The University of Oslo was founded in 1811 as the first in Norway. Today it is the country’s largest public institution of research and higher education with 27 800 students and 6300 employees. Its 2016 operating budget was NOK 7.5 billion.
The Faculty of Medicine is one of 8 faculties at the University of Oslo, and has about 2200 students and about 1000 employees. The faculty offers 9 master programs and 1 bachelor program. Its 2015 operating budget was NOK 1.09 billion. In 2015 the faculty had 753 externally funded research projects. The Faculty consists of 6 units:
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences
- Institute of Health and Society
- Institute of Clinical Medicine
- The Biotechnology Centre of Oslo
- Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway
- Regional Committees for Medical Research Ethics - South East Norway
Institute of Health and Society (Helsam) consists of 6 departments:
- Community Medicine and Global Health
- General Practice
- Health Sciences
- Health Management and Health economics
- Medical Ethics
- Nursing Science
Helsam has almost 200 PhD candidates, 172 academic employees, 37 administrative staff, and 353 scientific publications (2015). In 2015 the budget was NOK 189 mil where 50 % was externally funded. In 2015, Helsam has 209 externally funded research projects. The research projects are financed by, among others, the EU and The Norwegian Research Council. Its scientific staff posess novel research competence within their field and have considerable collaboration with other research institutions both nationally and internationally.
Helsam is responsible for the education of UiO’s medical students in all aspects related to primary care, community health, evidence based knowledge management, epidemiology, medical anthropology, health systems, medical ethics, health policy and leadership. Helsam has seven master programs (Nursing Sciences, Health Sciences, Geriatric Nursing, International Community Health, Health Administration, Health Economics, Policy, and Management, and a European Master in Health Economics and Management) and one bachelor program in Health Leadership and Health Economics (total 638 students in 2015).