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Organisation

Oslo National Academy of the Arts has a management structure with an appointed Rector. The Board has an external Chair, and the Rector acts as secretary.

The Academy is divided into academic departments, with responsibility for the various subject areas, and administrative sections, which handle shared administrative tasks.


Organisation chart

The Academy is divided into academic departments, with responsibility for the various subject areas, and administrative sections, which handle shared administrative tasks. A temporary organization chart has been established.

Temporary Organizational Chart

Temporary organizational chart for the Oslo National Academy of the Arts effective from 1 August 2023 and no later than 31 July 2024, cf. decision of the Board, S-sak 37/23.

Organisation chart (pdf)

The Rector has overall responsibility for Oslo National Academy of the Arts. The Rector is also the Secretary for the Board.

Academic departments

The Design department has academic responsibility for educational programmes in graphic design, illustration, fashion design, costume design, interior design and furniture design.

The Art and Craft department has academic responsibility in the fields of textiles, fine art printing and drawing, ceramics, art and public space, and metal and jewellery art.

The Academy of Fine Art has academic responsibility for educational programmes in fine art. It works across media, disciplines and approaches, exploring questions of form and material as well as post-conceptual, social and political issues.

The Academy of Theatre has academic responsibility for educational programmes for actors and theatre directors, offering specialisations in acting, direction, stage writing and scenography, and a postgraduate certificate in education for drama teachers.

The Academy of Dance has academic responsibility for educational programmes for choreographers and dancers in the fields of contemporary dance, classical ballet and jazz dance, and a postgraduate certificate in education for dance teachers.

The Academy of Opera has academic responsibility for educational programmes in the field of opera, developing vocal and acting skills, with an emphasis on stage productions.

Administrative Management

The Section of Finance and Corporate Governance is in charge of finances (incl. budgets, accounting and planning) and archives.

The Section of HR and HSE is in charge of human relations and health, safety and environment.

The Section of Studies, Research and Knowledge Transfer is in charge of academic affairs administration (incl. admissions and curricula), research administration (incl. doctoral programmes and artistic research and development), library services, and communication (incl. research, academic and outreach programmes concerning the Academy’s various disciplines and activities).

The Section of Service, User Support and Infrastructure oversees the service centre, main reception and mail processing. The section also handles building (interior only) and room operations, developing and running IT user support, AV services, contingency plans, information security, cleaning and equipment loans and storage facilities.

The Section of Technical Production is in charge of all the workshops (incl. providing assistance to classes and productions within the visual arts) and stages (incl. providing technical assistance to productions within the performing arts).

Board

The board is the highest organ at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. The members of the board are appointed for a period from 1.8.2023 until 31.7.2027.

Composition

Chair of the board

Idar Kreutzer (external member)

Academic staff

Solveig Styve Holte
Ane Thon Knutsen
Maziar Raein
Mads Thygesen
(deputies: 1. Josephine Jewkes, 2. Hans Pitzschner Henriksen, 3. Isak Wisløff, 4. Pavlina Lucas)

Technical and administrative staff

Trond Kasper Mikkelsen
(Deputy member: Anders Hamre)

Students

Clara Claussen (Deputy: Pernille Øyen
Dariusz Stefan Wojdyga (Deputy: Aron Tweve)

External board members (appointed by the Ministry of Education and Research)

Petter Snare
Inger Østensjø
Sara Kristofferson
(deputies: 1. Kjell Magne Mælen, 2. Trude Gomnæs Ugelstad)

Secretary

Rector Marianne Skjulhaug

Board meetings

All case documents (with a few exemptions) and minutes from Oslo National Academy of the Arts board meetings are made publically accessible on-line.

Meeting schedule

For meeting schedule go to the Board's Norwegian page.

The minutes from each meeting are formally approved at the subsequent board meeting.

Case documents

The case documents are available in Norwegian only. Go to the Board's Norwegian page.

Delegation authorisation

Delegation Authorisation as of 13.09.2022 (Norwegian only)

Management

Rectorate

Marianne Skjulhaug
Rector
+47 930 91 091
mariskju@khio.no

The Rector has overall responsibility for academic and administrative activities at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. The Rector is appointed for a fixed term of four years. The Rector also serves as secretary for the board.

