1. UFD The Quality Reform in Norwegian Higher Education Royal Ministry of Education and Research

2. UFD The Quality Reform in Norway – Main points New Degrees – Bachelor, Master, Phd New independent quality assurance agency Increased institutional autonomy - 2 points New funding system Stronger focus on students Internationalisation

3. UFD The Quality Reform in Norway Financing Output-based financing promoting quality – basic funding (60 %) – funding according to credits (25 %) – research funding (15 %) – strategic research funding – funding according to quality All studies classified into 6 groups Need to improve indicators

4. UFD New funding system (2002) Both a simplification and an extension of the economic responsibility of higher education: – simplification because the state’s control more resembles overall control of framework – an extension because they activate a larger element of local financial autonomy and responsibility Control by the authorities is restricted to the control of frameworks by means of contracts in order to ensure attention to national targets – plus some restrictions concerning investment in capital goods, such as e.g. buildings

5. UFD Key funding principles Combined system of basic allocations and target figures for activities at educational institutions Resources are distributed in the following way: – education component – research component – basic component

6. UFD Research component Two categories: result based component and strategic research component Result based component: – Institutions within higher education are divided into three groups: – universities – university colleges – special university institutions – and receive funding according to relative results within each group

7. UFD Research component: result Universities and special university institutions get funding according to: – number of graduates – number of PhDs – research based on third-part funding (EU and the Research Council of Norway) – numbers of professors/teachers University colleges get funding according to: – number of professors/teachers – external funding – number of credit points

8. UFD Research component: strategic Funding according to strategic priorities: – special research equipment – new recruitment – other strategic projects

9. UFD External funding The institutions can generate revenue reserves from external funding The Universities and University colleges have to: – strictly separate between state subsidy and external funding – make routines for intern invoicing – make sure that both direct costs and overheads (indirect costs) are covered by external funded projects