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

higher education Tertiary education (higher education, or post-secondary education) is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank defines tertiary education as including universities, colleges, and vocational schools ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

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 Ålesund () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of Ålesund Municipality. The centre of the town of Ålesund lies on the islands of Hessa, Aspøya, Ålesund, Asp� ...

, 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 Sør-Trøndelag University College ( Norwegian: Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag) or HiST was a Norwegian university college located in Trondheim. The school offered higher education within nursing, teaching, economics, food science, engineering a ...

and

Gjøvik University College Gjøvik University College (, HiG) is a university college in Norway. In January 2016, Gjøvik University College joined the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (known as NTNU). HiG is now referred to as the NTNU campus in Gjøvik. C ...

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 Universities and colleges established in 1994 1994 establishments in Norway Organisations based in Ålesund {{Norway-university-stub