 However these research institutes remain entirely separate from the university college and retain their autonomy.On 12 January 2018 the King-in-Council granted the institution the status of a university.The first part of the Norwegian version of the university's name, "Oslomet", and particularly the spelling used by the institution in its marketing, "OsloMet", is controversial and the state Language Council of Norway determined that it violated correct Norwegian spelling and the rules governing names of state institutions, and recommended that the government rejected the name.