This is shown by the national figures for this year’s main higher education admissions round.
"I would like to congratulate everyone who has been offered a place at the university. We have many qualified applicants, and more people than ever are now getting the opportunity to study with us. This is very gratifying," says Kai Tore Bakke, Acting Pro-Rector for Education.
A record 17,351 applicants listed INN University as their first choice in April. Now, 8,210 applicants have been offered a place for the upcoming academic year.
However, opportunities still exist for those who do not yet have a place for the autumn semester. A total of 44 study programmes at the university have available places.
“Students represent knowledge, new perspectives, and the future workforce. We will work hard to prove ourselves worthy of their trust and do everything we can to ensure they derive significant academic value from their studies,” says Bakke.
Healthcare programmes stand out
Application figures from April showed strong results for our health-related programs; collectively, child welfare, social work, dental hygiene, social education (vernepleie), physiotherapy, and nursing saw an increase in applicants compared to the previous year. All these programmes have now filled their available spots and have waiting lists.
In total, our four nursing programmes have 699 applicants on the waiting list, while our three social education programmes have 526. The Bachelor’s programme in physiotherapy has 618 applicants on the waiting list, making it the single programme with the highest number of waitlisted applicants at the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences.
Our new part-time programme in human performance has also filled its available spots; 127 offers of admission have been issued for this programme.
At the Faculty of Education, there is a clear trend showing that the new online study programmes are popular among prospective students. The one-year programmes in Religion, Ethics and Society and in Pedagogy, in particular, stand out positively.
The one-year programme in Pedagogy has 164 applicants on the waiting list, while 160 applicants have been offered a place on the one-year programme in Religion, Ethics and Society.
Combined admission figures for our early childhood teacher education programmes show that 149 offers have been issued; 81 of these went to applicants for the session-based early childhood teacher education programme.
In June, it was announced that, starting this autumn, INN University will pilot the "InnlandsBLU" project, which offers first-year students in the campus-based bachelor’s programme for kindergarten teachers the opportunity to combine their studies with a paid part-time job in a kindergarten.
"The programme is highly relevant to the profession and unique in that it allows students to combine full-time studies with a part-time job. We still have available spots and hope to recruit even more students to the kindergarten teacher programme before the semester begins," says Bakke.
In our primary and lower secondary teacher education programmes, more offers of admission have been issued for the session-based programmes than for the campus-based ones.
More popular online study programmes
Over several years, we have seen that many of our flexible study programmes have been growing in popularity. This trend is also reflected in this year's admissions.
The part-time, online programme in Organization and Leadership has 829 applicants on the waiting list, while the part-time programme in Public Governance, Leadership, and Economics has 500.
Part-time Business Administration and the online programme in Accounting and Financial Advisory are other online courses at the Inland School of Business and Social Sciences that have long waiting lists.
Waiting lists for some programmes
A total of 8,496 applicants are currently on our waiting list following the main round of the Norwegian Universities and Colleges Admission Service (Samordna opptak), compared to 6,486 applicants last year.
The Bachelor’s programme in Law has the highest number of applicants on the waiting list; offers of admission have been sent to 305 applicants, while 1,166 remain on the waiting list.
"The admission figures show that we appeal to diverse groups of students – including those starting their studies for the first time, those further along in their academic journey, and applicants unable to study full-time. We see that competition is extremely fierce for certain programmes, with many qualified applicants. The fact that our programmes are so attractive means that not everyone gets their wish to study with us – which is unfortunate," says Bakke.
There are still study places available
Forty-four study programmes at the university have been listed with available places, meaning it is still possible to secure a spot with us starting this autumn.
Vacancies are available in fields such as agriculture, forestry, philosophy, politics and economics, sports science, kindergarten teacher education, primary and lower secondary teacher education, game technology, and TV production.
These places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, so it is wise to act quickly. Since the vacancies were posted, over 1,000 applicants have shown interest in the available spots.
"We are currently making final preparations for the start of the academic year and are really looking forward to welcoming both new and returning students in August. At the same time, we still have room for even more students," says Bakke.
Contact:
- kai.bakke@inn.no
- Phone
- +47 62 43 01 97
This year's admissions in numbers
• 8,210 applicants have received offers of admission – 175 more than in the record year of 2020.
• 8,496 applicants are on waiting lists for various study programmes – 2,010 more than last year.
• Normally, some applicants decline the offers of admission, so the university admits slightly more applicants than there are available study places.