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Rector Election 2025

Between March 24th and April 4th (8 AM), staff and students at the University of Oslo will elect a new Rector and Pro-Rector. 

  • Registered students, Ph.D. candidates, adjunct professors, and anyone employed in at least a 50 percent position can vote for their preferred candidates for rector and pro-rector. External doctoral candidates have the right to vote if they are employed temporarily or registered as students for the semester. The determining factor for your eligibility to vote is your employment status on the day you cast your vote. Read more about elections at UiO

  • The election takes place electronically. Information on how to vote will be sent out via SMS and email when the election opens.

  • The election is a so-called preferential election. Eligible voters must rank the teams and can vote for as many teams as they like. Read more about the election regulations (in Norwegian)

  • April 4, the results are announced, revealing the new Rector and Pro-Rector at the University of Oslo.

Vote in the rector election

Why do we elect the rector of UiO?

The candidates

Bildet kan inneholde: briller, smil, briller, synsomsorg, ansiktsuttrykk.

Watch the election meeting from Domus Bibliotheca

Europe is calling for innovation and competitiveness. What is UiO's role in the knowledge sector in Norway and internationally? Watch the debate between the rector candidates Ragnhild Hennum, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Hanne Flinstad Harbo, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and Giske Ursin, Director of the Cancer Registry of Norway.

The recording is from Scene Domus Bibliotheca, 30 January 2025.