I cut and paste from NTNU/fusjon

Narrow or broad structure

At this stage, the two models look like this:

Model 1: Narrow faculty structure

• Engineering and architecture
• Mathematics, science and ICT
• Medicine and health
• Humanities and art
• Social sciences

Model 2: Broad faculty structure

• Engineering and architecture
• Natural sciences
• Informatics, computer science and mathematics
• Medicine
• Health and social care
• Economics and management
• Humanities and art
• Social sciences and educational science

The responses showed that:

• A clear majority wants a model based on NTNU’s current structure with seven faculties, or broader variant with ten faculties, or a hybrid of these two.
• A minority wants a model based on a narrow structure, with four faculties, possibly in a modified form.
• All the groups that have provided feedback reject the concept of a campus-based faculty structure. One result of a campus model would be that the current university colleges in Ålesund and Gjøvik continue as faculties.

The group, which is headed by NTNU’s Pro-Rector for Education, Berit Kjeldstad, went through the feedback at a meeting on 18 September. Here, they decided to continue their work with an assessment of two main models in the range between a narrow and a broad faculty structure. They also decided to explore how existing units and academic environments at the four merger partners could be accommodated in these two models.