NUC is one of 26 State University Colleges in Norway which offers higher education through various study programmes. The number of students attending the NUC accounts for just above 1200 spread out on a number of undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate study programmes in the fields of engineering, health & nursing and business management.

The College is organised in 4 departments (institutes): Department of Building, Production and Engineering Design; Department of Scientific Computing, Electrical Engineering and Space Technology; Department of Applied Sciences; Department of Health and Nursing Science.