Harstad University College ( no, Høgskolen i Harstad or ) was a høgskole, a Norwegian state institution of

higher education Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completi ...

, in the city of Harstad which is located in

Harstad Municipality ( se, Hárstták) is the second-most populated municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is mostly located on the large island of Hinnøya. The municipal center is the town of Harstad, the most populous town in Central Hålogaland, ...

Troms og Finnmark Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English language, English), is a Counties of Norway, county in Northern Norway, northern Norway that was established ...

county,

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. It was originally established on 28 October 1983 but was enlarged on 1 August 1994 as a result of the merging of three regional ''høgskoler''. Harstad University College had about 1300 students and 120 employees in 2012. Harstad University College was at that time organised in two departments, the ''Business Administration and Social Sciences Department'', and the ''Health and Social Care Department''. Department of Business Administration and Social Sciences consisted of two sections: *Leadership, Management, and Organization *Services Department of Health and Social Care consisted of four sections: *Social Education *Nursing *Child Welfare Education *Continuing Education

End of separate existence

However, on 1 January 2016 the college was merged with the

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway an ...

and the location became one of that university's several regional campuses.

References

Universities and colleges in Norway Education in Troms og Finnmark Harstad Educational institutions established in 1994 1994 establishments in Norway {{TromsFinnmark-geo-stub