About us
Faculty of Biosciences contributes to shape future food production through basic as well as applied research on the production and use of plants, livestock and fish. We are approx. 200 scientific/technical employees plus 21 employees in the Faculty administration.
Management at the faculty:
Constituted Dean Dag Inge Våge
Head of Department at IHA and vice-dean for research Gro Steine
Head of Department at IPV Siri Fjellheim
Vice-dean for education Dag Inge Våge
Administration Manager Nini Hammergren
Beside the management team, head of the research education committee Øystein Holand
The faculty is organized in research section under the two institutes:
Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences
Breeding and quantitative genetics ─ leader Peer Berg
Ethology and Animal Environment ─ leader Inger Lise Andersen
Nutrition and Physiology in Monogastric Animals ─ leader Øystein Ahlstrøm
Ruminant Nutrition and Physiology ─ leader Margrethe Eknæs
Genome Biology ─ leader Sigbjørn Lien
Department of plant Sciences
Horticulture - leader Anne-Berit Wold
Agriculture - leader Marian Schubert
Technical Section - leader Hilde Raanaas Kolstad
The faculty hosts one of the centers for research-driven innovation (SFI) – Foods of Norway.
___________
Bachelor programs in Norwegian:
Akvakultur
Biologi
Husdyrvitenskap
Plantevitenskap
Master programs in Norwegian:
Biologi
Husdyrvitenskap
Plantevitenskap
Urbant landbruk
Master programs in English:
Animal Breeding and Genetics
Animal science
Agroecology
Aquaculture
Genom Science
Plant Science
PhD programs:
Animal and Aquacultural Sciences
Plant Sciences
_____________
Contact:
post-biovit@nmbu.no
_____________