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NTNU – THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ART
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The Faculty of Architecture will strengthen its position as
Norway’s leading educational and research community in
architecture, art, planning and real estate. In the internatio-
nal context, the Faculty will be a major player. The Faculty will
benefit from and contribute to NTNU’s main profile focused on
technical and natural sciences, and will support NTNU’s overar-
ching objectives and strategies through its interdisciplinary and
international profile.
The Faculty will develop its disciplines and subject areas through
outstanding teaching, research, artistic activities and innova-
tion in accordance with its mission in society and its distinctive
character. We will develop and renew our academic community
through an open attitude, experimentation, respect, and the
courage to criticize and accept criticism from an international
perspective. We will be an attractive partner and develop new
knowledge together with leading national and international com-
munities of expertise, professional practice, the construction in-
dustry and the public sector. The Faculty will be open to serving
as a mentor for institutions in developing countries.
Faculty staff and students will be given opportunities for de-
velopment through setting appropriate priorities for the use
of resources. Our graduates will be sought after in the labour
market because they will have attained a relevant education of
high quality. Staff and students will be engaged and feel a sense
of belonging to the Faculty, where everyone takes responsibility
for a fertile and favourable environment for work and learning.
Objectives
The Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art will contribute to
democracy and sustainable wealth creation in society.
The Faculty’s activities will maintain high academic
standards, and a number of its academic groups will be
internationally outstanding.
The Faculty will be a national centre of expertise for
architecture, art, planning, real estate development and
facilities management.
The Faculty will be an active participant in the development
and continuation of national policy on art, architecture and
buildings.
The Faculty’s unique profile and its integration into NTNU
as a multifaceted university will be used as an advantage
in competition and in cooperation with academic and busi-
ness communities in Norway and internationally.
The Faculty will attract the best students and staff,
with international recognition for an environment that
inspires excellence in teaching, research, artistic activity
and innovation.
The Faculty will develop a physical framework for its
activity, with high architectural quality that stimulates
interaction and professional development.
Choices of direction
The Faculty will develop robust professional communities
in its disciplines, with high academic standards based on
relevant priorities and professional concentration.
We will strengthen our international profile through
networking, participation in international research and
education programmes, and international recruitment.
We will benefit from our uniqueness and our location in
the Nordic countries in our international work, and we will
learn from other cultures and societies.
We will profile and take advantage of our interdisciplinarity,
both within NTNU and in collaboration with industry and
society.
We will encourage cultural and professional development
to improve interaction between our various academic and
educational programmes, with particular emphasis on the
interaction between our communities in architecture and
art.
We will strengthen our relations at the national govern-
ment and institutional level through ministries, councils
and agencies, with the goal of improving the framework
conditions for the Faculty’s work and priorities. We will
also increase our cooperation with the private and public
sectors.
We will enhance the learning environment through active
measures to improve the quality of our teaching and pro-
grammes of study, development of good physical forums
for learning, and the establishment of good social forums.
We will continue our initiatives with KAM (art, architecture
and music); uniting the Faculty in one location in collabora-
tion with the Faculty of Humanities and Studentersamfun-
det, the students’ association, as outlined in the mandate
from the Rector of NTNU, with the goal of realization
during the strategy period.
In our research, teaching, and innovation, we will em-
phasize sustainability and global challenges.
Overarching objectives and choices of direction