The Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (also known as INN University, no, Høgskolen i Innlandet) is a state university college in Innlandet, Norway, established in 2017 from the merger of the Hedmark University College and

Lillehammer University College Lillehammer University College ( no, Høgskolen i Lillehammer) was a state university college located at Storhove in Lillehammer, Norway. It was merged with Hedmark University College to become the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences in 20 ...

. It has six campuses, of which Lillehammer is the biggest, located at the television and radio center built for the

1994 Winter Olympic Games The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

History

The university was formed on 1 January 2017 from the merger of Hedmark University College and

. The

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is Peer Jacob Svenkerud.

Locations

The university has campuses in Blæstad, Elverum,

Evenstad Evenstad is a village in Stor-Elvdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the Glomma river, about south of the village of Koppang. The small village (it had a population of 77 in 2005 according tStatBank is surro ...

, Hamar,

Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ...

and Rena. It has faculties spread across all sites, with approximately 16,000 students and 1,100 employees.

Education

The university offers 35 one-year study programs and 52 Bachelor's degree programs, with several taught in English. The university also offers 31 Master's degree programs and a choice of 4 PhDs (in addition to one in cooperation with the

Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

). There are also teacher education and further education programs. The main teaching and research areas are ecology and

agricultural sciences Agricultural science (or agriscience for short) is a broad multidisciplinary field of biology that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. Profession ...

, psychology, sports, law, music, health sciences, social sciences, teacher education, language and literature, biotechnology,

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

, television and culture, tourism,

animation Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...

and game sciences, economics, and leadership and innovation.

The Norwegian Film School

The Norwegian Film School is a faculty at INN University, founded as part of the university in 1997 in the facilities that hosted the media center during the 1994 Winter Olympics. The school had new facilities built in 2004.

Research

The merged university has the following priority research areas: *Applied Ecology *Audiovisual Media * Game Sciences *Child and Youth Competence Development *Services Innovation *Teaching and Teacher Education An Olympic Studies Centre was opened in 2018, and the Centre for Excellence in Film and Interactive Media Arts (CEFIMA) opened in the same year.

References

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