The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) offers a broadly spectre of twenty-three International Master`s Programmes, taught in English, ranging from subject areas in humanities, the social sciences, the natural sciences, engineering and arts, medicine and Erasmus Mundus.
This document is for those who are interested in applying for admission to NTNU's international master's programmes. NTNU receives thousands of requests for information about admission from international applicants every year and there is considerable competition due to the limited number of places on each programme.
CATEGORIES OF APPLICANTS
The academic and English-language requirements for all applicants are specified below. You are advised to consult these sections.
Applicants with individual Funding
This category applies to applicants who have their own source of financing, and can be divided into three sub-categories:
- EU/EEA/EFTA-citizens with a non-Norwegian degree.
- Applicants who are not EU/EEA/EFTA-citizens.
- Norwegian applicants who have obtained a first degree from a university outside Norway.
According to regulations from the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI), applicants from outside EU/EEA/EFTA-countries have to apply for a student residence permit in Norway before entering the country. In order to receive the residence permit, applicants must document that they have their own source of financing during their stay in Norway. The minimum amount of money required is currently NOK 81 400,- per academic year.
This means that applicants who fall into this category must document their source(s) of funding in their application. Documentation of funding may be confirmation letters from sponsors, confirmation of scholarships/ grants, bank guarantees etc. Applications without such documentation will not be processed.
Students in this category who are admitted into an international Master’s programme will be requested to transfer NOK 81 400,- to a Norwegian bank account administered by the Student Welfare Organisation in Trondheim before their arrival in Norway. Information about the practical arrangements for transferring the money will be given together with the letter of admission.
EU/EEA/EFTA-citizens are not required to document funding in order to receive a student residence permit in Norway.
Application procedure:
The application deadline is 1 March 2007.
Please fill in the online application form (link til søknadsskjema), take a printout of the form, sign it and send it to us within the deadline. All your relevant documents must be enclosed with the application. This includes:
-Diploma from your first degree
-Your transcript of records
-Documentation of English (please see the language requirements chapter)
-Any letters of recommendation
-Documentation of financing for applicants from outside EU/EEA/EFTA
This application form applies only to applicants with individual funding. Please note that applicants for the Quota-programme using this form will not be considered.
Applicants with a Norwegian or Nordic Degree
pplicants with relevant Norwegian or Nordic higher education (first-degree level) are eligible to apply for a place on some of these international master's programmes. Here there are two categories of applicants:
- Norwegian and Nordic citizens with a relevant first degree from Norway or a Nordic country
- Citizens of other countries with a relevant first degree from Norway or a Nordic country
Applicants are to apply to the individual master's programme directly. Not all of them are open to these categories of applicant.
NB! Applicants with a relevant Norwegian first degree are also eligible to apply for some of the international Master’s programmes. Please note that applicants in this category are required to apply via NTNU’s “studweb” (http://www.studweb.ntnu.no), and the application deadline is 15 May 2007. If you have a Norwegian first degree but lack a Norwegian personal ID-number, please contact the Admissions Office in order to get the application form.
Application deadline: 15 May 2006
- Applicants with a Norwegian personal identity number should apply online on NTNU's "studweb".
- Other applicants in this category are to contact the Office of International Relations at NTNU to obtain the application form. This should be well before the application deadline of 15 May 2006.