Student Life in Trondheim
Student life here is built on deep traditions, strong communities and the freedom to start something new.
Studentsentersamfundet, Trondheim. Foto.samfundet.no
Deep student traditions
Trondheim’s student traditions go back almost as far as the university itself. When Trondheim’s technical university opened in 1910, long before it became part of today’s NTNU, the first students took only a few weeks to establish their own student society, choir, orchestra and theatre group. Those early initiatives did more than fill a gap. They started traditions that students have carried, protected and reshaped for more than a century. You can still see that
continuity everywhere. Studentersamfundet remains one of the main gathering points, while UKA has grown from its beginnings in 1917 into one of Norway’s largest cultural festivals. Societies, sports clubs, media and student organisations are handed from one group of students to the next, often with decades of history behind them. You arrive into something that was built long before you, take your turn shaping it, then pass it on.
Which student society is for you?
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Samfundet
Studentersamfundet is the main hub of student life in Trondheim. Inside the iconic red, round house, students run concerts, debates, bars, restaurants, theatre and festivals, making it one of the city’s most active cultural gathering places.
UKA
UKA may mean “The Week,” but this student-run cultural festival takes over Trondheim for almost a month. Every other autumn, around 2,000 student volunteers fill the city with concerts, theatre and events, and turn the whole city up a notch.
ISFiT
Every other year, around 350 students from across the world come to Trondheim for dialogue, workshops, culture and a serious exchange of perspectives. Behind it all, more than 300 student volunteers bring ISFiT, the world’s largest international student festival, to life.
NTNUI
From skiing and football to sailing, climbing and even underwater rugby, there are plenty of ways to get moving. NTNUI is Norway’s largest sports association, with almost 20,000 members across more than 60 student-run sports and activities.