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Life Sciences research in Norway

University of Oslo ranks first in Norway for Life Sciences research in 2022–2025 (#252 worldwide), followed by Oslo University Hospital and Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Norway's world rank
#38
of 149 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
7.8k
Top-10% rate
23.0%
Ranked institutions
23

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Life Sciences in Norway?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of OsloOslo #25238.324.9%1,112
2Oslo University HospitalOslo #40433.023.3%536
3Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyTrondheim #56329.325.2%694
4University of BergenBergen #71626.622.8%646
5Norwegian University of Life SciencesÅs #1,07122.226.2%596
6UiT The Arctic University of NorwayTromsø #1,30420.023.4%364
7Haukeland University HospitalBergen #1,57017.921.2%179
8Norwegian Institute of Marine ResearchBergen #2,35413.429.2%127
9Norwegian Institute of Public HealthOslo #2,42813.024.0%115
10Nord UniversityBodø #2,60412.229.7%132
11OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan UniversityOslo #3,00710.622.9%100
12NofimaTromsø #3,2629.726.3%147
13University of StavangerStavanger #3,3109.621.2%101
14St Olav's University HospitalTrondheim #3,3849.321.1%91
15Akershus University HospitalLillestrøm #3,7068.318.0%72
16Norwegian Veterinary InstituteOslo #4,0837.220.6%91
17Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy ResearchOslo #4,0927.226.3%217
18University of Inland NorwayElverum #4,1017.231.5%89
19Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway)Oslo #4,1577.024.0%86
20SINTEFTrondheim #4,4166.322.7%97
21University of AgderKristiansand #4,8835.226.5%80
22Norwegian Institute for Nature ResearchTrondheim #4,9885.026.5%76
23University of South-Eastern NorwayKongsberg #6,5122.016.5%61

Institutions in Norway above the floor of 40 fractional works in Life Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Life Sciences researchers in Norway?

Srdjan Djurovic, Ole A. Andreassen and Vincent G. H. Eijsink rank highest among researchers based in Norway.

  1. 1Srdjan Djurovic#1,714 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 82 works
  2. 2Ole A. Andreassen#6,978 worldwide overall3.5k citations · 175 works
  3. 3Vincent G. H. Eijsink#36,734 worldwide overall777 citations · 68 works
  4. 4Kirsten Sandvig#80,124 worldwide overall457 citations · 70 works
  5. 5Leif Ryvarden#313,947 worldwide overall366 citations · 122 works
  6. 6Ivar Rønnestad#838,380 worldwide overall235 citations · 98 works
  7. 7Per M. Jørgensen#896,747 worldwide overall106 citations · 95 works

How Norway compares with other countries in Life Sciences