The Quota Scheme

Thorbjørn Gilberg

Candidates from developing countries or Central and Eastern Europe, who intend follow Master programmes held in English or PhD studies, may apply for financial support under the Quota Scheme.

Application form for Master's:
Application material for admission to master programmes mentioned below is sent to the institutions mentioned on the list on the right. Potential students should seek further information from their home institution. Admission forms for 2008 will be sent to the institutions around Christmas.

- Application form PhD
Preliminary Application for support for a PhD study should reach UMB by December 1st, for admission the following August.


Master's programmes with quota scholarships:
1. Agroecology (1-2 quota scholarship)
2. Aquaculture(1-2 quota scholarship)
3. Development and Natural Resource Economics (2 quota scholarship)
4. Development Studies (1-2 quota scholarship)
5. Ecology (2 quota scholarship)
6. Feed Manufacturing Technology (1-2 quota scholarship)
7. International Environmental Studies (1-2 quota scholarship)
8. Radioecology (1-2 quota scholarship)
9. Plant Sciences: specialization Plant Biology (1 quota scholarship)

To be considered for financial support under the Quota Scheme students must have stayed at least one year in their home country prior to the planned education at the Norwegian university and be a staff member at a partner university.

The scheme was implemented by the Ministry of Education and Research (UFD) in the autumn 1994 as a Norwegian Governmental Assistance 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.

The Quota Scheme covers living expenses while studying in Norway, travel allowances according to fixed national rates at minimum student costs, support to cover field work in the student's home country as part of the study in Norway.

Approximately 70% of the Quota scholarship is provided as a loan and 30% as a scholarship, a total amount of NOK 80.000 pr. year (2005/2006).

If the student follows normal study progression, the financial support will normally be renewed every year until the limit of 3 or 4 years has been reached. If the student permanently settles in his/her home country after completing the degree, the loan will be waived after one year. If the student settles in another country, he/she has to repay the loan on the same conditions as Norwegian citizens.

As mentioned above, the Quota scholarship also includes support for family living with the student in Norway. The monthly support is based on the number of children as follows: one child: NOK 1290 p.m., 2 children: NOK 2580 p.m., each additional child: NOK 850 p.m.. No support is provided solely for spouses. No support is available to cover travel expenses for family members.

Further information from:

SIU





Updated: 28.09.07
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