– It’s really unreal. I didn’t realize it when I opened Samordna recording and saw that I had entered, says Camilla Lundby Brenden. She is one of 25 who have been given a place on the newly created aeronautical engineering course at NTNU. The course is proving to be very popular – 603 are on the waiting list. – We are happy to see great interest in this programme, says Marit Reitan, vice-chancellor for education at NTNU. The study was created on behalf of the Ministry of Education and Science and had 1,900 applicants when it was published in April. Danked out 1,900 others Lundby Brenden starts to laugh when she is asked the sports question: how do you feel now? – I don’t know if I can really describe it. I think it’s incredibly exciting and I’m really looking forward to getting started. She beat out around 1,900 others who had applied on the line, so it was not expected that she would get in. – I expect I will learn a lot of new things, she says and says that she has always been interested in planes and engines. – I think the forces in airplanes and helicopters are exciting. There is so much power at work. High admission requirements NTNU has sent out a total of 17,149 offers of study places this year. 14,157 of these apply to studies in Trondheim. Ålesund gives 1,372 offers, and Gjøvik gives 1,887. – It is generally very attractive to study at NTNU. In the main, we fill our study places with well-qualified students within the breadth of our educations, says Reitan. Photo: NTNU – Many of the studies have very high admission requirements and long waiting lists, she adds. This applies to studies such as medicine and psychology, in addition to many master’s programs in technology and economics. Within technology studies, there are particularly high grade requirements for first-time applicants to enter industrial economics and technology management, nanotechnology, cybernetics and robotics, as well as aircraft engineering. Overview of the ten most popular studies at NTNU until autumn 2024. Photo: NTNU – We confirm our dominant position in Norway within technology education and economics studies with a technological profile, says Reitan. Gender points The enrollment figures show a gender-divided education pattern. 35 percent of those who have been offered a place in technology are women. For teaching and health education, 66 and 82 per cent are women. Earlier this year, NTNU was refused by the Ministry of Education when they applied to retain gender credits for 32 studies. As of now, there are gender points for 12 studies for women and two for men. The vice-chancellor at NTNU believes the figures show that this has led to a lower proportion of women, especially in the technology area. – NTNU is concerned about this. We want it to still be possible to use effective means to increase the proportion of women within the technology area. She says that NTNU will discuss gender points with the Ministry of Education in the process of designing the new admissions system that will come in the autumn. Many people apply for nursing. NTNU also experiences a large number of applications for nursing education. The course is full and over 600 are on the waiting list. And that despite the fact that NTNU chose to keep the grade requirements in Norwegian and maths for the nursing degree. Other educational institutions have chosen to remove the strict requirements, but are struggling to fill up their studies. The applications show that it is the nursing program in Trondheim that is most popular. There are not as many applications for the study sites in Ålesund and Gjøvik. Published 25/07/2024, at 11 a.m
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Over 600 are on the waiting list for the new aeronautical engineering degree at NTNU – news Trøndelag – Local news, TV and radio
