Bergen School of Architecture

Bergen School of Architecture or BAS ( _no. Bergen Arkitekt Skole) is a private and academically independent architecture school located in Bergen, Norway. BAS offers master programs in Architecture, Landscape oriented Architecture and a post-graduate program for architects on Visual Structure, the school's academic approach. These programs stand as alternative programs to those offered by the two public architecture schools in Norway (AHO in Oslo and NTNU in Trondheim). BAS programs are accredited by the European Union. [ [http://www2.siu.no/english.nsf/O/BAS Bergen School of Architecture] , The Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education. Accessed May 30, 2007.] BAS is protected by the National Norwegian Law of Alternative Private Education and receives much of its financial support from the Norwegian government.

BAS was formally founded in 1986 by the initiative of Arch. Prof. Svein Hatløy. Hatløy functioned as the academic and administrative Principle until August 2007 when architect Marianne Skjulhaug tok over Hatløy as Principle on September 1st, 2007.

The school has around 150 students divided in 5 grades. The 5-year-long master degrees are divided in two cycles. The first cycles ends by an examination of the student's work in the first three grades. The approval of this examination gives the students the right to continue on the second cycle. The second cycle (2 years) ends with a 8-months-long diploma-task.

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External links

* [http://www.bergenarkitektskole.no/ Official web page]
* [http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/kd/Documents/Brochures-and-handbooks/2001/Recognition-of-Foreign-Education-in-Norway.html?id=419333 Norway Ministry of Education and Research - Recognition of Foreign Education in Norway - Private Colleges with state support]