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The Situation in Kongsberg - be careful with social media

USN encourages everyone to be careful about what you read / open and share on social media, related to the killings in Kongsberg on Wednesday night.
Three students in simulation

USN's first Centre for Excellence in Education kicks off digitally

USN was awarded its first Centre for Excellence in Education, Senter for fremragende utdanning (SFU) in 2019 for its maritime simulator-based learning. After a brief pause due to the pandemic, the partners gathered digitally last week to give the centre a push.

Jon Mikel Zabala professor II at USN School of Business

High-profile Cambridge award to USN professor

Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Professor at USN School of Business has been awarded the 2021 Babbage Industrial Innovation Policy Award at Cambridge University, UK.

Indian schoolchildren have outdoor school exams with a stunning view over a natural landscape

Let's go to India

USN is receiving NOK 15 million for student and staff exchanges and other educational collaborations with partners in India and the United States. This will enable students and teaching staff to gain extensive and valuable international experience. 

AUTONOMOUS FUTURE: The University of South-Eastern Norway is the first in the world to have a competence framework, training programme and pilot course for land operators of autonomous ships. Assistant Professor Tor Erik Jensen (left), Project Manager Christian Hovden and Assistant Professor Paul Nikolai Smit. (Photo: An-Magritt Larsen)

First in the world with new maritime education

The world's first captains and navigators of driverless ships are to be trained at the University of South-Eastern Norway. – We have a key role to play in bringing autonomy in shipping to the world, says Project Manager Christian Hovden.
Students entering campus Porsgrunn. Photo

This is how the new academic year will be at USN

«There is reason to be optimistic. Infection rates are gradually declining, and vaccination rates are steadily going up» says Rector Petter Aasen.

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