VID vitenskapelige høgskole | |
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| Motto | Committed to humanity – locally and globally. |
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| Type | Private, non-profit, confessional |
| Established | 1843 (foundation of its first college), 2016 (merger). |
| Accreditation | Kunnskapsdepartementet (The Norwegian Ministry of Education) |
Academic staff | 450 (2018) |
| Students | 4,500 (2018) |
| Location | , |
| Affiliations | Christian Lutheran |
| Website | www.vid.no |
The VID Specialized University (Norwegian: VID vitenskapelige høgskole) is a Norwegian accredited, private, non-profit higher education and research institution.
VID Specialized University has 4,500 students and 400 employees, making it Norway's second largest private college.
The letters VID stand for the values the school is built on: Scientific, International and Diaconal (Vitenskapelig, Internasjonal og Diakonal in Norwegian).
History edit
VID Specialized University roots lie in 1843, making VID the oldest private institution of higher education in Norway. The current university was established on January 1, 2016 through a merger of the School of Mission and Theology in Stavanger, Haraldsplass Diaconal College in Bergen, Betanien University College in Bergen, and the Diakonhjemmet University College in Oslo and Sandnes. On January 1, 2018, Diakonova University College became part of VID. The constituting schools have traditionally been involved with missionary and diaconal activities both in Norway and abroad. VID continues with this tradition, offering health, social work, manangement and religious formation for a national and global public.
The School of Mission and Theology or Misjonshøgskolen (MHS) was founded in 1843 in Stavanger, which makes it the third oldest institution for higher education in Norway, after the War School (1750) and the University of Oslo (1811). MHS was the first college with a focus on the world outside Europe. It was also the first Europeancollege open for African students (since 1860s), and it was a college that, over the 1800s and the first part of the 20th century, gave the opportunity for priesthood education for young people from poor classes.
The Haraldsplass Diaconal College in Bergen began as a diaconal house in the late 19th century. Later, it became a hospital and college.
The Betanien University College was in 1923 as a nursing school at Kalfaret in Bergen. Since its a foundation it has been linked to the Methodist Church in Norway.
The Diakonhjemmet University College was a diaconal home started in 1890. It had campus in Oslo and Sandness.
The Diakonova University College was a diaconal institution owned by a foundation part of the Church of Norway.
Academics edit
Studies at VID include professional programmes within nursing, occupational therapy, social education, family therapy, diakonia and theology at Bachelor, Master and continuing education levels.
VID offers two PhD programmes: Diakonia, Values and Professional Practice and Theology and Religion.
Research and outreaching edit
Mission Archives VID manages the Mission Archive, which is mainly the Norwegian Missionary Society's historical archive, with extensive text and image material from the 1820s onwards. The mission archive is used by a number of Norwegian and international researchers, and also participates actively in international research and documentation projects. Currently, large parts of the collection are made digitally available.
Missionary Museum The Mission Museum is Stavanger's oldest museum. It was established in 1864 at the same time as the School of Mission and Theology received a new building. The museum has about 5,000 items in its collections, 1,300 of these are on display. The collections contain objects of ethnographic and mission-historical interest from the countries where the Norwegian Missionary Mission has had activities: South Africa, Madagascar, Cameroon, Mali, Ethiopia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand and Brazil
Diakonia Archives
The Diakonia Archives keeps material from the Diakonhjemmet of Sandnes, which has been transferred to Stavanger. The main part of the Diakonia Archives consists of material from the Diakonhjemmet in Oslo. Part of the material from the archives has been used to create articles on Lokalhistoriewiki, through a collaboration between the Mission and Diaconate Archives, the VID and the Norwegian Local History Institute.
Research is conducted in the following centers:
- Centre of Diaconia and Professional Practice.
- Centre of Mission and Global Studies.
- Centre of Learning in Professional Education and Practice.
- Centre of Intercultural Communication.
- Center for Value-Based Management and Innovation.
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- Karl Ludvig Reichelt, alumnus.
External links edit
Category:Universities and colleges in Norway Category:Education in Rogaland Category:Education in Oslo