The Göteborg-Oslo Region is a strong academic region
The University of Oslo and Göteborg University are among the largest in Scandinavia with over 35.000 respectively 40.000 students, while Chalmers University of Technology has around 8.000 students. Within a couple of years there will also be about 4.000 students at the IT-University in Göteborg. The Norwegian School of Management BI has a further 10.000 students and the Agriculture University of Norway and the Norwegian School of Veterinary have some 3.000 students.
- The MedCoast Region has over 100.000 students.
- Universities has a high degree of external research contracts, in totaled 190 million EURO annually.
- 350-400 PhD students graduate within biotechnology annually.
University of Oslo (MedCoast member) Chalmers University of Technology (MedCoast member) Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg (MedCoast member) (University of Tromsö (MedCoast member) ) Göteborg International Bioscience Business School, GIBBS University College of Halmstad University College of Jönköping NHV - Nordic School of Public Health Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Skara The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)
