NGI is a leading centre for research and advisory services in the geosciences.

NGI finds unique and new solutions and brings them quickly into practice. We solve problems for our clients in an optimum fashion accounting for environmental and societal needs. We have a tradition for being able to simplify complex problems and provide innovative solutions.

Our clients include the business, research and public sector. Our markets include oil, gas and energy, building and construction, transportation and communications, natural hazards and the environment.

We offer expertise on soil, rock and snow, and how they affect the natural and built environment. NGI has long experience with solutions to challenging ground conditions in challenging surroundings.

NGI is a national centre for geo-related research. The results are put into practice to benefit industry, the public sector and society, both in Norway and abroad. NGI's research is supported by industry, authorities, The Research Council of Norway and EU research programmes.

NGI aims at the focal point of geo-expertise in Norway and abroad. We have close collaboration with research centres in Norway and abroad. Through publication of research results, extensive lecturing activity, participation in academic committees and international panels of expertise, NGI contributes actively to new development. Each year, a large number of experts and researchers from abroad visit at NGI for extended research periods.

One of NGI's objectives is that quality shall permeate all aspects of its activities, and that our work shall contribute to safeguarding life and health, and the environment. We prioritize the professional development of our employees, and we contribute to the teaching and training of students at universities.

NGI is a private foundation with main office and laboratories in Oslo, a branch office in Trondheim and a subsidiary in Houston, Texas.

NGI was awarded the status of 'Centre of Excellence' in 2002 and leads the International Centre for Geohazards (ICG). The other partners in ICG are the University of Oslo, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, the Geological Survey of Norway  and NORSAR.

Our website: www.ngi.no.