and a two-year master's degree in the following areas: Visual Art, Interior Architecture, Furniture Design, Room Design, Visual Communications, Photography, Printmaking, Ceramics and Textiles. The Naval Academy (Sjøkrigsskolen) of the Royal Norwegian Navy is located at Laksevåg in Bergen. Stavanger has several schools for the expatriate community including the British International School of Stavanger and the International School of Stavanger. Stavanger has one university, the University of Stavanger with about 8,000 students. The university was formerly a university college. It was granted status as University on 1 January 2005. The population of Stavanger has a high percentage of university educated persons, with 31.3% of those above the age of 16 having higher education, compared to the national average of 24.2% (2006 figures). Institutions Universities Traditionally there was only one university in Western Norway, located in Bergen (1948). Since 2005 any college offering five master programs and four doctoral programs can title itself a university, leading to the Stavanger University College converting to a university. The public universities of Western Norway are: University of Bergen University of Stavanger Western Norway University of Applied Sciences Currently there are no private universities in Western Norway, although BI Norwegian Business School in Bergen and Stavanger have tried to advance to a full university. Specialised universities There are one public and three private specialised universities in Western Norway, each functioning as a national competence centre for the field they represent. The public specialised universities in Western Norway are: Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, or Norges handelshøgskole (official site) The private specialised universities are: BI Norwegian Business School, or Handelshøyskolen BI (In Bergen and Stavanger) (official site) VID Specialized University in Stavanger and Sandnes or VID vitenskapelige høgskole (official site) University colleges The 7 university colleges in Western Norway are responsible for regional education of primarily bachelor level education within the fields of nursing, teaching, business management, engineering and information technology, though most colleges also offer a number of other educations as well. The public university colleges in Western Norway consist of: Bergen National Academy of the Arts, or Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen (official site) Bergen University College, or Høgskolen i Bergen (official site) Molde University College, or Høgskolen i Molde (official site) Sogn og Fjordane University College, or Høgskolen i Sogn of Fjordane (official site) Stord/Haugesund University College, or Høgskolen i Stord/Haugesund (official site) Volda University College, or Høgskolen i Volda (official site) Ålesund