Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (INN) applied for university status in December 2022. The application was assessed by an expert committee appointed by the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT).

In June, the committee concluded that INN meets the requirements to become a university, and on 12 September, NOKUT’s board decided that INN can receive university accreditation. And it is the King in Council who formally established the new university, on the 8th of November, 2024.

The new name in Norwegian will be ’Universitetet i Innlandet’. In English, it will be ’University of Inland Norway’. The general abbreviation will still be INN in both languages.

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