Tromsø University College (Norwegian: "Høgskolen i Tromsø, HiTø") was a university college located in Tromsø, Norway. It offered programs in a variety of fields, including

health care Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health profe ...

, engineering,

business administration Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of management ...

, teaching, and music,

dance Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

, and drama. The college was founded in 1994 as part of the

University College reform The University college reform was a reform throughout Norway where 98 smaller colleges were transformed into 26 larger university colleges from 1 August 1994. In addition a number of fine art educations were merged to two National Academies of the ...

, which merged four previously autonomous state colleges into one regional college. These colleges were Tromsø Teacher College, Tromsø Maritime College, Tromsø Nursing College, and Northern Norway Music Conservatory. Tromsø University College students had access to a variety of support services, including healthcare, housing, and recreational activities. In 2009, Tromsø University College was incorporated into the University of Tromsø, which is now known as UiT The Arctic University of Norway. This merger was part of a larger effort to streamline higher education in Norway and improve the quality of university-level education across the country. Today, the University of Tromsø offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in fields ranging from the humanities and social sciences to natural sciences and technology.

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Defunct universities and colleges in Norway Education and research in Tromsø Education in Troms og Finnmark Educational institutions established in 1994 1994 establishments in Norway Educational institutions disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Norway University of Tromsø {{Norway-university-stub