faculty in 1980, with legal studies and research having been conducted at the university since 1969. The faculty is one of three Norwegian institutions which offer legal studies, the other two being the law faculties at the University of Oslo and the University of Tromsø. The faculty offers a five-year programme leading to a Master's degree in law and a three-year PhD programme, and currently has approximately 1900 students. Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences As of January 1, 2018, the faculty is organised into the following seven departments: Department of Biological Sciences Department of Chemistry Department of Earth Science Department of Informatics Department of Mathematics Department of Physics and Technology Geophysical Institute The Faculty is tied to a number of centres: Centres of Excellence in Research: Birkeland Centre for Space Science Centre for Geobiology Centres of Research-based Innovation: Sea Lice Research Centre Centres of Excellence in Education: BioCEED Other important units and centres: Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research CBU - Computational Biology Unit Norwegian Ocean Observation Laboratory Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture Innovations (CSAI) Bergen Offshore Wind Centre (BOW) Faculty of Medicine Since January 2013 the faculty is organised in the following departments and units: Department of Biomedicine Department of Clinical Medicine Department of Clinical Science Department of Clinical Dentistry Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care Centre for International Health Laboratory Animal Facility Faculty of Psychology The University of Bergen is the only institution in the Nordic countries where the study of psychology has been assigned to its own faculty. Established in 1980, it educates psychologists and is responsible for the university's pedagogic education. Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Administration and Organization Theory Department of Comparative Politics Department of Economics Department of Geography Department of Information Science and Media Studies Department of Social Anthropology Department of Sociology Centre for Development Studies Centre for Gender Studies Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Notable people Faculty Fredrik Barth, social anthropology Jan Fridthjof Bernt, law Margunn Bjørnholt, sociology Julia Brannen, sociology Tom Colbjørnsen, sociology Per Fugelli, medicine Knut Fægri, botany Gabriel Gustafson, archeology Gudmund Hernes, sociology Helga Hernes, sociology/political science Georg Johannesen, rhetoric Stein Kuhnle, sociology/political science Johan Olsen, political science Stein Rokkan, sociology/political science Gunnar Skirbekk, philosophy Harald Sverdrup, oceanographer and meteorologist Sigve Tjøtta, mathematics Frank Aarebrot, comparative politics Michael Fellows, computer science Pinar