Akershus University College ( no, Høgskolen i Akershus, HiAk) was a
university college
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located in
Kjeller
Kjeller is a village located near Lillestrøm in the municipality of Lillestrøm, Norway. It is located 25 kilometers north-east of Oslo.
Name
The Norse form of the name was probably ''Tjaldir''. This is then the plural of ''tjald'' n ' tent'. T ...
,
Norway
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. The institution is one of 25 public university colleges owned and run by the Norwegian state. It last had about 3,900 students and a staff of approximately 300. It merged with
Oslo University College
Oslo University College ( no, Høgskolen i Oslo; HiO) was the largest state university college in Norway from 1994 to 2011, with more than 18,000 students and approximately 1800 employees. on 1 August 2011 to create
Oslo and Akershus University College
Oslo and Akershus University College ( no, Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus, abbr. HiOA) was the largest state university college in Norway from its establishment in 2011 until 2018, when it was transformed into Oslo Metropolitan University, the young ...
.
The college was divided into four faculties:
* Faculty of Nursing Education
* Faculty of Product Design
* Faculty of Social Education
* Faculty of Technical and Vocational Teacher Education
Defunct universities and colleges in Norway
Organisations based in Skedsmo
Educational institutions established in 1994
1994 establishments in Norway
Educational institutions disestablished in 2011
2011 disestablishments in Norway
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