, Social Sciences, and Technology, Art and Design.奥斯陆城市大学设有四个学院：健康科学学院、教育与国际研究学院、社会科学学院，以及技术、艺术与设计学院。
• Foreign-language teaching is concentrated in language education for teachers and in courses aimed at international students, while the rest of the curriculum is delivered in Norwegian.外语教学主要集中在教师语言教育与面向国际学生的课程中，其余课程则以挪威语授课。
• The Faculty of Health Sciences trains nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, radiographers and biomedical laboratory scientists, and it is the university's largest faculty by enrolment.健康科学学院培养护士、物理治疗师、职业治疗师、放射技师与生物医学实验室技术人员，是该校招生规模最大的学院。
• The Faculty of Education and International Studies covers early childhood, primary and secondary teacher education, special needs education and international development studies.教育与国际研究学院涵盖幼儿、小学与中学教师教育、特殊需要教育以及国际发展研究。
• The Faculty of Social Sciences houses social work, child welfare, journalism, media studies, economics, management and public administration, and it includes Oslo Business School.社会科学学院下设社会工作、儿童福利、新闻、媒体研究、经济学、管理学与公共行政，并包含奥斯陆商学院。
• The Faculty of Technology, Art and Design teaches engineering, computer science, architectural design, product design, art and drama, largely on the Kjeller campus and in Pilestredet.技术、艺术与设计学院教授工程、计算机科学、建筑设计、产品设计、艺术与戏剧，主要在谢勒校区与皮勒斯特雷特授课。
• The university employs about 1,400 academic staff, including more than 150 professors and research professors, the top academic rank in Norway.该校约有 1400 名学术人员，其中包括 150 多名教授与研究教授，后者是挪威最高学术职级。
• It has around 20,000 students and 800 administrative staff, and most of its teaching is in Norwegian, with selected courses in English, German and French and a smaller number of courses designed specifically for international students.该校约有 2 万名学生与 800 名行政人员，教学主要以挪威语进行，部分课程使用英语、德语与法语，另有少量专为国际学生开设的课程。
• OsloMet offers bachelor's and master's degrees across the professions and applied sciences, and it runs doctoral programmes in health sciences, social work, education and engineering.该校在专业与应用科学领域开设学士与硕士学位，并在健康科学、社会工作、教育与工程领域开设博士项目。
• The university's research institutes are the Work Research Institute, Norwegian Social Research, the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research and the National Institute for Consumer Research.该校的研究机构包括工作研究所、挪威社会研究所、挪威城市与区域研究所以及国家消费者研究所。
• These institutes produce applied social research on labour markets, welfare, urban policy, migration and consumption, and they publish through national and international channels.这些机构围绕劳动力市场、福利、城市政策、移民与消费开展应用社会研究，并通过国内与国际渠道发表成果。
• Oslo Business School, part of the Faculty of Social Sciences, offers economics and management degrees with an emphasis on public sector and regional business issues.奥斯陆商学院隶属社会科学学院，开设经济学与管理学学位，侧重公共部门与区域商业问题。
• The university's journalism programme, based in the social sciences faculty, trains reporters and media analysts and maintains links with Norwegian broadcasters and newspapers.该校的新闻项目设在社会科学学院，培养记者与媒体分析人才，并与挪威广播机构及报纸保持联系。
• Engineering and computer science at Kjeller benefit from proximity to the Kjeller research park, home to the Institute for Energy Technology and the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment.谢勒的工程与计算机科学受益于邻近的谢勒研究园，园内设有能源技术研究所与挪威国防研究所。
• The university library operates campus libraries at Pilestredet and Kjeller, with collections focused on health, education, social sciences, engineering and design.该校图书馆在皮勒斯特雷特与谢勒设有校区图书馆，馆藏集中于健康、教育、社会科学、工程与设计。
• OsloMet participates in Erasmus and Nordic exchange programmes and recruits international students mainly into English-taught master's courses and short programmes.该校参与伊拉斯谟与北欧交流项目，主要在以英语授课的硕士课程与短期项目中招收国际学生。
• Research at OsloMet is organised through centres and groups that work with municipalities, hospitals, schools and firms, reflecting its applied and profession-oriented mandate.该校研究通过中心与团队组织，与市政当局、医院、学校和企业合作，体现其应用型与职业导向的办学定位。
• Research staff at the four institutes follow a separate career pathway from researcher to senior researcher and research professor, with promotion criteria that correspond to those for assistant professor, associate professor and professor, while the old college track still uses the ranks of first lecturer and docent.四家研究所的研究人员走另一条职业路径，从研究员、高级研究员到研究教授，其晋升标准分别对应助理教授、副教授与教授；原有的学院轨道则仍使用一级讲师与「docent」职称。
• The university uses all three Norwegian academic career pathways, combining the standard professorial ladder with research and teaching career tracks.该校采用挪威全部三种学术职业路径，把标准教授晋升阶梯与研究、教学职业轨道结合起来。

