Exchange students

Study options:

Study catalogue - View English taught courses for options available to exchange students

The updated course list for the coming term is published as follows

Application deadline:
  • Autumn semester: 15 April

  • Spring semester: 1 October

Exchange programmes:

  • Erasmus

  • Nordplus / Nordlys

  • North2North

  • Barentsplus

  • Archangelsk agreement

  • Fellowship Programme for Studies in the High North

  • EEA (students from UiT partner insitutions)

  • other bilateral agreements

Admission requirements:

Exchange students are expected to have

  • completed at least one year of university studies

  • a good command of English

  • NON-EU/-EEA/-EFTA students only:
    proof of funding in connection with your visa application.

You apply through your international coordinator/the international office at your home university. Please contact your international office for further details on the process of selection and nomination for an exchange to the University of Tromsø.

Application form and procedures:

 

 

 The following forms and documents are required for an application to the University of Tromsø:

 


Application - Step by step

After you have been nominated by your home university as an exchange student to the University of Tromsø, you should

  1. print out and fill inn UiT´s Exchange Student Application Form
  2. have the application signed by your international coordinator/the international office at your home university.
  3. check UiT´s course catalogue and select the courses you wish to attend
  4. print out UiT´s Learning agreement and list your selected courses
  5. have the Learning agreement approved and signed by your international coordinator/the international office
  6. attach an original or verified copy of your transcript of records
  7. send the application to:

University of Tromsø
Department of Academic Affairs
International Office
NO-9037 Tromsø

                    8. apply for accommodation

                    Processing your application:
                    The International Office at the University of Tromsø checks that there is a valid exchange agreement with your university within your field of study. Your application is then sent for processing to the faculty in which you wish to study. The faculties base their decision regarding admission on the applicant's academic performance and his/her fully completed application form and learning agreement.

                    When you have been accepted as an exchange student to UiT, the International Office sends you an information package including your "Letter of Admission" and "Student Contract". The latter has to be signed and returned to us within a given deadline.


                    We look forward to receiving your application!

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