| # | University | City | World rank | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Tromsø | #0 | 4,288,334 | |
| 2 | Norwegian University of Life Sciences | #0 | 1,952,423 | |
| 3 | University of Stavanger | #0 | 723,441 | |
| 4 | Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education | #0 | 638,507 | |
| 5 | University of Agder | #0 | 438,776 | |
| 6 | Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration | #0 | 329,066 | |
| 7 | Norwegian School of Management BI | #0 | 285,192 | |
| 8 | Bergen University College | #0 | 215,680 | |
| 9 | Molde University College | #0 | 63,671 | |
| 10 | Norwegian State Academy of Music | #0 | 6,599 | |
| 11 | Oslo School of Architecture | #0 | 6,044 | |
| 12 | National College of Art and Design | #0 | 520 | |
| 13 | University of Oslo | #119 (2026) | 16,155,758 | |
| 14 | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | #267 (2026) | 7,849,555 | |
| 15 | University of Bergen | #287 (2026) | 9,484,898 | |
| 16 | Kristiania University College | not ranked | 62,455 | |
| 17 | Norwegian Teacher Academy for Studies in Religion and Education | not ranked | 7,670 |
What the two columns mean
World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.
The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.