Heidi Marian Haraldsen
Acting Pro-Rector for Education
+47 920 96 066
heidhara@khio.no

Janne-Camilla Lyster
Acting Pro-Rector for Research
+47 913 10 959
jannlyst@khio.no

Deans

Mike Sperlinger
Acting Dean, Academy of Fine Art
+47 458 67 736
saralook@khio.no

Markus Degerman
Acting Dean, Art and Craft
+47 930 04 322
markdege@khio.no

Snelle Hall
Dean, Academy of Dance
+47 909 22 204
snellhall@khio.no

Anna Elisabet Einarsson
Dean, Academy of Opera
+47 986 62 976
annaeina@khio.no

Peter Løchstøer
Dean, Design department
+47 970 93 218
peteloch@khio.no

Victoria Meirik
Dean, Academy of Theatre
+47 900 55 784
victmeir@khio.no

Administrative management

Ketil Akerø
Acting Director, Department of Administrative Management
Acting Head of Section, Finance and Corporate Governance
+47 911 82 910
ketiaker@khio.no

Camilla Nyquist
Head of Section, HR and HSE
+47 924 26 395
caminyqu@khio.no

Trond Mikkelsen
Acting Head of Section, Technical Production
+47 909 64 386
tronmikk@khio.no

Marianne Kristin Fjeld 
Head of Section, Service, User Support and Infrastructure
+47 915 69 745
marifjel@khio.no

Torben Lai
Acting Head of Section for studies, reserach and knowledge affairs
Team Manager Research administration
+47 928 96 161
torben.lai@khio.no

Strategy 2023–2028

Adopted by the Board of the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 13 December 2022

Download pdf:   English    Norwegian - Bokmål    Norwegian - Nynorsk

The Oslo National Academy of the Arts

The Oslo National Academy of the Arts is a nationally leading, specialised university and is Norway’s largest public institution of higher learning for artists and designers. The school offers programmes within the fields of fine art, design, art and craft, opera, dance, theatre and arts education. The Academy’s programmes shall be rooted in cutting-edge artistic and academic research, and the school contribute to developing the knowledge and society of the future. The Academy shall reflect social diversity, allow a great range of opinions, and exemplify sustainable perspectives within arts education.

The Academy’s social mission is to educate performing and creative artists and designers, carry out artistic and academic research at a high international level and spread knowledge about the Academy’s activities, operations and values. Through their prioritisations, all the activities at the Academy shall promote the social mission. The Academy’s academic staff are leading professionals within their fields and divide their time between managing specialised disciplinary traditions and engaging in innovative artistic practices. The artistic core – rooted in artistic practice and both artistic and academic research – helps ensure the high quality of the Academy’s programmes.

Students who graduate from the Academy will become important participants in the world of arts and culture, in developing the quality of arts education and in developing society. A crucial part of educating students to become ground-breaking, professional artists and designers is to contextualise their art and design when encountering their peers, the public and society at large. In order to support this endeavour, the Academy offers a unique set of stages, audition rooms, a gallery, studio places, workshops and libraries that are run by highly competent professionals.

The strategy has three areas of focus: “artistic core” is a basic prerequisite for all the activities at the Academy, while “sustainability” and “strategic collaboration” are necessary means to realise the core of our objectives.

Area of focus 1: Artistic core

The Oslo National Academy of the Arts shall be among the internationally leading artistic and practice-oriented institutions of higher learning within the disciplines taught here. The Academy’s identity is grounded in how our teaching, our artistic and academic research and our public outreach activities all have an artistic core, one that is rooted in performative and creative artistic practices. The artistic core depends on close interaction between the professional field of the arts and society at large. This unique characteristic shall be clearly expressed in the Academy’s activities and is a prerequisite for the students being able to become the artists and arts educators of tomorrow.

The Academy shall be a leading participant within artistic research so that the performing and creative arts may help produce new knowledge at every level. Artistic research shall therefore serve as the basis for the priorities of all of the Academy’s operations. A high international artistic level combined with competence in artistic research shall be required when hiring professors and associate professors in artistic positions.

The roles of educator and supervisor are predicated on the artistic core and are a prerequisite for high educational quality. The Academy’s learning and work environments address and develop ethical questions, educational issues and academic freedom of expression through lively discussions and collegial interaction.

The Academy’s aims are as follows:

  • The Academy’s overall portfolio of programmes, especially at the Master’s level, shall be more robust; have a more wide-ranging disciplinary foundation that incorporates artistic research in the programmes; make better use of the Academy’s total resources; and ensure the specialisations being offered today. The Master’s level shall serve as a natural link between the Bachelor’s and PhD levels.
  • The Academy shall offer solid pedagogical programmes and clear guidelines on the pedagogical competence required for being hired and promoted.
  • There shall be 4-year PhD positions with a 25% (0.25 FTE) teaching load.
  • The Academy’s teaching and research activities shall be based on academic freedom, freedom of expression and guidelines on research ethics.
  • There shall be common venues where the academic staff can convene in order to develop the culture of research and sharing, as well as common venues for developing the culture of learning and education.

