UHR Termbase

The UHR Termbase contains 2000 terms, primarily in English, Norwegian bokmål and nynorsk, for the higher education sector.

Published 09.04.2018 14.21

Edited 11.11.2024 12.23

Universities Norway (UHR) recommends that the suggested terms be used in the higher education sector to ensure a standardized terminology in both English and Norwegian. In English the UHR Termbase follows the Oxford University Press standard.

The UHR Termbase is for free public use. We recommend that the resource be made available on other websites and in other relevant ways. We also recommend that external language service providers such as translators etc. be advised to use the UHR Termbase. UHR holds the copyright to the UHR Termbase.

For translation of government administration job titles, the UHR Termbase follows the guidelines of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD).

Language resources

UHR’s terminology group

The UHR Termbase is developed and maintained by UHR’s terminology group consisting of representatives from the higher education sector appointed by the UHR.

UHR's terminology group
Role	Institution	Representative
Head	Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences	Susan Nacey
Deputy head	NHH Norwegian School of Economics	Gisle Andersen
Member	University of Bergen	Øivin Andersen
Member	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences	Rune Herheim
Member	NLA University College	Christopher Wales
Member	University of Stavanger	Aslaug Vasshus
Member	University of Oslo	Jonny Roar Sundnes
Member	Østfold University College	Nazareth Amlesom Kifle
Member	BI Norwegian Business School	Sonja Kittelsen
Member	Volda University College	Kjetil Arve Myskja
Member	Language Council of Norway	Kjetil Gundersen