Difference between sivil arkitekt and arkitekt?

[george85]

I was wondering if someone can tell me the difference between the "sivil arkitekt" and "arkitekt". What is a "sivil arkitekt" in Norway, or what does man with this particular profession do?

 

Thank you for all the help, and I am apologizing for writing in English.

 

Cheers

George.

[iNeo]

As far as I understand, a Sivil Arkitekt is a Architect with a very long education done at NTNU in Trondheim.

[george85]

Thank you for the reply iNeo.

So a person that graduates at AHO (Oslo school of Architecture) can not possibly have a "sivil arkitekt" degree? Only "arkitekt" degree?

How long does this "sivil arkitekt" studies last? Longer than regular 5 years?

 

The thing is, that I finished my faculty out of Norway. Norwegian Nokut recognized my degree, as an Architect Master degree. Now I do not know if I have the right to apply to job vacant positions of a "sivil arkitekts". I do not even know what do sivil arkitekts do, in comparison to regular arkitekts?

Endret 28. desember 2010 av george85

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The sivil- prefix was created decades ago to separate military technical education from civil education, but now sivilakriktekt just means regular arkitekt but with a master degree from one of the 3 dedicated architecture universities. They are trying to rename it to arkitekt with a masters degree though.

[Beges]

A sivilarkitekt is someone with a master's degree in architecture, and can AFAIK only be taken at NTNU, Trondheim. It's a 5-year program. But according to Wikipedia sivilarkitekt is no longer a title that's used. So if you have a master in Architecture (congrats BTW, hope to have one myself in four-five years), I think you would be considered a sivilarkitekt when that term was still in use.

[george85]

well, good people of Norway, thank you for clarifying this for me.

 

Some architectural companies both at nav.no and finn.no still use this term "sivil arkitekt" for their job vacant positions. I am glad that now, I know that I can apply to this positions.

 

Unfortunately I am not succeeding in finding any kind of job related to architecture in Norway. It seems this has something to do with my inability to speak Norwegian language (although I started learning it, but it takes a lot of time).

 

 

Thank you for all the replies.

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I have a cousin who had a masters degree in architecture and he aced every test but still he had a really hard time getting work despite his excellent grades, I don't know how it is right now in the job market but a few years ago it was extremely difficult to land a job..

[george85]

I appreciate your reply Caox. Maybe it is better to open a new topic, as moderators may consider further chit-chat on "finding a job" issue as on off-topic of this topic.

Yep, probably it is better like this:

https://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?showtopic=1285779&st=0#entry16692337

Endret 30. desember 2010 av george85