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Bjørn Bandlien is an expert on Viking Age and Viking Ships. Here he is in the TV-studio at TV2 with Ola Elvestuen, Minister of Climate and Environment in Norway. Bandlien to the left.

USN-expert on discovery of new Viking Ship: – This is exciting stuff

Professor Bjørn Bandlien says the discovery of a new Viking Ship in Borreparken, Vestfold points towards the area being one of the main centres of power in Viking Age Scandinavia.

26. March 2019

bilder av forsidene av bladene National Geographic i en bunke

USN in National Geographic

11. March 2019

Launch of the ENHANCE-project. Photo of ship-simulator at USN.

ENHANCE Kick-off meeting: "You will come up with new solutions to avoid accidents"

1. March 2019

Freedom of speech award to Merete Nesset

Twenty-five years ago, she was incarcerated, coerced into taking psychoactive drugs and separated from her newborn daughter for five months. Since then, she has fought for human rights in mental health care.

USN and Green Economy

USN staff with partners outside campus Vestfold. Photo

USN met industrial partners in Horizon 2020-project

USN recently had the privilege to host Norwegian industrial partners for the ENHANCE project in Horizon2020.

Copy of Viking Hall in Borre, where you can study Viking History and Old Norse Literature.

USN offering Viking-studies in Vestfold

– Here you can study in the middle of a very important area from Viking-age Europe,says professor Bjørn Bandlien and associate professor Christian Carlsen, who offers studies in Viking History and Old Norse Literature at campus Vestfold.

Oleksandr won "Utforsk 2018" with a microchip for the treatment of retinal disorders.

Oleksandr Dubroliubov took his research from the hi-tech micro-nano lab at USN to the stage. He won "Utforsk 2018", a competition for PhD-students at Department of Microsystems.

Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communication, Jon Georg Dale, present at the opening of USN Test Arena Horten, with Paal Aamaas. photo.

The new autonomous test arena impressed the Minister of Transport

The University of South-Eastern Norway is operating a new open arena for testing of autonomous maritime vessels and technologies. "This arena and all its technology is easy accessible to everyone," says project leader Paal Aamaas.

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