Guide for exchange students

Academic calendar
 The academic year runs from the middle of August to the middle of June and consists of an autumn term and a spring term. Examination periods are at the end of each term (with a few exceptions). 

Autumn term: Classes begin: Middle of August. Final exams: December (with a few exceptions)

Spring term: Classes begin: First/ second week of January. Final exams: May or early June (with a few exceptions)          

International agreements
The Faculty of Health Education and Social Work emphasizes the importance of international relations and student exchange.  The faculty has established international agreements (1) with a number of academic institutions, both in Europe, the Middle East and the USA. Many of our students have completed part of their studies at a foreign academic institution. Currently a significant number of our students travel abroad, and there are foreign exchange students at our faculty. Outside Nordplus/ Erasmus exchange takes place through bilateral agreements between the institutions of higher education. Bilateral agreements do not give a right to extra scholarship for students.Exchange students are admitted within exchange programmes and bilateral agreements between Sør-Trøndelag University College and an international partner institution. Exchange students are selected by their home university, in cooperation with the corresponding/ collaborating programme at Sør-Trøndelag University College. This includes exchange all exchanges, including project work, field placements and theoretical studies.
 

Admission
Regular Study Programmes

Admission to regular courses is based on standard college and university matriculation requirements (http://info.samordnaopptak.no/sam_eng).  In addition a test in the Norwegian language is required.

Quota programme 
The Norwegian Quota Programme is a funding scheme offered by the Norwegian Government to students from developing countries and Eastern and Central Europe. Admission to the programme is highly competitive, and only a limited number of Quota Scholarships are available. Sør-Trøndelag University College only admits students within the Quota programme from international partner institutions. The Quota students are selected by their home institution, in cooperation with Sør-Trøndelag University College.

Candidates apply directly to Sør-Trøndelag University College.

Being a student in Norway?
Find information at SIU.

Courses in English 2007/2008
The main language of instruction for our degrees is Norwegian. Many of the exchange students at Faculty of Health Education and Social Work are doing field placement, given additional academic assistance and supervision in English. Sør-Trøndelag University College offers however some courses in English

 1. Occupational therapy

• Module A Clinical fieldwork: The module emphasises the students’ reflection and meeting with users/clients in new cultural environment and unfamiliar health- and welfare service. The module is in line with the WFOT Minimum Standard for Education of Occuoational Therapists. (7-8 weeks, 15 ECTS credits).  Curriculum.
  
  
• Module B clinical Fieldwork: The module emphasise the studentsŽ meeting and collaboration with users/clients and evidence-based practice/occupational therapy in new and unfamiliar cultural environment. The module is in line with the WFOT Minimum Standard for Education of Occuoational Therapists.  (10-13 weeks, 20 ECTS credits). Curriculum.
  
  
• Fieldwork project: Occupational Therapy Programme offers a module in project practice. The starting point is a topical project or question from fieldwork relevant for occupational therapy or human occupation. The students will work in groups with Norwegian students using English or Norwegian as working language based on students needs. Guidelines.
  
  

• Evidence-Based Occupational Therapy  (6 ECTS)
  The course focuses on the concept Information literacy, which is a basis for lifelong learning. Information literacy enables students to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information. The course emphasises search for and critical use of a selection of information resources. (Offered from January 2008.)

2. Health and social care in the welfare state-a cross-cultural perspective(18 ECTS credits)

The course focuses on issues of relevance for social and health care professions, and is considered especially relevant for students in the final stages of their study. Curriculum.

3. Introduction to Norway! (6 ECTS credits)

4. Body, movement and culture (7,5 ECTS credits)
Physiotherapy Programme will offer (2007/2008) a course called “Body, movement and culture (7,5 ECTS credits). This course is for all the students at the Physiotherapy Programme and for international students (agreements). The classes are in English, and a one week study visit abroad may be included. The course can be combined with a shorter period of field placement and project assignment. In addition to these courses, most of the study programmes can arrange field placement and project assignment for international students, mainly within the frames of cooperation agreements and exchange programs.

Want to learn Norwegian?

Language course at Sør-Trøndelag University College - a beginners course
Every semester the university college has Norwegian language classes for international students. You learn some basic Norwegian, something about Norwegian culture and way of life and it will also include a few excursions (museum, theatre). This course does not give you any credits and is not compulsory. For those of you who have some prior knowledge of Norwegian, this is not the course to take you much further in your language training. It might be fun, though, and gives you the chance to meet other international students than the business students.

Summer courses at NTNU:
Norwegian is not a very widely spoken language, and is supported by the European Commission in the framework of the EILC programme (for ERASMUS students only). Please contact your International Office for additional application forms.

NTNU (The Norwegian University of Science and Technology) in Trondheim is arranging intensive summer courses in Norwegian for exchange students. The course lasts for 3 or 4 weeks. Information about this programme you will find on the following address: www.ntnu.no/english/. You will find the information under "Studies" and then "Language courses".

More information
Study in Norway  

Information from the Government and the Ministries  

Ministry of Education and Research

Norwegian Centre for Cooperation in Higher Education