The Norwegian government provides scholarships for students from
developing countries and countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
through the Quota Scheme.
The objective of the scheme is to promote the internationalisation of
higher education. Currently, the scheme provides full scholarships for a
total of 1 100 students, of which 800 are from developing countries and
300 from Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Each year universities and
university colleges in Norway are allocated a certain number of quota
students. The scheme normally includes courses taught in English at
Master’s and PhD level, in addition to certain professional degrees.
The deadline for applications for the Quota scheme is usually 1
December every year. Some courses and educational programmes may have
other deadlines.
Recruitment enrollment
Recruitment enrollment
The
Quota Scheme will only enrol students from institutions (organisations,
universities, authorities) which have collaboration agreements with
Norwegian universities or university colleges. Norwegian institutions
usually do not admit free movers (individual applicants) to this scheme. Only in very special cases will free movers be considered. Please contact the institutions directly for individual information.
Students
who come to Norway as self-financing students will, as a rule, not be
considered as being qualified for the Quota Scheme.
To find out
which institutions collaborate with Norwegian institutions, please refer
to the websites of the Norwegian institutions. You could also ask your
home institution about whether they have any sort of collaboration with
Norwegian universities / university colleges from the list of
participating institutions.
Basic general requirements
Basic general requirements
As
a student, you must apply directly from your home country. You must
have stayed at least one year in your home country directly prior to the
planned course of study at the Norwegian university /university
college.
Students
usually apply for degree programmes that serve as a continuation of
their studies in their home country or for courses which can be a joint
part of a degree programme in their home country (joint degree or
sandwich programmes). Most of the programmes offered are at Master’s or
PhD level, but the Quota Scheme also offers certain Bachelor’s study
programmes.
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