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Closer collaboration on health technology

UiS has strengthened its collaboration with Laerdal Medical. One of the projects aims to make emergency calls to 113 eas...

Funding for research on marine ecosystems and climate change

UiS has received 6 million NOK in EU funding for a new research and innovation project addressing the combined impacts o...

UiS reduces tuition fees for international students

University of Stavanger (UiS) is introducing lower tuition fees for international students from outside the EEA and Swit...

One Ocean Expedition

40 students and staff from the University of Stavanger will sail from La Paz to Herradura Bay with the Staatsraad Lehmku...

10 years with a 24-hour library

August 26, 2025 marks ten years since UiS opened Norway’s first 24-hour library. Back then, many were skeptical, but it ...

Discontinues involvement in ECIU University

The UiS board decided in its June 12 meeting to end activities related to ECIU University. However, the board wants memb...

UiS board decides faculty change for NHS - DMSI

The university board decided on June 12 to move NHS – Department of Management and Service Innovation – from the Faculty...

ECIU students found new solutions for wind power

Over 30 students from six countries gathered at the University of Stavanger to develop solutions that could make the win...

UNESCO Chair: Diversity, Inclusion, and Education

The University of Stavanger has extended its UNESCO professorship on diversity, inclusion, and education. This time, it ...

Greenhouse co-founder Dolly Jørgensen receives prestigious Swedish award

Dolly Jørgensen was awarded the 2025 Swedish Gad Rausing Prize for her groundbreaking research in environmental history ...

Like tuning forks in space: A final pure tone reveals mysterious interior of neutron stars

Scientists at University of Stavanger and Goethe University Frankfurt have identified a new way to probe the interior of...

Impact Case: WiKIT: Transforming Children’s Learning with evidence-based EdTech

WiKIT is a social enterprise that was spun off from the University of Stavanger, and was created with the goal to bridge...

Events

Author Talk with Maren Skolem

Mon. 16.02.2026

11:15-12:15

Universitetsbiblioteket, Ullandhaug

Greenhouse online environmental humanities book talks series: "A Song for the Horses" by Kip Hutchins

Mon. 16.02.2026

16:00-17:00

Zoom

Drop-in for students who have applied for outbound exchange autumn semester 2026

Tue. 17.02.2026

12:00-15:00

Kitty Kielland House
S-344 Sommernatt

Concert by cellostudenter

Tue. 17.02.2026

19:30-21:00

Fakultet for utøvende kunstfag
Eikenes-salen

Release concert by Powerkorps

Tue. 17.02.2026

20:00-22:00

BlygeHarry

Webinar: Introduction to Zotero

Wed. 18.02.2026

12:15-14:00

Teams
Language: English

Workshop: Introduction to NVivo

Wed. 18.02.2026

12:15-15:00

Universitetsbiblioteket
Dataverkstedet

Thinking Through Energy Transitions with the Ranstad Uranium Mine

Wed. 18.02.2026

14:15-15:30

Hulda Garborgs hus
HG N-105

Språkkafé/Language café in the library

Wed. 18.02.2026

15:30-17:00

University library

Get Your Message Across: How to Present an Argument

Thu. 19.02.2026

09:00-11:30

Universitetsbiblioteket
KE A-253

Disputation for Sasan Zarghooni-Hoffmann

Thu. 19.02.2026

10:00-14:30

Kjølv Egelands hus
KE E-164

Responsibility and the hidden politics of directionality – opening up ‘innovation democracies’ for sustainability transformations

Thu. 19.02.2026

12:00-13:00

Elise Ottesen-Jensens hus
EOJ 276/277

Disputation for Henrik Wethe Koch

Fri. 20.02.2026

09:15-15:00

Stavanger universitetssjukehus Ullandhaug
Aula, C-bygget, 1. etasje

Shut up & write for PhDs

Wed. 25.02.2026

09:00-11:30

Universitetsbiblioteket, Studieverkstedet

Language café in the library

Wed. 25.02.2026

15:30-17:00

University library

Greenhouse online environmental humanities book talks series: "Ice Geographies" by Jen Rose Smith

Mon. 02.03.2026

16:00-17:00

Zoom

From education theory to community action – a workshop on climate justice

Wed. 04.03.2026

10:15-12:00

Hulda Garborgs hus
HG O-134