Alternatives and competitors

Sites like University of Oslo

The 20 closest higher education alternatives to University of Oslo, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 8 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to University of Oslo? The closest matches are University of Iowa, uni-heidelberg.de and rug.nl. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About University of Oslo

University of Oslo uio.no

Forsiden - Universitetet i Oslo

Universitetet i Oslo er det eldste og høyest rangerte universitetet i Norge. Universitetet har over 26 000 studenter og 7000 ansatte. UiO har ledende forskningsmiljøer og landets bredeste studietilbud.

Wikidata: Norwegian public research university

Top 10K · #5,192 Norwegian 8 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit University of Oslo

Summary by Claude

Official website of the University of Oslo, Norway's oldest public research university, providing information on study programmes, research news, events, faculties and staff directories.

Who it’s for
Students, researchers, staff, prospective applicants
Business model
Public funding

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to University of Oslo’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

University of TorontoUZHUniversity of OxfordUniversity of Colorado BoulderUniversity of EdinburghHelsinkiUSPuni-koeln.derug.nlUniversity of Iowa

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to University of Oslo

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to University of Oslo, thumbs down if it isn’t.

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  1. 01
    University of Iowa uiowa.edu Top 10K English

    The University of Iowa

    Join a global community of renowned artists, pioneering scientists, and faculty dedicated to student success at the University of Iowa.

  2. 02

    Heidelberg University - Zukunft seit 1386

    public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

  3. 03
    rug.nl Top 10K English

    Top 100 University | University of Groningen

    The University of Groningen has a high reputation for academic teaching and research and a large international network and offers degree programmes at Bachelor, Master and PhD levels in virtually every field.

  4. 04
    Charles University cuni.cz Top 10K

    Univerzita Karlova

    oldest and largest university in the Czech Republic

  5. 05
    uni-koeln.de Top 10K English

    Universität zu Köln: University of Cologne

    The University of Cologne is a university with the classic range of subjects of a comprehensive university. As one of the largest universities in Europe, it also works at the highest international level in research and teaching.

  6. 06
    University of Amsterdam uva.nl Top 10K Dutch

    Universiteit van Amsterdam

    Universiteit van Amsterdam

  7. 07
    USP usp.br Top 10K Portuguese

    # USP – Universidade de São Paulo # – Universidade pública, autarquia ligada à Secretaria de Estado de Ensino Superior de São Paulo

    public state university in Brazil

  8. 08
    University of Bonn uni-bonn.de Top 10K English

    University of Bonn

    The University of Excellence in Bonn is one of Germany's top universities. Study and research at one of the largest and best research-led universities in Germany.

  9. 09
    Helsinki helsinki.fi Top 10K

    capital and most populous city of Finland

  10. 10
    University of Edinburgh ed.ac.uk Top 10K English

    The University of Edinburgh

    The University of Edinburgh, influencing the world since 1583. We are one of the UK's top-rated research universities. Located in Scotland's capital city, one of the liveliest and most beautiful cities in the world.

  11. 11
    University of Colorado Boulder colorado.edu Top 10K English

    Home | University of Colorado Boulder

    Colorado’s leading public research university, transforming lives since 1876.

  12. 12
    University of Bologna unibo.it Top 10K English

    University of Bologna

    university in Bologna, Italy

  13. 13
    University of Oxford ox.ac.uk Top 10K English

    collegiate research university in Oxford, England

  14. 14
    UZH uzh.ch Top 10K German

    Universität Zürich | Universität Zürich | UZH

    Die Universität Zürich gehört zu den besten Forschungsuniversitäten Europas und bietet das breiteste Angebot an Studienfächern in der Schweiz.

  15. 15
    University of Toronto utoronto.ca Top 10K English

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    The University of Toronto - Error 403

  16. 16
    University of Hamburg uni-hamburg.de Top 10K English

    UHH : University of Hamburg

    Discover the University of Hamburg – a top research university in Germany. Explore study programs research strengths and international options at UHH.

  17. 17
    New York University nyu.edu Top 10K English

    New York University

    There's nothing like a crisp autumn day in New York to put a spring in your step, and at all of NYU's campuses and global sites, the fall presents an opportunity for renewed focus. That's something we're leaning into as a community through the NYU IRL initiative, which challenges us all to reclaim our time and attention so we can concentrate on what matters most. What will we notice when we look up from our devices? Here's to less checking and more connecting, to less following and more wandering.

  18. 18
    University of Arizona arizona.edu Top 10K English

    University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ

    The University of Arizona: Recognized for outstanding academics, and a student-first outlook filled with wonder. Interested in becoming a Wildcat?

  19. 19
    NRK.no nrk.no Top 10K Norwegian Bokmål

    NRK.no – nyheter, tv og radio fra Norge og hele verden

    NRK.no er Norges største tilbud på nett: nyheter fra Norge og verden, lokalnyheter, radio- og tv-program, podcast, vær, helse-, kultur-, underholdning-, humor- og debattstoff.

  20. 20
    Arizona State University asu.edu Top 10K English

    ASU Homepage | Arizona State University

    public university in Tempe, Arizona, US

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to uio.no’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones University of Oslo uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What University of Oslo is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

JavaScript libraries
  • jQuery asset https://www.uio.no/vrtx/dist/resources/uio2/js/jquery.min.js?x-h=1793956322191
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Email hosting
  • Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 mx include:spf.uio.no include:_spf.google.com include:spf.prot…
  • Microsoft 365 TXT v=spf1 mx include:spf.uio.no include:_spf.google.com include:spf.prot…
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=hBIkEpfAYcNs7R31
  • Dropbox TXT dropbox-domain-verification=eovcv1nrw2n5
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=YnB-rpdnKO3Nu0Pca31WNRW0f3B_ZMMfWVG7C8__eUw
  • Miro TXT miro-verification=00291db75b4bfe0dba765c4af09b4b2336cde9a8

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