Hovedbygningen, the main building of the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH)
The Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norwegian: Norges tekniske høgskole, NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was merged into the University of Trondheim as an independent college.[1]
In 1996 NTH ceased to exist as an organizational superstructure when the university was restructured and rebranded. The former NTH departments are now basic building blocks of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
NTH was primarily a polytechnic institute, educating master level engineers as well as architects. In 1992 NTH had 7627 master and doctoral students and 1591 employees; it graduated 1262 chartered engineers (master level), 52 chartered architects, and 92 Dr.Ing. (PhD). The operating budget was equivalent to US$100M, and the total premises amounted to around 260,000 m2 (64 acres).
Since the merger, it forms a part of the university campus commonly known as Gløshaugen, from the geographical area in which it is situated.
History
Seal of the Institute
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. However, eventually Den Tekniske Høgskole was located in the geographically central city of Trondheim, based on an emerging policy of decentralisation as well as the city's existing and highly esteemed technical college, Trondhjems Tekniske Læreanstalt.[citation needed]
Hovedbygningen, the building of Norges tekniske høgskole was designed by architect Bredo Greve. It was built of granite block construction in the National Romantic style of architecture.[citation needed]
Five academical departments were originally present in the parliament's resolution of 31 May 1900:
Tor Olav Trøim, marine engr., shipping and energy industry executive (Frontline, Seadrill)
John Ugelstad, chemical engr., known for his pioneering work on monodisperse polymer beads
Tore M. Undeland, electrical engr., professor, international textbook author (Wiley), IEEE fellow
Gjert Wilhelmsen, marine engr., co-founder of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Bror With, mechanical engr., inventor of the Rottefella ski binding and Dromedille dinghy; World War II resistance agent
Vegard Wollan, electronics engr., co-inventor of Atmel AVR μcontroller, co-founder of Atmel Norway
Commercial impact
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:
3d-Radar AS (advanced ground penetrating radar technology for shallow subsurface mapping in 3D) [1]
Atmel Norway (inventors and designers of the Atmel AVR RISC microcontroller family, incl HW/SW tools) (in Norwegian)[2]
Ceetron AS (3D visualization and technical computing for oil & gas, plus aerospace, automotive, and consumer electronics) [3]
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