The Norad Fellowship programme has been changed considerably in 2006. Under this Programme, the last batch of Fellows was admitted in August 2006 and will graduate in June 2006. The NOMA Programme replaces the Norad Fellowship Programme.
NOMA
The name of the new Programme is NOMA which stands for Norad’s Programme for Master Studies. NOMA was lauched in 2006 and Norwegian Universities and University Colleges were invited to apply for the fund under NOMA. NTNU applied for 8 new projects, of these 4 applications were successful and were allocated funds under NOMA.
NOMA is a programme providing financial support to develop and run Master Degree Programmes in cooperation between higher education institutions in the South and corresponding institutions in Norway.
The aim of all educational activities within NOMA is to educate staff in public and private sector, as well as NGOs, in the South.
Masters programmes supported through NOMA are established and developed in the South in close collaboration with Norwegian institutions. The needs and priorities of the countries in the South is the basis for cooperation between the partners in the South and in Norway.
The programme is financed by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and managed by SIU.
Candidates can read more about the programme on SIU’s homepage:
NTNU have been allocated funds for four Master degree programmes under NOMA. Below is a list of available Master programmes in NOMA for 2007 and 2008 :
