We are a couple of students who by their own experience realized how fantastic an adventure it is to be an international student at NTNU.
First of all, you will meet people from the whole world who came here to study. You will make a lot of good friends among them, and it will be easier than you think, since they will all be in about the same situation as you. But secondly, and perhaps more importantly, every day you will experience the Norwegian culture and people, and this will be quite different than what you are used to. The Norwegian students will be one of your main pathways leading there. Norwegians are usually very helpful, however, they have their own lives, duties, interests, and a different rhythm of life than the international students. It is therefore often difficult to find a path to them, and it happens that many international students never make friends with a Norwegian at all.
Hence the buddy programme. Our buddy programme contacts the Norwegian students by the help of Norwegian student organizations, Student Parliament, Office of International Relations, posters, etc. and can provide YOU with a Norwegian student who becomes your personal buddy - somebody who knows a lot about the university, social life, places to go, and has contacts with other Norwegians. The buddy will take time to meet you and join various activities with you. We also organize several activities for buddies and their guests throughout the semester. To join our buddy programme, you can fill the form at http://www.buddy.ntnu.no/ anytime throughout the year, although we assign most of the buddies after we recruit them in late August and January.
“FADDERORDNINGEN” at NTNU DRAGVOLL
Dragvoll Campus has its own introduction week for the new students. During the first week of the semester each new student is assigned a "Fadder" - who is a senior student at NTNU who will guide you and the rest of your group of new students during the first 8 days. We will divide all the new students into groups of about 15-20 people who all are studying the same subjects. This is an excellent opportunity to get to know your fellow students, the student life at the university and Trondheim!
Contact us for more information at fadder[at]list.stud.ntnu.no or see http://www.ntnu.no/fadder for more information.