Area of focus 2: Sustainability

The Oslo National Academy of the Arts shall exemplify an awareness of sustainability issues and effective measures for sustainable consumption. Sustainability in an expanded sense affects individuals, society and the institution alike. It is therefore something that must be understood in regard to not only environmental and climate issues and the total use of resources, but also psychosocial and cultural contexts.

In order for the Academy to achieve our objectives within education, research and public outreach, our activities shall be characterised by priorities that support a long-term, holistic and sustainable management of our total resources. This applies to financial resources, space resources and human resources alike.

The Academy shall be characterised by a diversity of practices and artistic voices that is predicated on a diversity of staff and students. We shall hence strive to reflect the diversity that exists in society.

The Academy educates its students for a life-long learning and career perspective. Our programmes shall equip the students to be able to tackle academic and mental challenges and transitions, and to have the work ethic and robustness required to participate in a wide-ranging work sector that is constantly shifting and developing.

The Academy’s aims are as follows:

  • Our climate footprint and resource use shall be mapped out so that we can acquire knowledge about our consumption and identify where the potential for change in line with the “green shift” is greatest. On this basis, priorities shall be implemented in order to make consumption more sustainable.
  • We shall make priorities at every level that promote a long-term, holistic and sustainable management of our total resources in order to ensure the core activities and strategic areas of focus.
  • We shall organise the Academy’s infrastructure, stages, workshops and facilities in a professionally grounded and sustainable manner.
  • We shall introduce a financial model that ensures good resource prioritisations and target numbers for steering that ensure that strategic priorities can be implemented.
  • When recruiting students and employees, we shall work in a targeted manner to reflect social diversity. We shall work in an evidence-based manner and carry out pilot projects aimed at a more diverse recruitment in cooperation with various stakeholders in order to develop more effective strategies and measures for diverse recruitment.
  • Through systematic work on the learning environment and on increasing the staff’s skill sets, students shall gain relevant professional competence to tackle academic and mental challenges and transitions in order to participate in a wide-ranging work sector that is constantly shifting and developing.

Area of focus 3: Strategic collaboration

Strategic collaboration shall help strengthen the academic communities at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Academic excellence and the renewal of education, research and public outreach all depend on robust and collective professional communities that enable both specialisation and interdisciplinary collaboration. Good professional communities are also characterised by good administrative and operational functions. The Academy is a specialised university and has a national responsibility, something that requires both administrative excellence and collaboration within the higher education sector in regard to solutions and processes.

Strategic collaboration also includes our relationship to the professional world of art and our ambition to be an active stakeholder and resource for society at large in the contexts we operate within. As a leading arts education, we have an important voice in the public sphere in cooperation with students, staff and the field of the arts.

Strategic collaboration between the academic communities, the administration and external national and international stakeholders shall thus be sought in order to stimulate a high degree of academic relevance and quality. External and external cooperation can help create a new room for manoeuvre, new synergies and additional resources for prioritised work.

The Academy’s aims are as follows:

  • We shall appoint a task force that will recommend concrete measures that create more effective forms of collaboration and strengthen the Academy’s organisational culture across disciplines and administrative structures.
  • We shall investigate the establishment of common curriculum structures at the Master’s level that will enable common courses, electives, specialisation opportunities, exchanges and the joint use of resources.
  • We shall prioritise, develop and strengthen educational and research collaborations with external and international academic communities. We shall therefore develop solid procedures that enable the departments’ ambitions regarding external collaborations.
  • We shall develop a model that ensures good interaction between the Academy’s research and teaching activities, and good interaction with the professional arts sector.
  • We shall increase the number of applications and allocations of external funds to education and research projects that strengthen the school’s academic communities. We shall therefore organise peer communities, administrative support systems and collaborative models that promote this aim.

Previous planning documents

Strategic Plan 2017–2022

Download pdf:   English    Norwegian-Bokmål    Norwegian-Nynorsk


Steering documents

Strategic plan

The Strategic Plan 2012–2016 builds on the Academy’s “Culture Arts and Brand Platform”, approved in autumn 2009.

Our ideas concerning our activities and values form the foundation for the strategic plan.

Letter of allocation

The letter of allocation is the annual steering document issued by the Ministry of Education and Research to Oslo National Academy of the Arts, containing guidelines for the Academy’s activities in accordance with the government-approved state budget, chapter 260.

