Incoming exchange students: grants, financial support & budget
Grants and financial support
As an exchange student, you have several options to apply for extra financial support and grants for your exchange at UiT. You directly contact the International Office or the Responsible Person at your home university to investigate whether such grants and financial support exist and how to apply.
As some grants and financial support have their own application deadlines, you should investigate the possibilities for such financial support early in the process, preferably one year before the planed start of exchange at UiT.
Incoming exchange students from partner institutions are exempt from the payment of tuition and semester fees at UiT.
An estimation of a student's cost of living is made and revised yearly by the the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund (Lånekassen).
Their recommendation is that you need approximately NOK 151 690 for the study year 2024-2025 (August 2024 - June 2025).
This means you need to have:
- NOK 68 950 for the autumn semester in 2024 (August 2024 - December 2024 - 1 semester).
- NOK 82 740 for the spring semester in 2025 (January 2025 - June 2025).
All figures are stated in Norwegian kroner (NOK).
| Semester fee (only non-exchange students) | NOK 710 per semester |
| Housing (incl. first semester deposit) | ca. NOK 30,000 (5 months rent) deposit before moving into the unit. |
| Food | ca. NOK 20,000 (6 months) |
| Books/academic supplies | ca. NOK 5,000 (5 months) |
| Winter clothing and shoes | NOK 3000 per academic year (depending on lifestyle) |
| Transportation (under 30, above + approx. 40%)* | NOK 2,500 for one semester (Transportation costs are lower for Alta, Harstad and Narvik since the city centre or/and the student housing are situated close to the campus) |
| Other expenses and costs of living depending on your lifestyle (gym subscription, Netflix, Spotify, medical expenses, alcohol, cigarettes, restaurants, recreations; trips, etc.) | NOK 7, 400 |
| TOTAL (APPROXIMATIVELY) | NOK 68, 950 |
WHAT IS ERASMUS+ GRANT?
The Erasmus+ grant is available to students from the EU countries and North Macedonia, Serbia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Turkey. You may receive an Erasmus+ grant as a contribution to your travel and subsistence costs. This may vary according to differences in living costs between your country and the destination country, the number of students applying for a grant, the distance between countries and the availability of other grants.
HOW TO APPLY?
You can only apply for Erasmus+ grant through the international or Erasmus+ office at your home university.
Note that you cannot apply for a grant directly from UiT.
WHAT IS THE FULBRIGHT PROGRAMME
Fulbright stipends are available for U.S. students to carry out Master or Ph.D. degree level studies or research in Norway and for students who would like to serve as English Teaching Assistants. Students who have already begun their studies at a Norwegian university in Norway are not eligible.
HOW TO APPLY
For more information about how to apply, please see this website: US Students (fulbright.no)
WHAT IS NORDPLUS GRANT
The Nordplus Higher Education Programme is a mobility and network programme in the higher education sector, on bachelor and master levels, for the Nordic and Baltic countries.
The aim of the programme is to create a collaboration between the institutions that participate in the programme through exchanges, experience, good practice and innovative results
If your home institution participates in a Nordplus higher education programme, you may be eligible for a grant. Note that you cannot apply for a grant directly from UiT.
HOW TO APPLY
Please contact the international office at your home university to explore how you can apply for Nordplus Grants.
WHAT IS NORTH2NOTH GRANT
north2north is the mobility program of the University of the Arctic. The students from the north2north institutions in USA, Canada, Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, France, Scotland and Australia can apply for a mobility at another north2north institution abroad.
HOW TO APPLY
You can only apply for North2North grant through the international Office or North2North Coordinator at your home university: UArctic - University of the Arctic - north2north Institutional Contacts
Note that you cannot apply for a grant directly from UiT.
NORSTIP stands for Norwegian scholarship scheme for students from selected partner countries. The scholarship targets students from partner institutions from countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
CURRENT NORSTIP MASTER PROGRAMMES
- Master's degree in Peace and Conflict Transformation (Campus Tromsø)
- Master's degree in Industrial Engineering (Campus Narvik)
- Master's degree in Marine Biotechnology (Campus Tromsø)
YOU MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR NORSTIP
To apply for Norstip scholarship at UiT:
- You must have been nominated by your home university to UiT
- Your university must be a NORSTIP partner with UiT
- You must have received an invitation email from UiT to apply
WHAT IS PROJECT-BASED GRANT
Project-based grants give Norwegian higher education institutions the opportunity to receive students on exchange from partner institutions from third countries that are not associated with the Erasmus+ programme have a bilteral exchange agreement with UiT. Students can travel on study and internship stays.
HOW TO APPLY
You can only apply for ERASMUS+ GLOBAL, INTPART, NORHED, NORPART, NOTED & UTFORSK grant through the international Office or the Project Coordinator at your home university.
Last changed: 18.10.2024 13.00
