University · Trondheim, Norway

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

University in Trondheim, Norway

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About

instance of	university open-access publisher organization
inception	1996
official name	Noregs teknisk-naturvitskaplege universitet (nn) Norwegian University of Science and Technology
native label	Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (nb)
motto text	Det skapende universitet (nn) Knowledge for a better world
legal form	Organisasjonsledd
industry	tertiary education

Location and contact

country	Norway
located in the administrative territorial entity	Trondheim municipality Gjøvik Municipality Ålesund Municipality
headquarters location	Trondheim municipality
coordinate location	63.4194, 10.4025 · Trondheim municipality
official website	https://ntnu.no · language of work or name: Bokmål · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	44,000 · 2025 Earlier figures (1) 42,031 · 2018
employees	8,960 · 2025 Earlier figures (1) 7,401 man-year · 2022
position held by head of the organization	rector of NTNU
rector	Tor Grande

Rankings and recognition

ranking	267 · QS World University Rankings · 2026 Earlier figures (13) 264 · QS World University Rankings · 2025 292 · QS World University Rankings · 2024 352 · QS World University Rankings · 2023 369 · QS World University Rankings · 2022 360 · QS World University Rankings · 2021 359 · QS World University Rankings · 2020 363 · QS World University Rankings · 2019 259 · QS World University Rankings · 2018 259 · QS World University Rankings · 2017 254 · QS World University Rankings · 2016 246 · QS World University Rankings · 2015 251 · QS World University Rankings · 2014 289 · QS World University Rankings · 2012

ranking

267 · QS World University Rankings · 2026

Earlier figures (13)

264 · QS World University Rankings · 2025
292 · QS World University Rankings · 2024
352 · QS World University Rankings · 2023
369 · QS World University Rankings · 2022
360 · QS World University Rankings · 2021
359 · QS World University Rankings · 2020
363 · QS World University Rankings · 2019
259 · QS World University Rankings · 2018
259 · QS World University Rankings · 2017
254 · QS World University Rankings · 2016
246 · QS World University Rankings · 2015
251 · QS World University Rankings · 2014
289 · QS World University Rankings · 2012

Structure and memberships

parent organization or unit	Ministry of Education and Research of Norway
child organization or unit	SINTEF
has part(s)	Det humanistiske fakultet Fakultet for helse- og sosialvitenskap Fakultet for lærer- og tolkeutdanning Fakultet for teknologi Fakultet for økonomi 7 more Fakultet for arkitektur og design Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering Fakultet for naturvitenskap Fakultet for medisin og helsevitenskap Fakultet for samfunns- og utdanningsvitenskap NTNU University Museum Faculty of Engineering
affiliation	European University Association
member of	Top International Managers in Engineering European University Association International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities · described at URL: https://iaks.sport/member/ntnu-norwegian-university GBIF Norway Biodiversity data publishers from Norway 7 more European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment International Council for Open and Distance Education European Open Science Cloud Association Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions ENHANCE Alliance
replaces	Sør-Trøndelag University College · 1 January 2016 Aalesund University College · 1 January 2016 Gjøvik University College · 1 January 2016 NTNU University Museum · 1996 Norwegian Institute of Technology · 1996 3 more Norwegian College of General Sciences · 1996 Trondheim Music Conservatory · 1996 Trondheim Academy of Fine Art · 1996

Other facts

IRC channel URL	irc://irc.efnet.org/#ntnu
official wiki URL	https://wiki.online.ntnu.no · language of work or name: Bokmål https://i.ntnu.no/wiki

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (4)

image	NTNU Trondheim Mainbuilding.jpg
image of entrance	NTNU main entrance (7036247511).jpg
logo image	NTNU-logo.svg
winter view	NTNU (7036243863).jpg

Wikimedia and technical details (8)

Commons category	NTNU Trondheim
topic's main category	Category:Norwegian University of Science and Technology
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
on focus list of Wikimedia project	Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher
IPv6 routing prefix	2001:700:300::/44
IPv4 routing prefix	129.241.0.0/16
social media followers	41,184 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 41325780 · 8 February 2023 Earlier figures (3) 40,117 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 41325780 · 1 March 2022 38,721 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 41325780 · 6 January 2021 37,348 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 41325780 · 26 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (61)

ARWU university ID	Norwegian-University-of-Science-and-Technology---NTNU
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	118680345
BIBSYS ID	90866400
Canadiana Name Authority ID	ncf11101275
CANTIC ID	981058581289906706
CiNii Research ID	1140000791804785920 · subject named as: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
CONOR.SI ID	339967331
ELMCIP ID	5726
ELNET ID	a11797563
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	topic/Norwegian-Institute-of-Technology · subject named as: Norwegian Institute of Technology place/University-of-Trondheim · subject named as: University of Trondheim
EU Participant Identification Code	999977851
EU Transparency Register ID	886395221039-89 · object named as: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Facebook username	ntnu.no
Freebase ID	/m/01hpv5
GND ID	5180253-3
Google Maps Customer ID	13041836405129582475
Google Scholar author ID	145483401850
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID	NTNU · mapping relation type: exact match
GRID ID	grid.5947.f
HAL structure ID	325101
IdRef ID	077414217
ISNI	0000000115162393
J9U entity ID	987007441655605171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID	5180253-3
KISTI ID	K000203699
Lex ID	Norges_teknisk-naturvitenskapelige_universitet · subject named as: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet · mapping relation type: exact match
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n97022361 · subject named as: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Libris-URI	sq464zhb2445p6v
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	204778367
MusicBrainz place ID	ed24a478-75d7-46ca-a4ef-81fc1eb55641
NACSIS-CAT author ID	DA1670882X
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID	person/C16DE000-B688-4410-82AE-990FF720F1B4
National Library of Iceland ID	000103481
National Library of Latvia ID	000136106
National Library of Poland MMS ID	9814549666905606
NL CR AUT ID	ko2004230687 · subject named as: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
NLAI ID	1583202 · subject named as: دانشگاه علم و صنعت نروژ · subject named as: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Norwegian organisation number	974767880
Norwegian State Administration Database ID	25634
NUKAT ID	n2012050140
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100009123
OpenAlex ID	I204778367 P4310314107 · subject named as: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
OpenCorporates organization ID	no/974767880
QS World University ID	norwegian-university-science-technology
Quora topic ID	Norwegian-University-of-Science-and-Technology Universitetet-I-Trondheim
RERO ID (legacy)	A020402739
RILM ID	277938
Ringgold ID	8018
ROR ID	05xg72x27
SBN author ID	UFIV072941 · subject named as: University of Trondheim : Norwegian Institute of Technology
Sceneweb organization ID	8144
SCImago Institutions Rankings ID	88348
SNARC ID	Q47093
subreddit	ntnu · language of work or name: English · subject named as: NTNU · 22 May 2023
Times Higher Education World University ID	norwegian-university-science-and-technology
U-Multirank university ID	norwegian-university-of-science-and-technology
VIAF cluster ID	136213496
X (Twitter) username	NTNU · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 37,348 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 41325780 · 26 April 2020
‎HAND ID	7041-290E-177B-93DA-3A2F
‎Scilit organization ID	306
‎Yale LUX ID	group/3925fba5-72de-49a6-a269-19505faace02

Campuses and colleges

NTNU Dragvoll · Campus
NTNU in Gjøvik · Campus
NTNU in Ålesund · Campus