THE QUOTA SCHEME

Candidates from developing countries or Central and Eastern Europe who intend to study for either one of NTNU's international master's programmes held in English or doctoral programmes, may apply to be considered for financial support under the Quota Scheme for students from developing countries, Central and Eastern Europe. The Quota Scheme is Norway's and NTNU's largest loan and scholarship scheme for financing students from these countries when it comes to student numbers. A total of 1100 students, 700 from developing countries and 400 from Central and Eastern Europe are sponsored within the national quota. The scheme was implemented by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Education, Research and Church Affairs (KUF) in the autumn 1994 as a Norwegian Governmental Assistant Scheme to promote capacity building in the students' home countries, and encourage participation of students from these countries in the process of internationalisation of higher education. Currently 43 higher educational institutions in Norway are participating in the scheme, where NTNU has the largest institutional quota with 175 seats (147 for developing countries and 28 for Central and Eastern Europe), followed by University of Bergen (154 seats) and University of Oslo (154 seats). High priority in the admission and nomination for a seat under the Quota Scheme is given to candidates from NTNU's collaboration institutions (Please see the list showing countries eligible for support under the Quota Scheme and the list of NTNU's collaborating institutions in developing countries and Central- and Eastern Europe). The Quota Scheme covers living expenses while studying in Norway, travel allowances according to fixed national rates at minimum student price, support to cover field work periods in the students' home country as part of the study in Norway, and additional support for children when they are staying together with the student in Norway. A major part of the support is given as a loan, that will be waived if the student is permanently settling down in his or her home country, and a minor part is given as a scholarship.

To be considered for financial support under the Quota Scheme, students must have stayed at least one year in their home country directly prior to the planned education at the Norwegian university/ college. Candidates applying directly from another country will therefore not be considered for financial support. 2

Contact person: Ragnhild.Brakstad@adm.ntnu.no

This information is provided by:
NTNU - Office of International Relations , N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
Phone: +47 73 59 5700; Fax: +47 73 59 5210

Editor: Head of Office, Contact Us: international@adm.ntnu.no, Updated: 2 November 2005