FAQs about admission

UiT the Arctic university of Norway does not offer any scholarships or other forms of financial aid for full degree students. Information about other forms of funding can be found here.

No, it is free to submit your application.

The Norwegian Government made a decision to introduce tuition fees for international students coming from outside of EU/EEA and Switzerland, from the academic year 2023/2024.

More information regarding tuition fees can be found here. 

Information regarding documentation of financial ability for non-EU/EEA students can be found here.

No, all prospective students must apply for admission to UiT by submitting an online application on Søknadsweb. 

UiT does not evaluate if credits can be transferred to your studies at UiT before admission. Once you are admitted as a student, you can consult with your study coordinator about the possibility of transferring credits taken during your previous study.

No, we never give a guarantee of qualification or non-qualification until an application is registered and then formally assessed.

The admissions office processes the vast majority of applications. If we are unsure whether the applicant's bachelor's degree can cover the admission requirement for the master program, we will receive an assessment from the academic staff at the relevant department. We encourage all prospective students to apply if they believe they fulfill the admission requirements.

If you are an applicant outside the EU/EEA: No. If the studies you are currently undertaking form the basis of your application for admission you must be able to document that you have completed and passed these within the deadline for submission of documentation. Conditional admission is not possible for applicants that must apply for student visa, as this might not be accepted by The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration when you apply for student visa. We do not accept provisional certificates older than two years.

If you are an applicant from within the EU/EEA: Yes, but only for admission to masters degree programmes. If you are completing your current degree after the application deadline and do not need a visa to come to Norway, you may be granted conditional admission to master's degree programmes without a wait list.
You must let us know that you are undertaking studies that create the basis of your application for admission so that we know to wait for your complete documentation. 

No, as long as you meet the admission requirements, you are welcome to apply for admission, regardless of age.

Yes, it is not a problem if you have a gap between your previous degree and your new studies.

No. We do not decline your application because you already have another degree in the same field. 

Yes. You should upload your documentation to the online application portal, where you submitted your application for admission. Documentation includes diplomas, transcripts, English language test results etc.
Applicants from some countries are required to submit documentation in hard copy. Check if this conserns you. Documentation submitted by post, should be sent to:

Admissions Office
UiT the Arctic University of Norway
Postbox 6050 Langnes

9037 Tromsø, Norway

How to submit a successful application

This depends on where you obtained your educational qualifications. An overview of the documents you need to submit is provided on the "How to apply" pages for undergraduates and graduates.
You will usually be required to upload copies of the following documents:

• enclosure form (all applicants)
• your secondary school diplomas and transcripts (the document that shows your grades and credit points for each course).
• any relevant tertiary diplomas and transcripts
• copy of your passport, or other valid ID-documents (all applicants)
• documents showing change of name (if relevant)
• proof of English proficiency if stipulated in the country requirements provided by the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education.
• proof of financial ability (non-EU applicants)
• CV (all applicants)
• motivational letter/statement of purpose, documents of work experience or other additional documents might be required to some programmes. Please read the admission requirements to the programme you wish to apply to. 

Note: You must also provide approved translations of documents that are not written in English or a Scandinavian language. You can not translate the documents yourself.

Yes, to indicate which documentation you are sending, you must submit our enclosure form. You can download the enclosure form from the "How to apply" pages. The enclosure form helps us to understand your documentation. It will also help you understand what documents you must submit to your application. You only have to submit pages 1 and 2 of the enclosure form, page number 3 is for your information. 

Yes. When you submit a new document, you will receive an automatically generated receipt for your document to your registered email address. 
However, it is also possible to check that your documentation has been uploaded successfully by logging into the online application portal, under "My documents".

​​In principle, the deadlines for submission of documentation are absolute, and your application for admission will be rejected if we do not receive the correct and complete documentation within the given deadline. This also includes the results of the English language test. If you know that you will receive important documentation after the given deadline, you must contact us, and we will try to find a solution.

The deadlines ensure that we can assess your qualifications and provide an offer of admission (if relevant) in time for you to plan your trip to Norway, including any permit applications or housing requirements. 