Letter of allocation 2023 (pdf, in Norwegian)

Letter of allocation 2022 (pdf, in Norwegian)
- Supplementary letter (pdf, in Norwegian)

Letter of allocation 2021 (pdf, in Norwegian)

Letter of allocation 2020 (pdf, in Norwegian)

Language policy

Language policy for Oslo National Academy of the Arts, approved by the board, 30.09.2014 (pdf)

Equality and diversity

Equality and diversity plan, approved by the board at Oslo National Academy of the Arts 14 June 2022, S-sak 29-22

Ethical Guidelines

Ethical Guidelines for the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Approved at IDF and board meetings in June 2015

Academic Regulations

Forskrift om studiene ved Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
Approved by the board at Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo 22 February 2011 according to "lov av 1. April 2005 nr. 15 om universiteter og høyskoler" (universitets- og høyskolelova) § 3-2, § 3-5, § 3-9, § 4-2, § 4-5, § 4-7, § 4-8, § 4-9, § 4-10, § 5-2 og § 5-3. (Only in Norwegian)

Midlertidig forskrift om tillegg til forskrift 22. februar 2011 nr. 371 om studiene ved Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
Approved by the board at Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo 8 February 2022 according to "lov av 1. april 2005 nr. 15 om universiteter og høyskoler" (universitets- og høgskolelova) § 3-9. (Norwegian version)

Forskrift om graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.) i kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid ved Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
Approved by the board at Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo 6 February 2018 according to "lov av 1. April 2005 nr. 15 om universiteter og høgskoler" (universitets- og høgskolelova) § 3-3. (Norwegian version)

Midlertidig forskrift om tillegg til forskrift 6. februar 2018 nr. 177 om graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.) i kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid ved Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
Approved by the board at Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo 8 February 2022 according to "lov av 1. april 2005 nr. 15 om universiteter og høyskoler" (universitets- og høgskolelova) § 3-9. (Norwegian version)

Regulations Pertaining to the PhD in Artistic Research at KHiO (preliminary English translation)

Correspondence logs

The correspondence log is a publically accessible record of the Academy’s incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Case documents from board meetings are also logged and made publically accessible, provided no exemption has been granted in accordance with the law, cf. Freedom of Information Act § 3.

Usually the correspondence log is made accessible to public scrutiny for twelve weeks. Access to older correspondence logs will be granted on request.

Journal

The correspondence logs are available on the Norwegian page.

Access

Where access to documents is requested, the institution is required to offer guidance in accordance with the Public Administration Act § 11.

The parties to a case have a right of access to documents in accordance with the Public Administration Act § 18.

Documents are sent as email attachments in pdf format.

Refusal and appeal against refusal of access

Where access to documents is refused, a justification for the refusal may be demanded within three weeks, cf. Freedom of Information Act § 31. The justification must be provided in writing within ten working days after receipt of the request.

Refusal of a request for access may be appealed within three weeks of receipt of the refusal, cf. Freedom of Information Ac t § 32.

Contact

All questions concerning access to documents should be directed in writing to: postmottak@khio.no

Remember to state the case number, document number and description of the document you have requested!

Job vacancies

We encourage you to apply for vacant positions at Oslo National Academy of the Arts.

We announce vacant positions via the job-seeker portal Jobbnorge.

All applicants must register on the portal, providing their name, and uploading their CV and application. Relevant attachments such as references and qualifications can be uploaded as separate attachments (pdf).

We advise you to register on the portal several days before the application deadline. To ensure equal treatment of all applicants, only applications submitted via Jobbnorge by the application deadline will be considered.

Note that the portal closes at midnight on the date specified as a deadline!

Are you applying for an academic position at Oslo National Academy of the Arts?

Read more about the regulations concerning recruiting and promotion for teachers and researchers and our guidelines for expert appraisal for academic appointments on the Norwegian version of this page (Norwegian only).

Logos

Click on the following links to access our logos:

Avgang 2023

General

Departments

Design manual

There are two versions of the Academy’s design manual, a simplified version and an extended version.

The simplified version contains the main logo of Oslo National Academy of the Arts and guidelines for its use. The simplified version of the design manual can be downloaded here.

The extended version of the design manual contains, among other things, logos for various departments and sections with guidelines for their use, templates for various elements, examples of advertisements and posters, and an explanation of how to construct the Academy’s grid system for graphic layouts. Send an email to the web editor to receive a digital copy.

General questions about the academy’s design manual/visual identity should be directed to webredaktor@khio.no