Kristiania delivers relevant, high-quality research in management, organization, marketing, communication, informatics, health sciences, innovation and art. With over 18,000 students and a large educational offer in Oslo, Bergen, and online, it is Norway's largest independent comprehensive university college higher education institution.  Uniquely to Norway, Kristiania has integrated vocational education courses and programs, providing excellent integrated pathways both to jobs and degrees on ball levels. Kristiania's mission is to contribute to Norway's social and economic development through problem-driven and applied knowledge development and dissemination, in close collaboration with industry, public sector, and the expanding Norwegian entrepreneurial scene. In order to be able to carry out this mission in the most efficient way possible, Kristiania is methodically working towards full university accreditation status, becoming Norway's first fully independent university.