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About University of Tromsø
General Description of the Institution
The University of Tromsø is located on a small island on the coast of Northern Norway and is the northernmost university in the world. UiTø (est. 1968) is the youngest of Norway’s four universities and has more than 6000 students and 1700 academic and administrative staff.
The university offers 89 study programmes within a variety of academic subjects ranging from medicine, law and science, to economics, psychology, social science, fishery science and the humanities.
The study programmes are administered by six faculties/units: - Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Social Science
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Medicine
- Norwegian College of Fishery Science
In addition UoT has a University Museum, a University Library and five centres of reseach, including one Centre of Excellence in the Field of Theoretical Linguistics (CASTL).
The strategy of the University of Tromsø gives priority to research in the fields of marine science, biomedicine, tele-medicine, physics, linguistics, multiculturalism, and research related to Sámi and indigenous people.
As an international institution of higher education and research, UoT has students and academic staff from all over the world. Foreign citizens make up approx. 10 percent of the total number of students.
International Office
International affairs at the University of Tromsø are co-ordinated by the Department of Academic Affairs. The DAA is responsible for international co-operation, strategy, teacher and student mobility. Students and applicants can turn to the DAA for the following services:
The Department of Academic Affairs has more than 10 employees working with international services. All international co-ordinators and staff can be contacted at:
Further contact information
Contact Address
University of Tromsø
9037 Tromsø
Norway
Tel: +47 776 44000
Fax: +47 776 44900 |
Contact information for students and staff
Academic Calendar 2004/2005
| AUTUMN SEMESTER 2004 |
10-15 August:
| Introductory programme for new international students |
| 16 August: | Autumn semester starts |
1 September:
| Deadline for registration and sign-up for exams |
1 November:
| Deadline for withdrawal from exams (for exams held before 15. November the deadline is 14 days before the actual dates of the exams) |
| 22 December: | Autumn semester ends |
Application deadlines for studies commencing
autumn semester 2004: |
| NORAD students: | 1 November 2003 |
| Quota students: | 1 December 2003 |
| Regular programme students with education from non-Nordic countries: |
1 March 2004 |
| Regular programme students with education from the Nordic countries: |
15 April 2004 |
| Regular non- degree students: | 1 June 2004 |
| Exchange and Guest students: | 1 June 2004 |
| SPRING SEMESTER 2005
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| 5 January: | Spring semester starts |
1 February:
| Deadline for registration and sign-up for exams |
15 April:
| Deadline for withdrawal from exams (for exams held before 29 April the deadline is 14 days before the actual dates of the exams) |
| 15 June: | pring semester ends |
Application deadlines for studies commencing
spring semester 2005: |
| NORAD students: | No students admitted |
| Quota students: | No students admitted |
| Regular non-degree students: | 1 December 2004 |
| Exchange and Guest students: | 1 November 2004 |
Main University Regulations
These are the main university regulations available in English at the University of Tromsø. Note that these acts and regulations are translations of legally binding documents originally written in Norwegian. In a case of dispute on the interpretation, the Norwegian version takes precedent.
Act relating to Universities and Universty Colleges
Examination regulations, University of Tromsø
Recognition procedures in Norwegian higher education
Recognition procedures at UiTø
In accordance with the recognition procedures laid down by the Norwegian educational authorities, the University of Tromsø decides upon applications for specific recognition, i.e. whether a foreign qualification/education is academically equivalent to a degree, part of a degree or other qualification awarded by UiTø. Applications for recognition are being processed by the academic departments or by authority from the department(s) concerned.
Applications for recognition must contain certified documentation of the foreign qualification (diplomas or transcripts of records) and the educational content of the foreign qualification (descriptions of degree programmes/courses).
Decisions of recognition from the University of Tromsø should always specify:
- The number of credits (preferably ECTS) obtained at the foreign institution (external credits)
- Name and codes of courses/degrees/parts of degrees obtained at the foreign institution
- The number of studiepoeng (Norwegian credits) recognized by UiTø
- Name and codes of courses/degrees/parts of degrees from UiTø being replaced by the courses/degrees/parts of degrees obtained at the foreign institution.
Link to all laws and regulations at the University of Tromsø (Norwegian pages)
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