The University Campus at Blindern is both a Redbrick Desert and a Research Oasis.
Universities are by definition research based.
The University of Oslo is Norway's largest and most comprehensive research institution in terms of scientific personnel and output. Its wide range of disciplines and subjects ensures that it plays a prominent and relevant role in national and international arenas. The University of Oslo has a specific responsibility for basic research, for maintaining its traditionally strong fields of research, and for communicating research results via academic channels, as well as to the public at large. It interacts with society, attentive to the concerns of the day and their implications for research. It depends largely on parliamentary decision for public funding of its own budget as well as for student financing.