Tuition fees for students

Degree seeking students from outside of EU/EEA and Switzerland must normally pay tution fees at Norwegian institutions. The tuition fees are based on the real cost of the respective study and thus varies between institutions and study programmes.

Students from Norway, Switzerland and countries in the EU/EEA area are extempted from paying tuition fees at public higher educational institutions in Norway. 

Other groups that may be extempted from paying tuition fees at public higher education institutions in Norway are:

• Exchange students, being part of an institutional collaboration, unless the institutions have mentioned otherwise in their agreement
• Doctoral candidates
• Students studying in Norway through the NORPART or NORHED programmes
• Students being a part of the Students At Risk (StAR) scheme
• Students studying in Norway through the Fulbright programme
• Students participating in a joint degree collaboration through Erasmus Mundus
• Indigenous people studying at Sámi University of Applied Sciences
• Foreign citizens with rights to be treated as equal to Norwegian, as per international treaties
• Foreign citizens with right to loan and scholarships at same terms as Norwegian citizens, as per the Student Financial Aid Act.