It is important for students and researchers alike to get experience and knowledge by engaging in studies and research abroad. This is also a key political issue.

Even if students and researchers communicate easily within their subjects wherever they may be, we can not ignore the fact that conditions may differ between countries and between continents. Some of these are obvious; like culture, language, government, etc., others are maybe less visible, but of higher significance; the validity of insurances, approval of courses, work permits and alike.

The purpose of these web-pages is to provide some information to encourage more studies and research abroad, and so that travellers may go with a higher level of confidence.

In the left margin you may go to pages with

• Resources at the University of Tromsø
• More good reasons for travelling
• Health and security
• Must remember!
• Experiences and information about countries

There are also lots of information at the web, see the links-page.