Norwegian Research Centre
The Norwegian Research Centre is a Norwegian government-owned research institute. It is one of the largest research organisations of Norway.
It was founded in 2017 through the merger of several university-owned research institutes and has around 900 employees. At the time of its establishment it was fully owned by three state universities, the University of Bergen, the University of Stavanger and the University of Agder. Later some other shareholders, notably including the University of Tromsø, have joined the consortium. According to the Brønnøysund Register Centre it is a government-owned limited company. NORCE includes research institutes that were part of the University of Oslo, the University of Bergen, the University of Tromsø, the University of Stavanger and the University of Agder.
It conducts both basic and applied research and is active in the fields of energy research, technological research, especially maritime technology, climate science, natural resources and environmental research, health research, and the social sciences. The company operates in Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Tromsø, Kristiansand, Grimstad, Alta, Bardu and Svalbard.
