Admission

Please note the following admission regulations:

• Admission is granted for one semester and it is only open for students with granted admission to the University of Bergen (full time students). Prospective students/students with a temporary student status will not be considered for admission.
• Undergraduate students that had been accepted throught regular admission (Samordna opptak), will not be considered for admission to the Norwegian courses.
• It is not possible to delay or defer admission to a future semester. Non appearance on the first day of class will be treated as withdrawal from the course.

For more details, see the "Regulations for admission".

Please find more relevant information for your student category below:

What Can I Apply for

Courses are offered at different levels and with either regular or intensive progression.

Please note that as a general rule, students admitted to the University of Bergen for one semester that want to attend the beginner course in Norwegian, will primarily be offered admission to the introductory course in Norwegian NOR-U01.

Students admitted for 2 semester can apply for courses with normal progression.

Placement Test

Applicants who have not completed a Norwegian course at the University of Bergen previously and wish to apply for courses at higher level (2, 3 or 4), must take a placement test. The test is used to determinate the course level for which the applicant is qualified for admission. The test is for use in applicant placement only.* The placement test is not graded and no certificate is issued.

Applicants who need to take a test will be informed upon arrival. Applicants who have passed a Norwegian course at one of the other Norwegian universities may not have to sit for the placement test. Documentation of the test will be required.

The placement test for first time exchange programme/short term students applying for courses at higher level (2, 3 or 4), in the spring semester 2016 will be arranged the 11 January 2016.

How Do I Apply

• 15 October for the spring semester

• 15 May for the autumn semester

Students must apply and submit the relevant documentation through the University of Bergen online application system SøknadsWeb .

To register an application students must use their Norwegian ID number/intern UiB-registration number.

Søknadsweb

NB! First time exchange students must apply for Norwegian courses through the online application service for admission to the University of Bergen.

Applicants are responsible for submitting the online application within the deadline. Applications that are incomplete and applications registered after the deadline will not be processed!  

Admission to a second course

If there are vacant places after the ordinary admission procedure has been completed, agreement and programme students and degree students with a valid student status, who have taken one Norwegian course may be admitted to a Norwegian course at a higher level after the ordinary admission procedure had been completed.

Admission will be granted based on "Regulations for admission"

• Those with high grades shall take precedence over those with low grades from previous Norwegian courses.
• In addition, emphasis will be placed on the student’s overall academic progress at the University of Bergen.

For more information, see the attachment "Regulations for admission"

Documentation -uploading documents

An application receipt will be sent upon registration of the online application.

In order to complete the application process you must upload the following documentation on the SøknadsWeb: 

• Letter of admission to the University of Bergen (this applies to all students categories, including Erasmus Mundus , Science Without Borders and students applying for a second course).
• Other relevant information (if aplicable)

Applicants to courses at higher level (2, 3 or 4): if you have taken a Norwegian course at one of the other Norwegian universities, you must submit relevant documentation.

Allowable document types are PDF, DOC, DOCX or TXT. The maximum file size limit for an uploaded document is set to 15 MB.

We request that you upload only documents that are relevant for your application for admission.

Applications that are incomplete and documentation uploaded after the deadline will not be processed!

Deadlines

• 15 October for the spring semester

• 15 May for the autumn semester

Deadlines

Deadlines for categories 2 and 3

• 15 October for the spring semester

• 15 May for the autumn semester

It is the applicant's responsability to submit the application and provide the necessary documentation within the deadline. Please note all relevant documentation have to be to uploaded  within the deadline.

All information given on the application form must be documented.

Applications submitted after the deadline will not be processed!

Please note that your application will not be considered for admission if:

• You have not provided complete documentation of your academic background and residence permit.
• The documentation you submit is not satisfactory.

Contact Information

University of Bergen

Division of Students Affairs

P.O. BOX 7800, 5020 Bergen - Norway

Phone: 55589419

e-mail: norskkurs@uib.no

Regulations for admission

Regulations for admission to and ranking for Norwegian

courses

Section 1 Scope

1. The Regulations apply to admission to and ranking of applicants for Norwegian courses at the University of Bergen.

2. By “Norwegian courses” is meant the courses in the Norwegian language offered by the Department of Scandinavian Languages and Literature, Section for Norwegian as a Foreign Language.

Section 2 General rules

1. The application must be submitted by the stipulated deadline.

2. Failure to attend the first day of teaching will lead to a loss of the allocated place, unless otherwise agreed.

Section 3 General qualification

The general admission requirement for Norwegian courses is qualification for entrance to higher education in Norway, with the exception of the language requirement. The general admission requirement may be waived for applicants in category 1.

Section 4 Ranking of applicants for the Norwegian course

Admission to Norwegian courses is on the basis of ranking within three different main categories:

1. Employees of the University of Bergen and spouses

All applicants in the category ‘employees of the University of Bergen and their spouses or cohabitants’ are entitled to take a Norwegian course at any level. This category also includes doctoral degree candidates (not quota students). The period of employment must be

for a minimum of six months Spouses/cohabitants who apply for Norwegian courses must document their status as spouse or cohabitant with a certificate of residence or other valid documentation 2. Agreement and programme students, degree and guest students

2. Agreement and programme students, guest students and degree students,

The student categories are defined in Regulations for the admission of international applicants to the University of Bergen:

All applicants in the category ‘agreement and programme students and degree students’are entitled to one Norwegian course. Exchange students who are studying Scandinavian languages and/or Scandinavian literature at their home institution shall be given priority.

If there are vacant places after the ordinary admission procedure has been completed,agreement and programme students and degree students who have taken one Norwegian course may be admitted to a Norwegian course at a higher level.

When qualified applicants are ranked

• Degree students shall take precedence over agreement and programme students. Among the latter, students on bilateral agreements shall be given priority.

• Those with high grades shall take precedence over those with low grades from previous Norwegian courses.

• In addition, emphasis will be placed on the student’s overall academic progress at the University of Bergen.

• Guest students may be admitted to Norwegian courses if there are vacant places after the ordinary admission procedure has been completed, and after the degree and short-term students described in the above paragraph have been admitted.

3. Refugees and immigrants

A fixed number of places per semester on the Norwegian course are reserved for refugees and immigrants with a permanent residence permit.

When ranking qualified applicants in this category, those with higher educational qualifications shall take precedence over those with lower educational qualifications. Doctors, dentists and other important health service personnel with a permanent residence permit may be given priority.

On application to a higher Norwegian course, those with high grades shall take precedence over those with low grades from a previous Norwegian course. Moreover, those who have completed and passed Level 2 shall have priority when applying for the Norwegian course Level 3 in the next semester. In the event of sickness etc. a deferment may be granted.

Applicants in other categories will not be considered for admission.