Good lord! I can’t believe my eyes, I thought the annual amount would be €5000 or something but nearly €34,000 plus the bank statement of €11,400? I mean what kind of student has that kinda money just to enroll? I only wish the same rule applied to EU students outside of Norway as well, the exception is so blatantly discriminatory. What do you think about this?

Edit: For those asking for my source, AHO emailed this amount to applicants [you can see for yourself](https://ibb.co/xKTZDTm)

Edit-2: Unbelievable. I don’t get the logic behind downvoting this post. I’m not the one who decided on this ridiculous amount. The reactions to this post just reassured me that I should be glad I study in Germany instead of Norway! And to the people who respond along the lines of “It’s not the responsibility of taxpayers in Norway to fund non-EU citizens to study in Norway” do you really want to be this person? You also realize the covid vaccine was found by non-EU immigrants right?

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  2. Norwegians still had to pay international fees within the EU if they studied abroad before so not unfair that it’s the same treatment for students coming to Norway.

  3. I think if it is too expensive for someone to study abroad, they should consider to study at their home country, or simply find an affordable place to study.

  4. Where did you read this? The University of Stavanger recently set a price of 150,000 for the most expensive education. This applies to one out of two years on the most expensive master’s degrees. The cheapest master’s degrees will cost 125,000. Bachelor’s degree and annual study will cost 80,000 a year.

    They say that the real cost is higher, but that the price cannot be set higher because of competition with other schools.

    Source: https://khrono.no/her-vil-det-koste-150-000-for-de-dyre-utdanningene/752022

  5. 34k is more than local students pay in countries without free tuition, e.g. UK. Norway is now charging the upper end of what an international student would pay in the UK.

    I get that nothing in this world is free but this does not seem like just paying your way, this seems more profiteering on international students (which is what other countries have always done).

    But I’m sure this extra money will be used to alleviate our collective tax burden </sarcasm>

  6. Its not for EU students because of agreement with EU. Why do you think we should make an exception for those we do not have an agreement with?

  7. I see the Logic, but we should use some of our foreign aid to give scholarships to students from developing countries. New updated knowledge is probably worth a lot more for those countries then buying land for planting trees..

  8. Where did you get 365000kr from? Max is 150000kr at University of Stavanger. Reason why it’s free for EU citizens is because Norwegian citizens get free education in other EU countries.

    I’m not even Norwegian, but it’s not the responsibility of tax payers in Norway to fund non-EU citizens to study in Norway for free when so many go back home afterwards. If it’s too expensive to move and live in a country for someone, then they should find a cheaper place to live.

  9. In Scotland, up until Brexit, EU students could get free education, but English students could not.

    Remember that Norway is not in the EU. It can set the rules.

    Scotland wants to be independent of England but in the EU, but currently we have the complete opposite 😕

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