The University of Bergen is the size of a medium sized European University
With its 17 000 students and more than 2 500 staff, the University of Bergen is a medium-sized European university. It is an urban university, with much of its campus close to the city centre of Bergen. The University of Bergen aims to be a university of high international standard, and the leading Norwegian university in selected fields of competence. In certain areas of research, the University should be a centre of excellence at international levelThe University of Bergen is Norway's urban university, with most of its premises concentrated in two areas.