23 Best universities for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Norway

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Below is a list of best universities in Norway ranked based on their research performance in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. A graph of 4.51M citations received by 196K academic papers made by 23 universities in Norway was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Oslo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#34 in Europe
#112 in the World
Enrollment
26,650
Founded
1811

2. University of Bergen

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#91 in Europe
#244 in the World
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1946

3. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#93 in Europe
#250 in the World
Enrollment
42,031
Founded
1996

4. UiT The Arctic University of Norway

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#240 in Europe
#573 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
17,808
Founded
1968

5. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#406 in Europe
#1038 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Enrollment
6,345
Founded
1859

6. University of Stavanger

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#424 in Europe
#1090 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1994

7. Norwegian School of Economics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#429 in Europe
#1102 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
3,453
Founded
1936

8. BI Norwegian Business School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#495 in Europe
#1332 in the World
Founded
1943

9. University of Agder

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#505 in Europe
#1354 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Enrollment
14,096
Founded
1994

10. Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#562 in Europe
#1589 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Founded
1968

11. Nord University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#655 in Europe
#1983 in the World
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
2015

12. University College of Southeast Norway

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#697 in Europe
#2226 in the World
Enrollment
17,067
Founded
2016

13. Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#753 in Europe
#2501 in the World
Enrollment
17,000
Founded
2017

14. Ostfold University College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#822 in Europe
#2897 in the World
Founded
1994

16. Molde University College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#911 in Europe
#3369 in the World
Enrollment
2,400
Founded
1994

17. Volda University College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1030 in Europe
#4070 in the World
Enrollment
4,500
Founded
1894

18. Kristiania University College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1053 in Europe
#4205 in the World
Founded
2016

19. MF Norwegian School of Theology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1133 in Europe
#4606 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Founded
1907

20. Oslo School of Architecture and Design

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1331 in Europe
#5706 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1961

21. Norwegian Academy of Music

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1362 in Europe
#5882 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
770
Founded
1973

22. Sami University College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1384 in Europe
#6010 in the World
Founded
1989

23. University Centre in Svalbard

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1464 in Europe
#6688 in the World
Enrollment
550
Founded
1993

The best cities to study Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Norway based on the number of universities and their ranks are Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, and Tromso.