Høgskolen i Ålesund

Name

Høgskolen i Ålesund

Legal name

Høgskolen i Ålesund

Website

https://hials.no

Company type

Public

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Høgskolen i Ålesund, founded in 1994 as a Norwegian public university college, was merged into NTNU in 2016 and now operates as NTNU's Ålesund campus. It delivers higher education programs, research, PhD studies, continuing education, and library and museum services to Norwegian and international students.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Research Universities with National Laboratories/Big Science Facilities (EDAHAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Technical Universities with Strong Industry Partnerships (EDAHAEAG), Technical Universities with Computing, Data & AI Focus (EDAHAEAK)

Keywords

• Higher education
• University degree programs
• Continuing education
• Doctoral programs
• Academic research

Headquarters

HQ city

Aalesund

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Higher Education Funding: Government-funded university receiving operational funding from Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Høgskolen i Ålesund, now operating as NTNU's campus in Ålesund following its 2016 merger, is a public university institution that delivers higher education degree programs, doctoral research training, continuing/part-time education, and international exchange opportunities across disciplines. It also operates the University Library (Universitetsbiblioteket) and the Science Museum (Vitenskapsmuseet) as supporting services, alongside research and innovation activities conducted across NTNU's faculties.

Product overview

NTNU (Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet) is a comprehensive public university with campuses in Trondheim, Gjøvik, and Ålesund. The institution offers a unified portfolio of educational services including study programs (studieprogrammer), continuing education (videreutdanning), doctoral programs (Ph.d.), and international exchange opportunities. Research and innovation activities are conducted across faculties and research centers. Supporting services include the university library (Universitetsbiblioteket) and the science museum (Vitenskapsmuseet). NTNU operates across three cities, with the Ålesund campus being one of its satellite locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Study Programs (Studieprogrammer) Academic study programs and degree offerings across various disciplines at NTNU campuses including Trondheim, Gjøvik, and Ålesund, serving Norwegian and international students seeking higher education degrees.
• Continuing Education and Part-time Studies (Videreutdanning og deltid) Continuing education and part-time study programs for professionals seeking to enhance their qualifications and advance their careers.
• PhD Programs (Ph.d.-programmer) Doctoral degree programs and research doctorate opportunities at NTNU for candidates pursuing advanced research careers.
• International Exchange Programs (Studier i utlandet) International exchange programs and study abroad opportunities enabling NTNU students to gain international academic experience.
• University Library (Universitetsbiblioteket) University library services providing access to books, articles, and both physical and digital study support, open to students, staff, and the public.
• Science Museum (Vitenskapsmuseet) Natural and cultural history museum featuring permanent and temporary exhibitions, open to the public.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SINTEFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSINTEF is a large research organization that collaborates with NTNU on research and innovation. The partnership includes shared research news on gemini.no and joint innovation activities. SINTEF is one of Norway's largest independent research institutes.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ETH Zurich: Switzerland's premier public technical university with global research prestige and a federal funding model; comparable to NTNU in technical-research mission and public-university status but materially larger in scale, prestige, and international reach.
• University of Oslo: Norway's largest comprehensive public university, broadly serving as the domestic incumbent counterpart to NTNU, competing for the same Norwegian students/research funding but with a broader (non-technical) disciplinary portfolio.

Direct peers

• Chalmers University of Technology: Swedish technical university with engineering and science programs, strong industry partnerships, and research focus areas, comparable to NTNU in scale, mission, and Nordic technical-university positioning.
• Aalto University: Finnish university formed by merging three institutions (including technical schools) similar to how NTNU absorbed Høgskolen i Ålesund and Høgskolen i Gjøvik, with comparable engineering, business, and art-and-design programs and Nordic public-university funding model.
• Technical University of Denmark (DTU): Denmark's leading technical university focused on engineering, natural sciences, and innovation with strong industry collaboration, mirroring NTNU's public technical-university model and research-driven orientation.
• KTH Royal Institute of Technology: Sweden's largest technical university offering engineering, science, and doctoral programs across multiple campuses with strong industry and government partnerships, directly comparable to NTNU as a Nordic public technical-research university.
• Luleå University of Technology: Swedish technical university with engineering and applied-science programs and regional campuses, comparable to NTNU in being a smaller Nordic public technical university with industry-led research and multiple locations.
• TU Delft: Dutch public technical university with engineering, applied sciences, and design programs and strong industry partnerships, comparable to NTNU in technical focus and European public-university status.
• Eindhoven University of Technology: Dutch technical university focused on engineering and applied sciences with deep industry collaboration (Brainport region), a comparable European public technical-research institution to NTNU.

Others

• SINTEF: Norway's largest independent applied-research institute and NTNU's core strategic partner collaborating on research, innovation, and the joint gemini.no research news platform; an ecosystem participant rather than a competitor, but tightly coupled to NTNU's research and commercialization pipeline.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/uib
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/ntnuinfo
• Facebookfacebook.com/hials
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aalesund-university-college
• Instagraminstagram.com/ntnu
• TikToktiktok.com/@ntnu

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

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