NTNU's vision is "Knowledge for a better world". NTNU aims to create the basis for the development of knowledge and to create value - economic, cultural and social. NTNU is a university with a broad academic scope with a focus on technology and natural sciences. The university has about 22 000 students and close to 5 500 employees. Of these are 1700 in academic positions. NTNU has been given the national responsibiliy for post graduate engeneering education. The institution offers an extensive range of subjects in the natural sciences, technology, the humanities, the social sciences and financial and economic disciplines. NTNU educates candidates for the the professions: medicine, psychology, architecture, fine arts, music, pictorial art and teacher training. NTNU's reseach has an international focus and can be characterized as being at the leading edge in specific areas of technology, having a broad disciplinary scope and an interdisciplinary approach. NTNU has elected four thematic interdisciplinary strategic areas that adress the key social challenges where NTNU is especially qualified to make a contribution. We will make the best possible use of our main profile, academic breadth and our intredisciplinary expertise to tackle the large and complex challenges faced by Norway and the world community.