Harstad University College | |
Native Name: | Høgskolen i Harstad (HiH) |
Established: | 1 August 1994 |
Type: | University college |
Rector: | Bodil Olsvik |
Academic Staff: | 120 |
Students: | 1,300 |
City: | Harstad |
Country: | Norway |
Coor: | 68.8036°N 16.5467°W |
Affiliations: | UArctic |
Website: | www.hih.no |
Harstad University College (Norwegian: Høgskolen i Harstad or Norwegian: HiH) was a høgskole, a Norwegian state institution of higher education, in the city of Harstad which is located in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway.[1]
It was originally established on 28 October 1983 but was enlarged on 1 August 1994 as a result of the merging of three regional høgskoler. Harstad University College had about 1300 students and 120 employees in 2012.[2] Harstad University College was at that time organised in two departments, the Business Administration and Social Sciences Department, and the Health and Social Care Department.[3]
Department of Business Administration and Social Sciences consisted of two sections:
Department of Health and Social Care consisted of four sections:
However, on 1 January 2016 the college was merged with the University of Tromsø and the location became one of that university's several regional campuses.