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 - 2022
- 60 Academic man-years
- 39 Research fellows, postdoctoral and PhD
- 17 administrative man-years
- 680 students
- 3 Bachelor's degree programmes
- 4 Master's degree programmes
- One year programme
- 3 ERC projects
- 10 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)
- 95 Scientific publications
- Total income: NOK 113 millions
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Percentage of budget funded by external funders: 32 per cent