Norwegian
University of Science
and Technology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is Norway’s largest university, with more than 40,000 students and a broad academic profile spanning technology, medicine, science, social sciences, arts, and the humanities. NTNU awards around 400 PhD degrees each year and is home to eight faculties and 55 departments.
Research at NTNU’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences covers the full spectrum of medical inquiry – from basic science to translational and applied research. The faculty provides comprehensive education and training for the health sector and contributes to health-related research, innovation, and policy.
Within IMPROVE PRETERM, NTNU advances research on follow-up and early intervention programs for children born very preterm. The team combines expertise in pediatrics, physiotherapy, and epidemiology, drawing on Nordic register and cohort data. NTNU leads the work packages on follow-up and early intervention services as well as vaccination policies, and plays a major role in analyses across multiple research use cases using register and clinical cohort data.