USN
University of South-Eastern Norway
The University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) is Norway’s fourth largest university. It employs 1,900 people and offers an education to about 17,000 students. We offer more than 300 bachelor’s and master’s degree courses, including ‘business bachelor’ and ‘industry master’ degrees, which combine studies with salaried work. USN offers doctoral (PhD) study programmes in eight subject fields.
The department of Natural Sciences and Environmental Health focus on natural resources and conservation. It has 4 research groups focusing on aquatic and terrestrial ecology in addition to climate change and alpine ecosystem. Is has an extensive lab focusing on molecular research.

