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 6.96M citations received by 230K 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

#32 in Europe
#109 in the World
Enrollment
26,650
Founded
1811

2. University of Bergen

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#95 in Europe
#250 in the World
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1946

3. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#97 in Europe
#252 in the World
Enrollment
44,000
Founded
1996

4. UiT The Arctic University of Norway

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#251 in Europe
#608 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
17,808
Founded
1968

5. University of Stavanger

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#415 in Europe
#1107 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1994

6. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#423 in Europe
#1131 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Enrollment
6,345
Founded
1859

7. Norwegian School of Economics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#456 in Europe
#1233 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
3,453
Founded
1936

8. University of Agder

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#479 in Europe
#1297 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Enrollment
14,096
Founded
1994

9. BI Norwegian Business School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#511 in Europe
#1400 in the World
Founded
1943

10. Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#586 in Europe
#1713 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Founded
1968

11. Nord University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#627 in Europe
#1853 in the World
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
2015

12. University College of Southeast Norway

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#656 in Europe
#1987 in the World
Enrollment
18,680
Founded
2016

13. Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#698 in Europe
#2221 in the World
Enrollment
17,000
Founded
2017

14. Ostfold University College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#824 in Europe
#2893 in the World
Founded
1994

15. Molde University College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#942 in Europe
#3491 in the World
Enrollment
2,400
Founded
1994

17. Volda University College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#999 in Europe
#3851 in the World
Enrollment
4,500
Founded
1894

18. Kristiania University College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1012 in Europe
#3932 in the World
Founded
2016

19. MF Norwegian School of Theology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1125 in Europe
#4524 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Founded
1907

20. Oslo School of Architecture and Design

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1308 in Europe
#5540 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1961

21. Sami University College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1368 in Europe
#5909 in the World
Founded
1989

22. Norwegian Academy of Music

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1374 in Europe
#5934 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
770
Founded
1973

23. University Centre in Svalbard

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1455 in Europe
#6577 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.