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World University Rankings 2026: Norway

11 universities ranked in Norway, out of 2,280 worldwide. No official admissions or graduate-earnings data is used for Norway yet, so the within-country part (35%) is estimated from each university’s standing among Norway’s universities on the global measures.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons. University of Oslo: hirotomo t from japan · CC BY-SA 2.0; University of Bergen: Sveter · CC BY-SA 3.0; Norwegian University of Science and Technology: Shekko · CC BY-SA 3.0; UiT The Arctic University of Norway: Edricson · CC BY-SA 3.0.

National rankRank	University	World rank	Overall score	Research	Alumni outcomes	Admissions & earnings (in country)	World rank range
1	University of Oslo	51	63.9	91	98	est.	30–125
2	University of Bergen	=319	38.7	82	82	est.	170–664
3	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	=327	38.5	90	61	est.	173–722
4	University of Stavanger	=662	28.8	76	51	est.	362–1307
5	UiT The Arctic University of Norway	=813	25.0	70	54	est.	478–1514
6	University of Agder	=932	22.8	65	65	est.	532–1665
7	Norwegian University of Life Sciences	=1116	18.9	55	70	est.	657–1858
8	Oslo Metropolitan University	=1158	18.1	57	56	est.	749–1943
9	Nord University	=1461	14.6	49	51	est.	918–2091
10	University College of Southeast Norway	=1648	13.1	43	47	est.	1007–2143
11	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences	=1821	12.1	39	21	est.	1054–2184

11 universities

Research Index for Norway · All of Europe · All countries

National rank follows the world ranking: universities are listed in world-rank order and keep a shared rank where their world rank is shared. Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among all 2,280 ranked universities; Admissions & earnings is the position within the university’s own country (est. where no official data exists). How the ranking works.