Did you know that the city name Trondheim derives from the Norse name Þróndheimr which means “the home of the strong and the fertile”? Well, the heritage of the name is no disgrace to the modern city version of Trondheim. Welcome to a city that is teeming with innovations, knowledge and engagement.

Technological leading city

Trondheim is the home of some of Norway’s leading competences within technology and science, led the way by institutions such as NTNU, Sintef and The Kavli Institute. Groundbreaking research within fields such as ultrasound and clinical medicine have put Trondheim on the map as a city of science in an international context.

You will also find leading research projects on hydropower, material science, oil and gas as well as environmental and renewable energy technology. Trondheim is also known as the “search engine technology city” as a new search engine technology was launched here and sold to Microsoft for 1, 24 billion USD.

Strong and diverse academic range

Trondheim is one of Norway’s largest student cities with strong and diverse academic range. You will find profession studies at HiST within nursing, health, social education, information technology, economy, and management amongst others. DMMH offers early childhood education while  NTNU in addition, offers a range of social sciences and humaniora which also largely is devoted to research activity. You will also find international acknowledged education in performing arts and music where many of the country’s leading artists have found their expression.

Various entrepreneur businesses have derived from the academic networks and there is held an annual award called Innovator – the entrepreneurs of Trondheim’s very own “Academy award”. Trondheim also has active recruiting networks supporting new talents and new ideas. Look here for further information on career outlooks in Trondheim.

Norway’s largest voluntary student organizations

Trondheim is the third most populated city region with approximately 170 000 residents. Amongst these, whereas 30 000 of the city’s inhabitants (every sixth resident) are students. This makes Trondheim’s population one of the highest educated population on average in Europe. The student volunteer organizations are some of the unique features of Trondheim. The world’s largest student theme festival, ISFiT, and Norway’s largest culture festival UKA, is arranged every second year. In addition, there are about 1250 volunteer students running the student society, producing and broadcasting student media, cultural events, political meetings and such at the characteristic house of Studentersamfundet.

The student democracy is also widely known for the close and active dialogue with the local government, SiT and central political departments on student welfare issues. The largest student's sports organization is affiliatet with NTNU in Trondheim, consisting of 50 various sports teams and over 12 000 members. To learn more on how you can participate in Trondheim’s student organizations, go to the L-portal or check out this list of student organizations.

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