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STRATEGY 2011–2020
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The Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art is Norway’s oldest and
largest programme of study in architecture, with traditions dating
back to the founding of NTH, the Norwegian Institute of Technol-
ogy, in Trondheim in 1910. The Trondheim Academy of Fine Art
(KiT) became part of the Faculty in 1996 when NTNU was estab-
lished as a further development of the University of Trondheim
(UNiT). UNiT resulted from a merger of NTH with the College of
Arts and Sciences (AVH) and the Museum of Natural History and
Archaeology (VM). The Faculty then took over responsibility for the
programmes of study in architecture and visual art. At the end of
2011, the Faculty had some 640 students, 40 doctoral candidates,
and 100 permanent employees in architecture, art, planning,
facilities management and real estate development.
The Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art offers the following
programmes of study:
>Master’s Programme in Architecture
>Bachelor’s Programme in Fine Art
>Master’s Programme in Fine Art
>Master’s Programme in Real Estate Development and Facilities
Management
>Experience-based Master’s Programme in Real Estate
Development and Facilities Management
>Master’s Programme in Physical Planning
>Master’s Programme in Urban Ecological Planning
>Master’s Programme in Sustainable Architecture
>Joint Master’s Programme in Sustainable Urban Transitions
De første tre årene i den femårige arkitektutdanningen er felles for
The first three years in the five-year architecture programme are
common for all students and include teaching in a variety of theoreti-
cal subjects together with project work related to subjects including
urban and regional development, housing design and complex build-
ings. The last two years of the programme provide an opportunity for
in-depth study and specialization. During the first few weeks of the
programme, students begin working in full scale with wood. Every
autumn, Trondheim’s residents can see the resulting wood pavilions
in the areas neighbouring NTNU.
Teaching at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (KiT) builds on
openness, dialogue and critical reflection in a flexible working
environment where students move freely among different acade-
mic areas and work together with students at all levels of study.
Teachers and guest teachers with varied artistic approaches and
backgrounds support and encourage students to explore and
challenge, gather knowledge, reflect and act. Students engage in
discussions about art and the roles of the artist in today’s society.
Students at the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art, in coope-
ration with local partners, actively contribute to social debate
through innovative projects that encourage innovative thinking
and discussion. This is often led by the Faculty’s teaching staff and
results in projects such as the birdwatching tower in Rindal, the
Camera Obscura at the Maritime Museum in Trondheim, and the
art installation Pinus Silvestris in the Bymarka woodlands on the
outskirts of Trondheim. Self-initiated projects include the RAKE
exhibition space in Trondheim, where architecture and art stu-
dents in Trondheim, Bergen and Oslo have collaborated to build an
interdisciplinary forum for displaying architecture and art.
Students at the Faculty excel in many international contexts as
well. The architects’ studio TYIN Tegnestue has its origins in
the NTNU students’ global commitment and humanitarian work
through architecture. In collaboration with the local community,
these students set up orphanages, libraries and other buildings in
poor areas of Thailand, Haiti and Burma.
A large proportion of the Faculty staff, doctoral candidates and
students have an international background. Examples of mobility
and international activity include the three international master’s
programmes and study subjects, which include global issues with
fieldwork in other countries and at other educational institutions,
for example in China, India, Tibet and Africa. Through Nordic
Five Tech, the Faculty collaborates with other Nordic universities
on a common master’s programme. The Faculty hosts world-
class research projects and centres. The Faculty’s staff is active
internationally through architectural and artistic activities. They
contribute through internationally acclaimed art exhibitions and
venues for innovative architecture such as the Architecture Bien-
nale in Venice.