History
The decision to establish a Norwegian national college of technology was made by the Norwegian parliament, the Storting, in 1900, after years of heated debate on where the institution should be located; many representatives felt that the capital Kristiania was self-evident as the place for this nationally important seat of learning. However, eventually NTH was located in the geographically central city of Trondhjem, based on an emerging policy of decentralisation as well as the city's existing and highly esteemed technical college (Trondhjems Tekniske Læreanstalt).
Five academical departments were originally present in the parliament's resolution of 31 May 1900:
- Architecture and city planning
- Civil engineering
- Mechanical engineering (a. General and b. Naval, i.e. ship and ship engine construction)
- Electrical engineering
- Chemistry (a. General and b. Electro-chemistry)
This section is in its early stages; more will be written as time permits. This will at least entail: 1) early years, pre-WWII history, incl Samfundet; 2) NTH during WWII; 3) possibly some info on each decade until '96, incl SINTEF, RUNIT, PVV, etc.; and 4) end of independent NTH
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