Campus

• Most of the university occupies buildings along Pilestredet in central Oslo, within walking distance of the Royal Palace, the National Theatre and the Storting.该校大部分建筑位于奥斯陆市中心皮勒斯特雷特街沿线，步行可达王宫、国家剧院与议会大厦。
• The Pilestredet campus is an urban collection of converted and purpose-built blocks rather than a walled green campus, and it is served by trams and the city's metro.皮勒斯特雷特校区由改造建筑与新建楼群组成，是城市型校园而非围墙环绕的绿地校园，有轨电车与地铁均可到达。
• The Kjeller campus lies in Akershus, about 20 kilometres northeast of Oslo, beside the Kjeller research park and the town of Lillestrøm.谢勒校区位于阿克什胡斯郡，距奥斯陆东北约 20 公里，紧邻谢勒研究园与利勒斯特伦镇。
• Kjeller hosts engineering, computer science and technology laboratories, and its location next to national research institutes supports joint projects and internships.谢勒校区设有工程、计算机科学与技术实验室，其毗邻国家研究机构的位置有利于联合项目与实习。
• Oslo's high housing costs shape campus life, and most students live in private rented rooms or in housing provided by the SiO student welfare organisation.奥斯陆高昂的住房成本影响校园生活，多数学生住在私人出租房或 SiO 学生福利组织提供的住房中。
• The Pilestredet area includes libraries, laboratories, studios and student canteens spread across several addresses, with the main library as a central study space.皮勒斯特雷特区域在多个门牌号内分布着图书馆、实验室、工作室与学生食堂，主图书馆是核心学习空间。
• The campus is close to Oslo's principal cultural institutions, parks and harbour, and students use the city itself as a laboratory for social work, health and urban studies.校区靠近奥斯陆主要文化机构、公园与港口，学生把城市本身当作社会工作、健康与城市研究的实验室。
• Kjeller's research park and its airport link make the campus accessible from both Oslo and the wider Akershus region.谢勒研究园及其机场交通使该校区可从奥斯陆与整个阿克什胡斯地区抵达。
• The university has renovated and consolidated its Pilestredet buildings in recent years, concentrating teaching and administration in a compact city-centre cluster.近年来，该校翻新并整合皮勒斯特雷特建筑群，把教学与行政集中于紧凑的市中心片区。

Reputation

• Oslo Metropolitan University is placed in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, the ranking used as the entry point for this article.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，奥斯陆城市大学位于第 1201-1400 位区间，这也是本文采用的排名口径。
• The university did not enter the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, so no THE rank is recorded for it in this entry.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，因此本条目不记录其泰晤士名次。
• U.S. News ranked OsloMet 869th in its 2026-2027 global universities list, its strongest position among the major international tables.在 2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球大学榜单中，该校位列第 869 位，这是它在主要国际榜单中的最好位置。
• The university did not enter the main table of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, so no ARWU rank is recorded for it.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，因此本条目不记录其软科名次。
• OpenAlex attributes 17,475 works and 431,682 citations to OsloMet, a research output concentrated in health, welfare, urban studies and education.OpenAlex 记录该校有 17,475 项研究成果与 431,682 次引用，产出集中于健康、福利、城市研究与教育领域。
• As one of Norway's newest universities, OsloMet is judged less on historical prestige than on its role in training the professions of the Norwegian welfare state.作为挪威最新的大学之一，奥斯陆城市大学的评价更多取决于其在培养挪威福利国家专业人才方面的作用，而非历史声望。
• Its four research institutes give it a stronger applied social-science profile than most Norwegian university colleges, particularly in labour, urban and consumer research.该校的四家研究机构使其应用社会科学特色强于多数挪威大学学院，尤其在劳动、城市与消费者研究方面。
• The university's urban and welfare research is used by Norwegian ministries, municipalities and public agencies, and it is a frequent partner in national evaluation and policy projects.该校的城市与福利研究为挪威各部委、市政当局与公共机构所用，并经常参与国家评估与政策项目。
• OsloMet is not listed in the major Chinese or American college guides, and its reputation outside Norway rests mainly on its professional programmes and applied research.该校未进入中国或美国的主要高校指南，其在挪威以外的声誉主要建立在专业项目与应用研究之上。

