Hi,

I saw a news last week that they are going to remove the tution fee criteria for non eu students coming to Norway as a student. Have you guys heard more on this? Is this been approved already or in the process?

Reference: https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/vil-fjerne-krav-om-hoye-studieavgifter-for-utenlandske-studenter/id3109395/

by Ok-Aerie9456

4 comments

  1. It’s not going to be removed but lowered, and each institution can decide on their own how low they’re willing to go.

  2. They are looking at allowing education institutions to not require tuition. It will be volutary to do so and they will not get any financial support from the state to account for the missed tuition so it will largely be a financial decision.

  3. They will remove the **requirements** of a high tuition fee. This means that instead of a high fixed fee, each university can decide the fee themselves. It’s likely to be lowered, but not removed.

  4. The first paragraph in the article you linked reads:

    >The government will change the requirement for high tuition fees: Universities and colleges in Norway will now be allowed to decide for themselves how much international students should pay to study in the country. It will also become easier for international PhD candidates to apply for jobs in Norway, and the government is removing the requirement for Norwegian language proficiency in order to work at Norwegian universities and colleges.

    In other words it will be up to each institution to set the level of their tuition fees.

    [This article](https://www.universitetsavisa.no/internasjonale-studenter-internasjonalisering-regjeringen/vil-la-universitetene-selv-bestemme-studieavgiften/433277) clarifies that:

    >Note: Aftenposten had previously reported that the government wants to remove tuition fees. The correct information is that educational institutions can decide for themselves how much to charge, but they are not allowed to charge nothing.

    So tuition fees are not going away at this point, but they may be reduced at each discretion of each education institution.

    As of yet, this is the stated policy of the sitting government, but this change requires laws to be changed, which can only be done through a parliamentary vote. Parliament has now closed for the summer, and will not reopen until the end of September. In between there is a national election in the beginning of September, which may change the power dynamics in parliament as well as the government itself. The outcome of that election may also influence what chance this policy has of being passed.

    Assuming it gets to a vote in parliament and it passes, it will probably be anything from a few months to a year before it takes effect. That is just a guess though.

Comments are closed.