Our societal mission is higher education, research and artistic development work, dissemination and innovation. We have condensed this mission into our motto: “We will challenge the well-known and explore the unknown.”
2250 employees
12,600 students
What working for us involves
The university has great ambitions. We aim to be a driving force in the knowledge development for the region, and to be an international research university focusing on innovation and novel approaches.
We want to work together with our employees and students to set our sights higher and venture to think big, along new lines. We aim to be a service-oriented organisation that is willing to take action and change, known for a university culture characterised by innovation and novel approaches, mutual respect and cooperation.
Our academic activities are organised into six faculties and at the Museum of Archaeology.
Help us to challenge and explore!
Employment conditions
Some of our employee benefits: Exercise during work hours, HomeJobHome, pension and insurance, working hours and accomodation.
The university has a number of welfare initiatives that are administered by the welfare committee.
We have a corporate art association and corporate sports teams, and we also organise annual parties, autumn parties and barbecues.
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Read more about employment conditions at UiS.
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EURAXESS (EMC)
The EURAXESS team aims to get international employees up and running with their work more quickly, lower the threshold for relocating to Stavanger and helping to make their stay as good as possible
The EURAXESS team has to coordinate matters and ensure that each individual foreign employee is welcomed and followed up throughout their entire stay.
The stay in Stavanger starts off with a collective Area Orientation Day under the auspices of the local Chamber of Commerce. You will receive practical information on what living in Norway is like, and about culture, history and transport options, in combination with a tour of the city.
Course participants are divided up into small groups so that people can all get to know one another and ask questions. Participants then become members of the Chamber of Commerce in the Stavanger region and continue to receive information and invitations to various courses and trips.
Get in touch if you have any questions:
EMC – Euraxess Mobility Centre, University of Stavanger: emc@uis.no
HR Excellence in Research
The University of Stavanger has received the HR Excellence in Research award (europa.eu) by way of approval of its work with the Charter & Code. This is the EU’s quality hallmark for institutions that work actively to promote researcher mobility, and that provide researchers with attractive working conditions and the opportunity to develop their careers.
Academic representative
Professor Geir Skeie has been named as the representative for research ethics issues at the University of Stavanger for a period of two years.
The academic representative must ensure that attention is paid to ethical dilemmas and ethical topics linked with research at the University of Stavanger. As well as increasing awareness of research ethics issues, the representative must be someone whom employees and students can consult if they have any queries regarding ethics in research.
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