Student life

• Student welfare is provided by SiO, which offers housing, health services, sports facilities and canteens to students in the Oslo region, including those at OsloMet.学生福利由 SiO 提供，它为包括奥斯陆城市大学学生在内的奥斯陆地区学生提供住房、医疗服务、体育设施与食堂。
• The university has an active student democracy with a student parliament and faculty-level councils that represent students on academic and welfare issues.该校设有活跃的学生民主机制，由学生议会与院级委员会在学术与福利事务上代表学生。
• Student life is shaped by Oslo's cultural scene, with concerts, theatres, galleries and the harbour within walking distance of the Pilestredet campus.学生生活深受奥斯陆文化氛围影响，音乐会、剧院、画廊与港口都在皮勒斯特雷特校区步行范围内。
• The student newspaper Journalen covers campus news, and student groups organise debates, film screenings and social events through the academic year.学生报纸《日报》报道校园新闻，学生团体在学年中组织辩论、放映与社交活动。
• Many students combine study with part-time work in schools, hospitals, municipal services and media outlets, reflecting the university's close ties to working life.许多学生一边学习一边在学校、医院、市政服务与媒体机构兼职，这反映出该校与职场之间的紧密联系。
• OsloMet's international students form a small but visible community, concentrated in English-taught master's programmes and exchange schemes.该校国际学生人数不多但较为活跃，主要集中在英语授课的硕士项目与交流计划中。
• The Kjeller campus has a quieter, research-park atmosphere, with engineering students spending long hours in laboratories and project rooms.谢勒校区氛围更安静，带有研究园气息，工程学生在实验室与项目教室中度过大量时间。
• Norwegian is the main language of social life as well as instruction, and international students are encouraged to take Norwegian courses to enter clinical and school placements.挪威语既是教学语言也是社交生活的主要语言，学校鼓励国际学生修读挪威语课程以进入临床与学校实习。
• Oslo's winter darkness and summer light, together with its expensive housing market, are practical facts of student life that the university addresses through welfare advice and campus facilities.奥斯陆冬季的黑暗、夏季的白夜以及昂贵的住房市场，都是学生生活的现实问题，学校通过福利咨询与校园设施加以应对。

Notable people

• Christen Krogh, rector since December 2021, is a philosopher of science and former vice rector who has led OsloMet's consolidation as a university.克里斯滕·克罗自 2021 年 12 月起任校长，是科学哲学家、前副校长，主持了奥斯陆城市大学作为大学的整合工作。
• Curt Rice, rector from 2015 to 2021, was an American linguist and advocate for gender equality in academia who led the institution to university status in 2018.柯特·赖斯在 2015 年至 2021 年任校长，是美国语言学家与学术界性别平等倡导者，带领该校于 2018 年获得大学地位。
• Rune Slagstad, professor of sociology, is a public intellectual and historian of Norwegian politics whose work is widely read outside the university.社会学教授鲁内·斯拉格斯塔德是公共知识分子与挪威政治史学者，其著作在学界之外也有广泛读者。
• Jan Grund, professor of management, served as rector of Oslo Business School and is known for his work on Norwegian business and public administration.管理学教授扬·格伦德曾任奥斯陆商学院院长，以研究挪威商业与公共行政著称。
• Jon Samseth, professor of energy physics, has worked on materials science and energy technology and has held research posts in Norway and abroad.能源物理学教授约恩·萨姆塞特从事材料科学与能源技术研究，并在挪威与海外担任研究职务。
• Knut Seip, professor of environmental management, is known for research on pollution, water quality and the environmental costs of energy production.环境管理学教授克努特·塞普以污染、水质与能源生产环境代价的研究著称。
• Steinar Stjernø, professor of social policy, has written on the welfare state, poverty and the history of social democracy in Norway.社会政策教授斯坦纳·斯捷尔诺撰写了关于福利国家、贫困与挪威社会民主主义历史的著作。
• Ingunn Sandaker and Erik Arntzen are professors of behaviour analysis whose research and teaching have built one of Norway's strongest behaviour-analytic groups.英贡·桑达克与埃里克·阿恩岑是行为分析教授，其研究与教学建立了挪威最强的行为分析团队之一。
• Per Holth, professor of behaviour analysis, has published on verbal behaviour and experimental analysis and has trained clinicians in applied behaviour analysis.行为分析教授佩尔·霍尔特在言语行为与实验分析方面发表成果，并培训应用行为分析领域的临床人员。
• Liv Mjelde, professor emerita of vocational pedagogy, is known for comparative research on vocational education and the history of working-class learning.职业教育学荣休教授丽芙·米耶尔德以职业教育比较研究与工人阶级学习史研究著称。
• Hadia Tajik, a Labour politician who served as Norway's Minister of Culture and Minister of Labour, studied journalism at Oslo University College, a predecessor of OsloMet.哈迪娅·塔吉克是工党政治家，曾任挪威文化部长与劳动部长，在奥斯陆城市大学的前身奥斯陆大学学院学习新闻学。