The Gemini Centres form a model for strategic cooperation in which scientific groups with parallel interests coordinate their scientific efforts and jointly operate their resources. SINTEF also cooperates with NTNU and other partners in other arenas and via other centres.
Read more about the Gemini Centres and other arenas of cooperation.
More about SINTEF’s cooperation with NTNU
SINTEF was originally established in 1950 by the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) as the Institute’s own instrument for carrying out commissioned research. Today, the former NTH has been incorporated into the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim.
NTNU’s general profile is based on technology and natural science, and the University has the main responsibility for technological education and research in Norway, The University also offers a wide range of courses in the arts and aesthetics, social science, medicine, and business management and administration. With its seven faculties and 53 departments, NTNU currently has some 20,000 students, about half of whom are studying science and technology.
One of the objectives of SINTEF is to collaborate with NTNU in all natural areas of cooperation. A practical consequence of this is that a number of people play more or less formal roles in both organisations. In 2003, a total of 537 persons were working for both NTNU and SINTEF.
In February 2005, the Boards of NTNU and SINTEF passed the following joint resolution:
NTNU and SINTEF share an ambition to stand in the front rank in the international arena. The two parties agree that this aim can best be achieved by standing together and forming a binding long-term alliance.
A joint strategic plan to be drawn up at institutional level will cover the following areas:
- Internationalisation
- Main academic priorities
- Research and industrial policy
- Brand development
- Heavy research equipment and physical infrastructure, including buildings.
NTNU and SINTEF realise that it will be appropriate to define national strategies and alliances in certain areas. SINTEF’s efforts to reinforce its relations with the University of Oslo are one important aspect of this policy.
More about cooperation with the University of Oslo
SINTEF has reinforced its relationship with the University of Oslo through:
An extensive cooperation between the two institutions has also been formalised in the shape of mutual adjunct positions for research staff at SINTEF and the University’s Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. This cooperation involves supervision of students at the PhD and master level and teaching.
