Urban and Regional Planning

Department of Urban and Regional Planning (BYREG)

Urban and regional planning plays a key role in building a just, sustainable future. BYREG takes planning forward by educating skilled professionals, conducting high-impact research and working closely with public and private partners

 

 

Urban and regional planning plays a key role in building a just, sustainable future. BYREG takes planning forward by educating skilled professionals, conducting high-impact research and working closely with public and private partners

News

Preventing school segregation in Oslo

Preventing school segregation in Oslo

Primary schools in Oslo are quite highly segregated into social, ethnic and economic categories compared to other European cities. Research & policy join forces to tackle the situation.

NMBU gets its first Centre for Excellence in Education

NMBU gets its first Centre for Excellence in Education

The centre will meet the need for increased capacity and expertise in spatial planning and will work with how higher education can respond to the UN's sustainability goals.

Questioning social sustainability in Oslo

Questioning social sustainability in Oslo

Prioritizing environmental sustainability when implementing urban densification can result in social exclusion, concludes NMBU’s Rebecca Cavicchia in new doctoral research.

About

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning (BYREG) is one of five departments in the  Faculty of Landscape and Society. It consists of 25 employees, 150 students and 10 PhD candidates. The Department offers a 5-year Master's programme in Urban and Regional Planning. 


Head of Department
Kristine Lien Skog

Contact information

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Staff are situated in the Cirkus building and in the 'Ormen Lange' building (Kirkeveien 25, 1433 Ås).
Postal adress: Pb 5003, NO-1432 Aas

landsam@nmbu.no

NMBU switchboard:
+47 67 23 00 00

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