By educating teachers and school leaders based on leading school research ILS aims to shape future education in Norway. The department employs around 140 people consisting of researchers, techical and administrative staff, and has about 1000 students. We are located at the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Oslo. The department was established in 1996, but has a history with roots as far as to Pedagogical Seminar, which was established in Oslo in 1907.
| Academic publications | 121 |
| Master programmes, five year | 1 |
| Master programmes, experience-based | 1 |
| One-year programmes | 3 |
| Courses | 65 |
| Programs for Continuing Education | 3 |
| Academic Full-time equivalents (FTEs) | 86,6 |
| Administrative Full-time equivalents (FTEs) | 45 |
| Postdoctoral Fellows | 6 |
| PhD research fellows | 19,3 |
| Budget | 139 mill. |
| Part of budget funded from external sources | 37 % |