Grants and loans in 2007-2008

Financial support from the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund (Lånekassen) is meant to cover most of your living expenses when you are a student in Norway.

 

Explanations

Grant: money you are given
Loan: money you must pay back
Financial support: sum total of grants and loans

Ordinary upper secondary education

Pupils with legal rights to ordinary upper secondary education may receive fiancial support from the Lånekassen. How much depends on your parents' income and assets (It is means tested). 

All upper secondary Level 2 pupils (Vg2) are from from the fall 2007 entitled to a new non-means-tested grant. The grant is intended to help cover the cost of learning materials and essential personal equipment, and the amount given depends on the education programme you follow. Pupils at upper secondary Level 1 and 3 (Vg1 and Vg3 (VKII)) may receive a means-tested grant for teaching materials.

All pupils in ordinary upper secondary education may receive:

- a basic grant if you live at home with your parents  

- a non-means-tested housing grant if you have to live away from your parents

You may also qualify for a travel grant and a provider's supplementary grant. All grants you are entitled to will be given automatically when you apply.

How to apply

Order Application Form A from this web site

If you are in upper secondary education which you are not entitled to by law, any financial support is granted according to the regulations for higher education.  

Vg1 and Vg3 (VKII) Vg2
Living with parents  Not living with parents Living with parents  Not living with parents
Basic grant 17 600 NOK 17 600 NOK 17 600 NOK 17 600 NOK
Grant for teaching materials at Vg1 and Vg3 (VKII) 3 600 NOK 3 600 NOK 0 NOK 0 NOK
Grant for learning materials at Vg2 0 NOK 0 NOK 2 600 NOK* 2 600 NOK*
Housing grant 0 NOK 35 100 NOK 0 NOK 35 100 NOK
Total amount grant 21 200 NOK 56 300 NOK 20 200 NOK* 55 300 NOK*
Loan 24 500 NOK 12 300 NOK 24 500 NOK 12 300 NOK
Total amount grant and loan 45 700 NOK 68 600 NOK 44 700 NOK* 67 600 NOK*
In addition you may qualify for a travel grant, a provider's supplementary grant and a loan for school fees.
* The grant for learning material at Vg2 is NOK 800, 1 800 or 2 600. The amount you get depends on the education programme you follow. See «Nytt stipend til alle på videregående trinn 2» found under Blanketter og brosjyrer (Norwegian only).

Grants for teaching materials at Vg1 and Vg3 is paid out at the beginning of each semester with up to NOK 1,800.

The basic grant for teaching materials for pupils at Vg1 and Vg3 is means-tested even if you are over 18 years old. If you are married, or have children, the grant is not means-tested.

Higher education and pupils in education other than ordinary upper secondary education

Higher education means education at university or college level. Pupils who are neither attending ordinary upper secondary schools nor taking higher education, but who are engaged in other forms of education that qualify for financial support (county colleges, IT schools, technical vocational schools, etc.) may be eligible for the same financial support as students in higher education.

Everyone can get up to NOK 82 900 each academic year (ten months). The total amount is initially given as a loan. If you do not live in the same house as your parents, up to 40 % of the amount may be converted to a grant. In order to receive maximum grant you have to

  • pass all your exams
  • earn less than NOK 116 983 in 2007
  • have assets not exceeding NOK 231 426 (2007)

The support remains a loan if you live at home with your parents, even if you pass your exams.

Additional grants for providing for children

If you have children who have been granted a residence permit and are living with you in Norway, you may be given an additional grant. The size of the grant depends on your income and the income of your spouse or cohabitant.

Additional loan for school fees

You may receive an additional loan of maximum NOK 50 880 each year to cover school fees. If the school fees exceed this amount, you must pay the rest yourself.

How to apply