History
NTNU was formed in 1996 by the merger of the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) (1910), the College of Arts and Sciences (AVH), the Museum of Natural History and Archaeology (VM), the Faculty of Medicine (DMF), the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art and the Trondheim Conservatory of Music (MiT). Prior to the 1996 merger, NTH, AVH, DMF, and VM together constituted the University of Trondheim (UNiT), which was a much looser organization. However, the university's roots go back to 1760, with the foundation of the Trondheim Society, which in 1767 became the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. A group of Trondheim-based institutions including NTNU celebrated a 250th Jubilee in 2010 to commemorate this history, while NTNU itself celebrated its centennial. The centennial was also celebrated by the publication of a history of the university, entitled "Turbulens og tankekraft. Historien om NTNU," which translates as "Turbulence and the power of the mind: A history of NTNU".
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