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Faculty of Technology, Art and Design (TKD)

The Faculty of Technology, Art and Design offers higher education and research and development within technical subjects, arts and design.

Students
4535

2025 (Database for Statistics on Higher Education)

Bachelor's programmes
13

plus courses for one year and six-months, exchange students and further education

Master's programmes
8
PhD programmes
2

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Nordes 2025: Relational Design – New Directions for Design Research

Oslo became the hub of international design research as OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) and the University of Oslo (UiO), hosted the 11th Nordes Conference in August.

The participants at the opening of the conference in Oslo City Hall.
Can the 15-minute city work for young people?

Young people are often overlooked in urban planning, but the European research project HANGOUT seeks to explore how they can play a more central role.

Girl from behind on a busy street with a crosswalk. We can see a scooter in motion and a sidewalk with people in the background.
Major investment in sustainable energy launched

OsloMet has taken a step toward a greener future with the opening of the Green Energy Lab – a platform for research, innovation, and education in sustainable energy technology.

Four students and employees gathered around a task with technical equipment in the wind tunnel.
A calculator can provide more keyhole-labelled foods

A new nutrition calculator can make it easier for food producers to label their products with the Norwegian Keyhole mark. As a result, more food items can be Keyhole-labelled.

Barley salad in small, transparent boxes.
Will develop smart maintenance of bridges and roads

OsloMet is investing eight million in strategic funds to develop smart monitoring and maintenance of infrastructure through innovative technology and data-driven solutions.

Group photo of academic and administrative resource personnel behind SmartMet Lab.
EEG electrodes attached to the back of a woman's head. Hospital environment in the background.
A simple brain test can detect early signs of Alzheimer’s

A routine brain test already available in many hospitals, combined with artificial intelligence, can detect early signs of Alzheimer’s disease — without needles or expensive brain scans.

Dancer bend backwards with smoke around her body, and a field of light illuminating the smoke in the air.
Few have seen how turbulence unfolds. Now you can see it through smoke, light and dance.

A dance performance that makes turbulence visible can show us that it is present in all aspects of life – and is useful, open to influence and something we can live with.

Portait of Claire, Kyle and Sami by Pilestredet street in Oslo. OsloMet builing in the background.
How students from a small Louisiana town experience Oslo

After two months in Oslo, three students from Louisiana Tech University share their experiences with studying, Norwegian culture, and life in a larger city.

A packed hall at the Peace Prize ceremony. We can see the "Occupation Frieze" on the right.
Have you noticed the mural behind the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo City Hall?

Researchers have been granted access to private letters, photographs and sketches that reveal the dramatic story of the artist and the Occupation Frieze in Oslo City Hall.

Portrait of Leila Mozaffari
Where students become entrepreneurs

Gründergarasjen at OsloMet provides a unique environment where engineering and computer science students can transform their ideas into real start-ups.

Tawfique is sitting in the VEAS control room. Many computer screens show technical measurements in the sewage plant. Tawfique smiles at us.
How Tawfique aims to enhance the production of biogas

Master's student Tawfique is interested in how control engineering can be utilised within renewable energy., and explores this in Norway's largest wastewater treatment plant.

Hands holding test tubes under microscope.
How artificial intelligence can revolutionise assisted fertilisation

AI could make assisted reproductive technology significantly more effective, but professionals are often sceptical. There is a need to build greater trust among them, says researcher.

Group photo of the four EPS students outdoors at one of the buildings at OsloMet.
EPS project: Focus on the process, rather than the end result

This European Project Semester (EPS) group will teach students fluid dynamics with a user-friendly wind tunnel.

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