Note: If you have not obtained all the required documentation previously, it may take time. For some applicant groups, documents must be sent directly from previous educational institutions. Passports can also take time to process. Do not wait until after you have applied to organize your documentation. Start as soon as you know you want to apply to study in Norway.​

When we process your application, we lock your documents to prevent them from being deleted. This means that you can delete documents right after uploading them, but it is not possible to delete documents when we have started processing your application. 

Yes. The general admission requirements (average grade requirements) stipulate the minimum requirements for admission.

However, we may receive a large number of applications that exceed our minimum standard.
This means that you are not guaranteed entry even though you meet the minimum requirements.

If there are more qualified applicants then there are available seats in a programme, we have to rank all qualified applicants. Applicants are only ranked on the basis of their GPA, and not by statement of purpose, letter of motivation, personal interest, letter of recommendation, or work experience.

N/A

You do not need to know Norwegian if the programme you are applying for is taught in English (teaching language is also specified on the study programme page).
If you wish to apply for a programme or course taught in Norwegian then you will have to fulfil the Norwegian language requirements.

No. We do not accept DuoLingo English as documentation of English proficiency.

As a rule, no. As long as you meet the educational requirements specified in the country list provided by the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT), you will not be required to provide proof of English proficiency.
You can check the qualifications requirements for your country by following these steps:
1. Go to the GSU list on HK-dir's website.
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, choose your country and select search.
3. You will now see the requirements for English and basic education under the search.

If you are submitting an IELTS test to document English language proficiency we require the overall band score.

• For admission to short programmes the current minimum score requirement is 5.0.
• For admission to bachelor degree programmes the current minimum score requirement is 6.0
• For admission to master degree programmes the current minimum score requirement is 6.5
• For master degrees: Some programs require that you have a score of 6.5 on all the modules - please check this under "Admission requirements" on the program website.

Please note: For some of our programmes you have to meet the minimum score for each module. 

• Read more about language requirements for short programmes
• Read more about language requirements for bachelor degree programmes
• Read more about language requirements master degree programmes 

The test expires after two years from the test date. The test must be valid on the application deadline. 

Certain applicants are exempted from the requirement of English test in the GSU-list.

More information in our list of exemptions

Congratulations! Welcome to our university. To accept your offer and start planning, visit our website "After admission​".

If you have received notification that you are on the waiting list, it means that you may be offered admission if one of the other applicants rejects their offer. If you wish to stay on the waiting list, you must accept the offer to stay on the waiting list before the deadline for acceptanse has passed. 
Once the deadline for acceptance of admission offers has passed, the admissions office will review the intake to see if there are any places available for those on the waiting list.
If a place is available for you, you will receive a formal offer of admission. If not, you will continue to stay on the waiting list until you either get an offer of admission, or the admission process is finished. 
More information for unsuccessful applicants is provided below under "My application was rejected".

There are a number of reasons why UiT rejects applications.

If you lacked documentation or submitted your documentation late, it means that you sent incorrect or insufficient documentation, or did not adhere to the given deadlines.
The university enforces strict rules and deadlines for submission of documentation relating to identity and qualifications.
If this is the case, you must wait until the next intake to apply again. We recommend obtaining all necessary documentation for admission well before the admissions deadline.

If you were not qualified, it means that you do not have the academic foundation required for admission to the course.
In this case, you can consider applying for a different course at the next intake, or taking further studies before the next intake to increase your chances of being admitted.

If you were qualified, but did not attain the necessary rank for admission, it means that you had the formal academic foundation but your grades were not good enough to compete with other applicants in the admissions round.
This usually applies to programmes with a large number of applicants, and a limited number of places available. In this case, you can consider taking additional studies before the next intake to improve your grades, or applying for a different course at the next intake.

If you believe an error has been made in the assessment of your application, you may appeal the decision within the given deadline. See below for the rules that apply to appeals.

If your application is rejected, or if you are put on a waiting list due to limited number of places available, you have the right to ask for grounds of rejection and appeal the decision. More information on "How to appeal".

All communication regarding applications should be directed to the Admissions Office at UiT (see contact information below).
Programme and course coordinators can answer questions about academic content, however academic staff do not accept enquiries regarding the admissions process.
All enquires regarding the progress of applications or the outcome of an admissions round will be directed to the Admissions Office at UiT.