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: We DO NOT accept or sign any Online Learning Agreement at this moment. You must download the paper-based Learning Agreement (see the link above).

Add your Department (Erasmus+ students) or Faculty (NON-Erasmus students) to your Learning Agreement

• Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics: Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, The Norwegian College of Fishery Science and School of Business and Economics.

• Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education: Department of Philosophy, Department of Archeology, History, Religious Studies & Theology, Department of Education, Department of Social Sciences, Department of Language and Culture, Department of Child Welfare & Social Work (mainly in Harstad), Department of Tourism and Northern Studies (Campus Alta), Centre for Peace Studies and Centre for Sami Studies.

• Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Technology - Campus Narvik: Department of Industrial Engineering, Department of Building,  Energy and Material Technology, Department of Automation and Process Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Computational Engineering and Department of Electrical Engineering.

• Faculty of Science and Technology: Department of Chemistry, Department of Computer Science, Department of Geosciences, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Department of Physics and Technology and Department of Technology and Safety.

• Faculty of Health Sciences (Department of Medical Biology: Department of Community Medicine (Medicine Public Health), Department of Clinical Medicine, Department of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Dentistry, Department of Psychology, Department of Health and Care Sciences, School of Sport Sciences (courses taught mainly in Alta) and Department of Social Education (mostly in Harstad).

• Faculty of Law (Only Tromsø Campus)

• The Arctic University Museum of Norway and Academy of Fine Arts:  Academy of Music, Academy of Arts and The Arctic University Museum of Norway.

Erasmus+ students: add courses offered by your department at UiT to your Learning Agreement
NON-Erasmus+ students: add courses offered by your departmentor faculty at UIt to your Learning Agreement

Courses for exchange students (Spring 2022):

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

What will happen after you have uplaoded all the mandatory documents within the deadline?

1. The Inbound Exchange Team at the International Cooperation Section will go through your documents and make sure you have uploaded all the required documents. If your applicaiton is incomplete, we will send you a rejection letter by email.

2. Complete application will be sent to the Department at the fauclties to evalute whether you are eligible to take the courses in your Learning Agreement or not. The course coordinators might contact you during this phase in relation to the evaluation of your courses and Learning Agreement.

3. The Departments/Faculties will send all the signed Learning Agreement for the successful candidate to the Inbound Exchange Team. The Inbound Exchange Team will send the admission letter and signed Learning Agreement to the successful candidate through the Application Web (Søknadsweb). A notification will sent by email so that the student can access the Application Web (Søknadsweb) to download the admission letter and Learning Agreement.

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

Who can select Norwegian-taught modules?

• Norwegian proficiency requirements: INBOUND STUDENT MOBILITY: LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS | UiT

• Students with advanced knowledge of Norwegian language with Bergentest, Trinn III or Norwegian-taught upper secondary school diploma (B2 OR C1 LEVEL according to the European Framework).

• Bachelor's or Master's leve students in Nordic languages and literature

Download your Learning Agreement

Download the Learning Agreement

Erasmus+ students: We DO NOT accept or sign any Online Learning Agreement at this moment. You must download the paper-based Learning Agreement (see the link above).

Add your Department (Erasmus+ students) or Faculty (NON-Erasmus students) to your Learning Agreement

• Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics: Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, The Norwegian College of Fishery Science and School of Business and Economics.

• Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education: Department of Philosophy, Department of Archeology, History, Religious Studies & Theology, Department of Education, Department of Social Sciences, Department of Language and Culture, Department of Child Welfare & Social Work (mainly in Harstad), Department of Tourism and Northern Studies (Campus Alta), Centre for Peace Studies and Centre for Sami Studies.

• Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Technology - Campus Narvik: Department of Industrial Engineering, Department of Building,  Energy and Material Technology, Department of Automation and Process Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Computational Engineering and Department of Electrical Engineering.

• Faculty of Science and Technology: Department of Chemistry, Department of Computer Science, Department of Geosciences, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Department of Physics and Technology and Department of Technology and Safety.

• Faculty of Health Sciences (Department of Medical Biology: Department of Community Medicine (Medicine Public Health), Department of Clinical Medicine, Department of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Dentistry, Department of Psychology, Department of Health and Care Sciences, School of Sport Sciences (courses taught mainly in Alta) and Department of Social Education (mostly in Harstad).

• Faculty of Law (Only Tromsø Campus)

• The Arctic University Museum of Norway and Academy of Fine Arts:  Academy of Music, Academy of Arts and The Arctic University Museum of Norway.

Erasmus+ students: add courses offered by your department at UiT to your Learning Agreement
NON-Erasmus+ students: add courses offered by your departmentor faculty at UIt to your Learning Agreement

Courses for exchange students (Spring 2022):

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

What will happen after you have uplaoded all the mandatory documents within the deadline?

1. The Inbound Exchange Team at the International Cooperation Section will go through your documents and make sure you have uploaded all the required documents. If your applicaiton is incomplete, we will send you a rejection letter by email.

2. Complete application will be sent to the Department at the fauclties to evalute whether you are eligible to take the courses in your Learning Agreement or not. The course coordinators might contact you during this phase in relation to the evaluation of your courses and Learning Agreement.

3. The Departments/Faculties will send all the signed Learning Agreement for the successful candidate to the Inbound Exchange Team. The Inbound Exchange Team will send the admission letter and signed Learning Agreement to the successful candidate through the Application Web (Søknadsweb). A notification will sent by email so that the student can access the Application Web (Søknadsweb) to download the admission letter and Learning Agreement.

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