The courses offered in English for our exchange students are at first cycle (Bachelor level) and second cycle (Master level). The level and prerequisites of each course state how many credits the student is required to have achieved within the subject before being admitted to the course. The prerequisites should be carefully considered when selecting a course.

The numbers correspond to the academic level of the course:

• 0000 - 1000: first and second year at bachelor's level (EQF 6 First Cycle), 2000: usually third year at bachelor's level (EQF 6, First Cycle),

• 3000: Master's level modules (EQF 7, Second Cycle)

• 6000: continuing/further education (flexible & professional courses usually delivered as intensive seminars),

• 8000: : courses for PhD education (EQF 8, Third Cycle).

CREDIT SYSTEM AT UIT

UiT The Arctic University of Norway uses a system of credits (studiepoeng) for measuring study activities, considered equivalent to the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). 60 ECTS credits (studiepoeng) are allocated to the workload of a full year of academic study, equivalent to 1500-1800 hours of study. 30 ECTS credits are normally allocated to one semester’s full-time study. The academic year normally lasts for 10 months and runs from August to June.

The Norwegian term is "studiepoeng". 1 ECTS = 1 studiepoeng.

Short programmes at UiT is awarded after one year of full-time study (60 ECTS)

The bachelor's degree at UiT is awarded after three years of full-time study (180 ECTS)

The master's degree is normally obtained after two years of study (120 ECTS) or (90 ECTS) only for Master of Laws (LL.M.) in the Law of the Sea, following the completion of a bachelor’s degree. A master’s degree programme includes independent work (normally a thesis) of between 30 and 60 ECTS.

GRADING SYSTEM AT UIT

Grades for undergraduate and postgraduate examinations at UiT are awarded according to a graded scale from A (highest) to F (lowest), with E as the minimum pass grade. In contrast to the ECTS grading scale, which is a convertion table, the Norwegian scale is qualitative rather than quantitative. However, it is expected that the distribution of grades along qualitative criteria will vary only slightly from the quantitative ECTS grades, given a large number of examinations and in a time span of 3-5 years. The qualitative grades are awarded according to the following criteria:

PLEASE NOTE: For some examinations a pass/fail grade is given. There is no transfer of grades from one grading scale to the other. 

For some course modules, the grades PASS or FAIL are given after the examination. Some universities do not accept the transfer of these grades to their grading scale. Please speak with your home university before choosing such course modules.

More information about the academic system at UiT

Please read this information carefully!

Erasmus+ students:

you MUST choose courses only from the Department to which you have been nominated to. You can find the name of your Department at Uit in the first email (nominaiton for student exchnage) that was sent to you by mobility@uit.no. Please note: Your department at the Faculty of Law is Faculty of Law.

NON-Erasmus+ students:

You can choose courses mainly from the faculty to which you have been nominated to. You can find the name of your Faculty at Uit in the first email (nominaiton for student exchnage) that was sent to you by mobility@uit.no

Download your Learning Agreement

Download the Learning Agreement

Erasmus+ students (from EU countries): We DO NOT sign any Online Learning Agreement at this moment. You must download the PDF Learning Agreement from the system at your university and upload it to the Application Web (Søknadsweb) at UiT. Contact your university to know which Learning Agreement you should fill out!

Course modules taught in English

COURSE MODULES TAUGHT IN ENGLISH ONLY

Get your Learning Agreement signed by your home university.
UIT will sign your Learning Agreement if you are admitted. You will be informed about this by email.

upload your signed Learning Agreement together with the mandatory documents directly on UiT's Apllication Web Service (Søknadsweb)

Mandatory documents

Please read this information carefully!

Erasmus+ students:

you MUST choose courses only from the Department to which you have been nominated to. You can find the name of your Department at Uit in the first email (nominaiton for student exchnage) that was sent to you by mobility@uit.no. Please note: Your department at the Faculty of Law is Faculty of Law.

NON-Erasmus+ students:

You can choose courses mainly from the faculty to which you have been nominated to. You can find the name of your Faculty at UiT in the first email (nominaiton for student exchnage) that was sent to you by mobility@uit.no

Norwegian language requirements

To be able to select course modules taught in Norwegian, you must meet the Norwegian proficiency requirements. Here is the link to information about the requirements: INBOUND STUDENT MOBILITY: LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS | UiT

Download your Learning Agreement

DOWNLOAD THE LEARNING AGREEMENT FORM

Erasmus+ students: We DO NOT sign any Online Learning Agreement at this moment. You must download the PDF Learning Agreement from your university's system and upload it to UiT's Application Web (Søknadsweb).

Courses taught in Norwegian

Erasmus+ students:

COURSE MODULES TAUGHT IN NORWEGIAN & ENGLISH

Get your Learning Agreement signed by your home university.
UIT will sign your Learning Agreement if you are admitted. You will be informed about this by email.

upload your signed Learning Agreement together with the mandatory documents directly on UiT's Apllication Web Service (Søknadsweb)

Mandatory documents

There is a variety of courses and programmes in Norwegian language and literature at UiT. The Norwegian language courses are offered on basic, intermediate and advanced levels.

Norwegian language courses for exchange students