University of the Faroe Islands

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The University of the Faroe Islands ( Faroese: Fróðskaparsetur Føroya - Fróðskaparsetur literally means " seat of science" and is synonymous with universitet, Danish for " the University ") was established on 20 May 1965 as Academia faeroensis, and has been since 1990 the status of a University. The University of the Faroe Islands, based in Tórshavn has around 150 students. She is a member of the University of the Arctic.

Support is the Government of the Faroe Islands. The university is part of the department of the Minister of Culture. The President of the University is elected every three years. Next to the rector It is composed of the deans of the three faculties.

History

The University of the Faroe Islands goes back to the scientific academy Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, which was established in 1952. This was a result of the newly awakened national movement after the British occupation of the Faroe Islands in World War II, when the young elite of the country was stuck to a large extent in Copenhagen and was educated at the local university.

After their return in 1945 they put a political movement in motion from the left and the Republican Party Tjóðveldisflokkurin emerged. They were in the continuity of the generations before ( Christmas meeting of the Faroe Islands in 1888, the Faroese language conflict ), which also presented cultural along with political demands.

This academy set itself the goal to establish its own university, including to give an appropriate institution to the Faroese linguistics. Before there was only one teacher training college ( teacher training college ) in Torshavn.

Study

The University of the Faroe Islands has three faculties ( deildir ):

  • Føroyamálsdeildin - Faroese Language and Literature ( world's only faculty of its kind ). Since 1974 there is a two year course of Scandinavian Studies, with a focus Faeroistik and, since 1987, the four-year study, which is completed with a Master's. The faculty is also the seat of Málstovan, the Faroese Language Council, which controls the language policy of the country.
  • Náttúruvísindadeildin - science. Here computer science, physics, geophysics, petroleum engineering, electrical engineering and biology are taught.
  • Søgu & Samfelagsdeildin - history and sociology. This Faculty has existed since 1986 and offers a whole range of different courses, from one-year basic course, up to the four-year graduate. Economics are here presented as are foreign languages.

Work about 20 lecturers and 15 other employees at the university. There are now 150 students (1999 there were only 100). 2003 stopped here 24 students graduated, including 7 women. That is about 7% of all graduates of higher educational institution in the Faroes ( colleges and the like).

Degrees from the University of the Faroe Islands are internationally recognized, and quite a few graduates continue their studies abroad continued, often, for example, after the two-year - Scandinavian foundation course.

A conclusion on the proportion of university graduates in the nation do not allow these figures, however, as most students go Faroese ( about 90 %) abroad directly after high school. Of these, 93 % in Denmark to be formed, the other in Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Great Britain and the United States.

At the Faroese university courses for the general population are offered. For the 40th anniversary in 2005 there was a special event series Setrið á Ferd ( " the university road" ), where faculty provide lectures all over the country. For example, spoke of Unirektor Prof. Pauli Joensen Jóan on May 19 in Bøur about the grindadráp, in preparation for his new book on the subject.

For foreigners is particularly interesting is the Summer Institute, a 20 - day intensive course in Faroese, which is usually offered every two years. The program for 2006 saw, for example, before:

  • 50 hours Faroese grammar and language exercises
  • 20 hours Linguistics and Cultural Studies
  • Two field trips to historical and natural monuments.

Importance

For the economy of the Faroe Islands, the University has no immediate significance, since fishing and maritime trade are taught at private colleges.

The cultural significance, however, is immense. 1998 appeared here for the first Faroese dictionary that Føroysk BETA. Before, it was only the Faroese - Danish or Danish - Faroese dictionary. This project was one of the main concerns for decades and can be considered as successful. The dictionary has over 65,000 keywords from all fields, describes each word based synonyms, offers numerous illustrations (of Bárður Jákupsson ) in, idioms and literary documents. At all words are called classes, which are broken down in the Annex to the unprecedented level depth, so there, for example 53 declinations masculine nouns are listed.

Groundbreaking was in 2004 the publication of the first comprehensive Faroese grammar, Faroese. An Overview and Reference Grammar, which, although not follow the same system in the classification, but makes accessible the BETA of the outside world. Both are the widely accepted standard works on the Faroese language.

The scholars at the University of Faroese language and literature contributes significantly to language development and thus the cultural consciousness of the entire nation at. This applies equally to research on the history of the Faroe Islands and the mediation of the natural sciences in their own language.

All Färöischlehrer the country can now boast a degree at the local university, a lot of history, biology, mathematics and chemistry teachers also.

Professors

  • Christian Matras from 1965 to 1971, Language and literature science
  • Mortan Nolsøe, from 1986, Folklore
  • Jóhan Hendrik Winther Poulsen, from 1986, Nordic studies, specifically the Faroe Linguistics
  • Hans Jacob Debes, from 1987 to 1990 Historical Sciences
  • Jóan Pauli Joensen, from 1989, Civilization History and Social Anthropology
  • Magnus Danielsen, from 1991, Electrical Engineering
  • Arne Nørrevang, 1995, Biology
  • Eyðun Andreassen, from 1996, Folklore
  • Dorete Bloch, from 2001, Zoology
  • Malan Marnersdóttir from 2004, Literature
  • Bogi Hansen from 2006, Oceanography
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