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NTNU - REPORT VISION 2060
science and technology. Campus development has grad-
ually been recognised as an important strategic tool.
PERSPECTIVES ON CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT:
NTNU 2060
Even with historical statistics and thorough prognoses,
planning a university campus for ten or fifteen years
ahead is a demanding task. Even more difficult is look-
ing fifty years ahead and anticipating the needs for hard
and soft infrastructure for education and research, com-
munication and innovation.
To create a context and framework for campus develop-
ment over a fifty-year period, we have chosen to use
a scenario technique. In short, this technique is about
creating alternative descriptions of a potential future
reality. These are not illusions; we base them on known
historical development and indentifiable trends and cat-
alysts. The university will change and adapt to different
tendencies, depending on the development characteris-
tics that will dominate the future. All of the perspectives
are realistic, depending on certain conditions.
Political or strategic decisions, at the institution or on
a national level, affects in which direction the univer-
sity will move. The perspectives put forth by us involve
neither prognoses nor any desired development. We do
not assess the likelihood of any of the scenarios; we are
trying to illustrate what the consequences of the differ-
ent futures can entail for campus development at NTNU.
We assume that the NTNU of 2060 is still a university
with a main profile of technology and natural science,
with an academic depth at roughly the same level as
today, and a social responsibility that has not changed
significantly. We describe four different futures and
the potential consequences of these to the university’s
activities and construction of the campus:
FOUR DIFFERENT FUTURES
Growth
NTNU now has a significantly larger number of Norwe-
gian and foreign students than in 2013, and the educa-
tional activity has nearly doubled, with a larger scope of
possibilities offered. Trondheim has also experienced
significant population growth. City development has
meant that NTNU’s activities are still scattered in dif-
ferent locations, but in an urban environment. This has
happened through an expansion of both main campus-
es, Gløshaugen and Dragvoll.
Elite
NTNU has made a purposeful effort to develop world-
class academic environments. The academic depth
has been somewhat reduced, and the emphasis is on
research and graduate education. There is an equal
number of Norwegian and foreign students and employ-
ees. The campus is concentrated in the centre of the
university city Trondheim, which boasts excellent facili-
ties for both research and teaching, as well as being an
attractive city to live and work in.
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