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Facts and figures

The department has broad expertise within the study of religion and culture and within language-based area studies, with a main focus on South Asia, East Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.

Key figures – 2025

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  • 52 Academic man-years
  • 32 Research fellows, postdoctoral and PhD 
  • 22 administrative man-years

 

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  • 640 students
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  • Five Bachelor's degree programmes
  • Three Master's degree programmes
  • One One-year programme
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  • Three ERC projects
  • Five NFR prosjects
  • Interdisiplinary initiative: Oslo School of Environmental Humanities (OSEH)
  • Centre for Islamic and Middle East Studies
  • Centre for Museum Studies
  • Sino-Norwegian Centre for the Study of Society and Environment (SINORSE)
  • Fudan-European Centre for China Studies (FECCS)
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  • 91 Scientific publications
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  • Total income: NOK 103 millions
  • Percentage of budget funded by external funders: 21 per cent