Information

HIGHER EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMMES

• Study in Norway
  - All the information you might need about studying in Norway
• The Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU)
  - Norway’s official agency for international programmes and measures related to higher education.
• The Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT)
• The State Educational Loan Fund
  - Information regarding Grants and Loans to Foreign Citizens
  - Information about the Quota Scheme (see also SIU)
• SIO
  - Student welfare organisation. The role of the student welfare organisation is to look after students' welfare needs at their places of learning.

PERMITS, WORK AND HEALTH

• The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration
  - information regarding residence permit and work permit for both students and immigrants. Contains link to application form for student residence permit.
• The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration
  - Information about working in Norway, the national insurance scheme, welfare and health system etc.

TOURISM/GENERAL INFORMATION

• Official information about Norway
• Facts about Norway
  - information in many languages
• The Norwegian Tourist Board's extensive guide to travelling in Norway
  -information in many languages

OTHER USEFUL LINKS

• The American-Scandinavian Foundation
  - Contains information about some Norwegian courses for foreigners