Aalesund University College (Norwegian: ''Høgskolen i Ålesund'') was a medium-sized 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 ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

with 2249 students and 224 employees. AAUC was founded in 1994 as a result of the reorganisation of professional higher education in Norway. Three former colleges in Ålesund, the College of Marine Studies, the College of Engineering and Aalesund College of Nursing were then merged into one institution. The college was divided into five faculties: * Faculty of Health Sciences * Faculty of International Marketing * Faculty of Life Sciences * Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences * Faculty of Maritime Technology and Operations AAUC was merged with NTNU, Sør-Trøndelag University College and

Gjøvik University College Gjøvik University College ( no, Høgskolen i Gjøvik, HiG) is a university college in Norway. In January 2016, Gjøvik University College joined with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (known as NTNU). HiG is now referred to as ...

under the name NTNU in Aalesund in January 2016.Sunnmørsposten.no: Fusjon mellom NTNU og Høgskolen i Ålesund
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Universities and colleges in Norway Education in Møre og Romsdal Educational institutions established in 1994 1994 establishments in Norway Organisations based in Ålesund {{Norway-university-stub