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Scholarships to Study in Norway (2027) for International Students

Norway stopped being free for non-EU students in 2023. Citizens of the EU, the EEA and Switzerland still pay nothing; everyone else pays tuition set by each university by subject category, from about NOK 80,000 a year for a bachelor's degree in development studies to NOK 528,650 for medicine. The master's deadline for applicants from outside the EU and EEA is 1 December, nine months before an August start, and NTNU and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences both state that they offer no scholarships covering tuition.

Verified 13 Sep 2026 Sources
Public tuition, per year
NOK 80,000 to NOK 528,650
international students
Living cost, per month
Not listed
typical range
Work during study
Not listed
per week
Post study work
Not listed
after graduation
Intakes
Autumn, Spring
main application cycles

Norway's universities are unusually blunt about this. NTNU states that it offers no scholarships that cover tuition fees, and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences says the same. An applicant who cannot fund the fee should not plan on the university waiving it.

What does exist is a set of exemptions, and they matter more here than scholarships do. Some apply automatically, with no application: citizens of an EU or EEA country or Switzerland, exchange students from partner universities, anyone admitted to their programme before 2023, students on an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master or a Nordic Five Tech joint degree, doctoral students, and holders of a place through Students at Risk, NORPART, NORHED, NORSTIP, the Fulbright programme or a full degree scholarship from the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills. British citizens who were resident in Norway before 31 December 2020 and have stayed keep their exemption too.

A second set has to be applied for, with documents, by the deadline stated in the admission letter: a valid permanent residence permit in Norway; residence granted on the basis of protection, strong humanitarian considerations or a special connection to Norway; and being married to, or having a child with, a Norwegian citizen and living together in Norway. Each of these needs a passport or national ID, both sides of the residence card, and the relevant decision letter or certificate.

The route worth investigating early, therefore, is a Norwegian government or partnership programme rather than a university scholarship: the Directorate for Higher Education and Skills funds full degree places, and NORPART and NORHED fund partnerships with institutions in specific countries. Those places carry the tuition exemption with them.

No verified scholarships for Norway yet.

Sources, checked 13 September 2026
  1. https://www.ntnu.edu/studies/tuition-fees
  2. https://www.ntnu.edu/studies/application
  3. https://www.ntnu.edu/studies/langcourses/languagerequirements
  4. https://www4.uib.no/en/studies/admission-and-application/tuition-fee-for-international-students
  5. https://www4.uib.no/en/studies/admission-and-application/application-process-for-applicants-with-a-citizenship-from-outside-eueea-and-switzerland
  6. https://www4.uib.no/en/studies/admission-and-application/admission-requirements/english-language-requirements-for-masters
  7. https://www.uio.no/english/studies/admission/tuition/table-of-costs/
  8. https://www.nmbu.no/en/studies/tuition-fees