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The following links provide useful information about studying in Norway as a foreign student:
Study in Norway:
On this website you will find links to all the higher education institutions in Norway participating in the SOCRATES/ERASMUS exchange programme, thus offering foreign students an opportunity to study in the country.
Norway.no:
This portal caters for people requiring information about the Norwegian public sector in English.
Norwegian Directorate for Immigration (UDI):
The directorate arranging for residence permits for foreign nationals in higher education.
The Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund (Lånekassen):
The State Educational Loan Fund, Lånekassen, is a "bank with a difference". We provide grants and loans to pupils in upper secondary schools, and to university and college students.
Universities and Colleges Admission Services - USCA (Samordna opptak):
UCAS coordinates the admission to undergraduate level studies at all universities, university colleges, state colleges, and some private colleges in Norway, annually around 80 000 applicants to 48 institutions or 1 100 different courses.
The Ministry of Education and Research (Utdanning of Forskningsdepartmentet):
The work of the Ministry is aimed at ensuring that Norway has a sound and well functioning educational system and productive and creative research environments.
The Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU):
SIU is a Norwegian agency that promotes international cooperation in education and research. SIU is a public administrative body under the Ministry of Education and Research.
The Research Council of Norway (Norsk Forskningsråd):
The Research Council of Norway is a strategic body which identifies areas of special effort, allocates research funds and evaluates the resulting research. The Council is the principal research policy adviser to the government, and it acts as a meeting-place and network-builder for Norwegian research.
The Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT):
Through evaluation, accreditation and recognition of quality systems, institutions and course provisions, the purpose of NOKUT is to supervise and help to develop the quality of higher education in Norway.
Act Relating to Universities and University Colleges (Universitets og høgskule lova):
The legislation behind higher education in Norway.
Institutions of higher education in Norway:
A list composed of the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, specifying all institutions of higher education in Norway.
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