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Physical Sciences research in Norway

Norwegian University of Science and Technology ranks first in Norway for Physical Sciences research in 2022–2025 (#158 worldwide), followed by University of Oslo and University of Bergen.

Norway's world rank
#35
of 157 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
30k
Top-10% rate
20.2%
Ranked institutions
57

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

What is the best university for Physical Sciences in Norway?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyTrondheim #15846.522.3%6,707
2University of OsloOslo #37537.421.9%2,737
3University of BergenBergen #86928.520.2%1,597
4UiT The Arctic University of NorwayTromsø #93727.720.8%1,206
5SINTEFTrondheim #1,26924.517.1%1,714
6University of StavangerStavanger #1,51022.722.1%1,257
7Bjerknes Centre for Climate ResearchBergen #1,71921.330.1%196
8University of South-Eastern NorwayKongsberg #1,93320.018.8%729
9Norwegian Meteorological InstituteOslo #1,94320.022.8%145
10University of AgderKristiansand #1,99719.724.5%815
11Norwegian University of Life SciencesÅs #2,03719.523.2%737
12CICERO Center for International Climate ResearchOslo #2,08219.340.3%102
13NORCE Research ASBergen #2,12419.021.2%463
14Norwegian Polar InstituteTromsø #2,26918.428.3%110
15Integrated Optoelectronics (Norway)Trondheim #2,34118.019.5%234
16OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan UniversityOslo #2,91115.725.0%472
17SINTEF IndustryTrondheim #3,00215.416.9%258
18Institute for Energy TechnologyLillestrøm #3,55313.623.5%281
19Norwegian Geotechnical InstituteOslo #3,86612.716.3%301
20Western Norway University of Applied SciencesBergen #4,03012.320.6%391
21Geological Survey of NorwayTrondheim #4,36211.419.6%123
22Norwegian Institute of Marine ResearchBergen #4,38511.425.2%355
23NILUKjeller #4,65810.823.4%90
24Nord UniversityBodø #4,66110.824.6%254
25Norwegian Institute for Nature ResearchTrondheim #4,92110.228.0%237
26Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway)Oslo #5,3109.423.7%66
27Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy ResearchOslo #5,4469.119.4%263
28Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and ClimateTromsø #5,4779.011.5%164
29Høyskolen KristianiaOslo #5,5468.936.3%110
30Oslo University HospitalOslo #5,7608.520.2%139
31University of Inland NorwayElverum #5,8998.327.9%178
32Simula Research LaboratoryOslo #5,9168.216.4%208
33Norsk Hydro (Norway)Oslo #6,0128.117.5%87
34Østfold University CollegeHalden #6,2437.729.7%201
35Norwegian Institute for Water ResearchOslo #6,8226.723.8%190
36The FRAM CentreTromsø #6,9356.618.8%62
37Equinor (Norway)Stavanger #7,1156.312.2%225
38Norwegian Institute of Public HealthOslo #7,9145.222.8%99
39Norwegian Defence Research EstablishmentOslo #7,9485.113.9%145
40Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital EngineeringOslo #8,0265.016.3%122
41NTNU SamfunnsforskningTrondheim #8,5324.415.3%147
42DNV (Norway)Høvik #8,8124.09.7%179
43Molde University CollegeMolde #9,0143.828.6%77
44Norwegian School of EconomicsBergen #9,1193.719.0%114
45Zero Emissions Resource OrganisationOslo #9,2123.58.6%98
46BI Norwegian Business SchoolOslo #9,4363.325.0%100
47Norwegian Computing CenterOslo #9,7542.916.9%100
48FORCE Technology (Norway)Trondheim #9,9932.76.2%115
49Aker BP (Norway)Fornebu #10,9601.78.9%156
50RED Consulting (Norway)Oslo #11,0701.67.1%122
51Institute of Transport EconomicsOslo #11,1591.519.3%76
52NofimaTromsø #11,236145.022.0%80
53Petroleum Technology Company (Norway)Stavanger #12,01374.05.9%92
54Ocean Energy (Norway)Trondheim #12,25453.014.0%60
55657 OsloOslo #12,64320.03.8%89
56Fugro (Norway)Trondheim #12,72713.04.3%78
57Weatherford (Norway)Stavanger #12,8126.04.5%95

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

Who are the top Physical Sciences researchers in Norway?

K. R. Schubert, Ph. Leruste and B. Spaan rank highest among researchers based in Norway.

  1. 1K. R. Schubert#10,850 worldwide overall3.4k citations · 291 works
  2. 2Ph. Leruste#32,705 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 257 works
  3. 3B. Spaan#39,746 worldwide overall2.3k citations · 289 works
  4. 4Yan Zhang#50,912 worldwide overall2.6k citations · 467 works
  5. 5Hamid Reza Karimi#92,335 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 354 works
  6. 6Tor Arne Johansen#128,712 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 322 works
  7. 7Filippo Berto#222,628 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 287 works
  8. 8Hao Wang#681,158 worldwide overall945 citations · 524 works
  9. 9Saket Saurabh#768,044 worldwide overall376 citations · 285 works

How Norway compares with other countries in Physical Sciences