Department of Built Environment offers two bachelor's studies and three master's studies in engineering, and has research and development activities in the subject areas of the studies.
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The department also offers further education courses.
New master's programme in smart mobility and urban analysis from 2022.
The Department of Built Environment at the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design collaborates with external parties to make its study programmes and R&D activities relevant to business and industry.
The department's external collaboration largely consists of extensive collaboration with enterprises and public agencies on bachelor's and master's theses.
The theses take realistic challenges in the field as their point of departure, and the work is organised such as to allow students to use knowledge and skills gained from their studies.
The university provides academic supervision and attends to the academic aspect of the work.
Students establish contact with the labour market and gain job opportunities, and the thesis work improves the relevance of the study programmes.
The Department of Built Environment is taking significant steps towards collaboration with the world-leading universities MIT and the University of Toronto.
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.
The Research Council of Norway has allocated NOK 500,000 to the research project "InfraGuard", which aims to explore new technology for safer transport infrastructure, with a particular focus on bridges and tunnels.
OsloMet is investing eight million in strategic funds to develop smart monitoring and maintenance of infrastructure through innovative technology and data-driven solutions.
OsloMet is collaborating with the multinational company LG Electronics to develop heat pumps for extreme cold climates.
