Norwegian Institute of Technology

The former NTH departments are now basic building blocks of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Since the merger, it forms a part of the university campus commonly known as Gløshaugen, from the geographical area in which it is situated.

The decision to establish a Norwegian national college of technology was made by the Norwegian parliament, the Storting, in 1900, after years of heated debate on where the institution should be located; many representatives felt that the capital Kristiania (now Oslo) was self-evident as the place for this nationally important seat of learning.

[citation needed] Hovedbygningen, the building of Norges tekniske høgskole was designed by architect Bredo Greve.

The academic structure of NTH during the last years before its inclusion in NTNU was as follows: The following companies, or divisions of international companies, have been created directly or partly from NTH research and influence, including its contract research arm SINTEF with spin-offs: