Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL)

**About Western Norway University of Applied Sciences** • One of the largest higher education institutions in Norway with about 17,500 students
• Offers a broad range of academic programmes at Bachelor, Master, and Ph.D. levels across five campuses (Førde, Sogndal, Bergen, Stord, Haugesund)
• Ambition to build stronger, more solid academic and research environments for national and international interaction
• Aims to become a recognized actor on the international higher education arena
• Personnel policy objective to achieve a balanced age and gender composition and recruit persons of various ethnic backgrounds
• Subjected to The Export Control Regulation