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– This is very, very good news for us and it is absolutely crucial for us to be successful with our campus project. This is a great day for me as president at NTNU, says Anne Borg.
The plans were already adopted in early 2018, but now the government is in favor of a general implementation of the project, rather than step by step. The allocation is NOK 11.6 billion, states the Ministry of Education and Research in a press release.
– No more revenge
This avoids having to make separate decisions for individual buildings and individual parts of the project.
– That means there will be no more rematch. Now it has been decided and it is only a matter of getting started, says Minister for Research and Higher Education Henrik Asheim (H).
He broke the news during a visit to Trondheim on Monday.
The plan is for the development to be completed in 2028. The funds will be distributed to various state budgets. But the first money comes from next year’s budget.
NEW BUILDINGS: The 11.6 billion allocation will go towards 92,000 square meters of new buildings and 45,000 square meters of redevelopment at NTNU’s Gløshaugen facility.
Photo: Morten Andersen / NRK
92,000 square meters of new construction
– I am very happy to have achieved what has been important to both me and NTNU: getting a total investment. This means the predictability is there and then you can plan correctly and not be sure of new rounds all the time, Asheim tells NRK.
The money will go towards 92,000 square meters of new construction and 45,000 square meters of remodeling. In this way, the NTNU environments currently in Dragvoll in Trondheim will have a place in Gløshaugen.
Work is also satisfied
Trøndelag County Mayor Tore O. Sandvik (Labor Party) is also very happy that the government is now promising money for a new campus. He points out that Trondheim and Trøndelag are home to one of the most important knowledge builders in the Northern Hemisphere.
WELL HAPPY: Trøndelag County Mayor Tore O. Sandvik (Labor Party) is happy that the government promises money for a collective campus.
Photo: Bjarte Johannesen / NRK
– That is why we rejoice the loudest at this news. Seventy percent of master’s degrees in technology subjects and 95 percent of doctorates in technology in Norway are taken at NTNU, Sandvik says on the county municipality’s website.
He also points out that the physical collection itself becomes important.
– Developments show that we need disciplines, scientists and students to know across disciplines to a greater extent. Therefore, a unified campus for NTNU is an important part of developing the knowledge that Norway and the world will need in the future, says Sandvik.
Take care of the social mission
As early as 2013, Rambøll prepared a report for the Ministry of Education and Research in which they concluded that NTNU should meet in Gløshaugen.
A co-location solution will create the best foundation for NTNU to fulfill its social mission for the next 50 years, they wrote in the report.
And in 2018, the government decided that NTNU will have a single campus in Gløshaugen. At that time, the project was priced at NOK 9 billion.
