The Department of Informatics is located in the High Technology Center in Bergen, Norway. The department office and the student advisor are located on the 4th floor.

Currently the department has 20 permanent faculty members, 4 adjunct professors, and a technical/administrative staff of 7. The department has approximately 15 postdocs, 45 PhD students, 80 master students, and 200 undergraduate students.

The following research areas are covered by the department: algorithms, bioinformatics, programming theory, optimization theory, secure communication, visualization.