In the 1960s the Greater Blindern area was developed. This area is today associated by most people as the centre of the University of Oslo. The administration, welfare, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences buildings are located here. The student body increased rapidly during this period, approaching the 20,000-student watermark by the 1970s. This number remained stable for a while, but new growth in recent years has pushed the figure even higher.
Today there are approx.
34,000 students at the University of Oslo, down from almost 40,000 a couple of years ago. In 1861 the Faculty of Philosophy was split into The Faculty of Arts and The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science . Norway's College of Dentistry became a part of the university in 1959, renamed The Faculty of Dentistry . In 1963 The Faculty of Social Sciences was established, and the latest addition has been The Faculty of Education in 1996. In most informational material, the faculties are presented in this chronological order.