Approximate tuition amounts recommended by UiO, UiB, NTNU, and UiT based on category of degree (currently awaiting approval from the Ministry of Education)

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  5. While I support that foreign students have to pay.

    A single class for teacher training in music is a higher class than a full integrated teacher master education… TF…

  6. Is this for non citizens or non residents? I have residency in Norway but not citizenship so would I have to pay these fees?

  9. Norway is obviously closing the gates to foreigners outside the EU. Nobody in their right mind is going to pay such extortionate yearly fees.

    You can also see this sort of mentality with doctors educated outsideof Norway. The difference between the process for getting authorised as a doctor in Norway as an EU vs non-EU educated doctor is night and day.

    For example non-eu doctors have to pay 25,500 kr for a course to learn the Norwegian laws and regulations in the healthcare system, while a doctor educated in Romania will get completey exempted because it is in the EU.

    And Norway lacks medical personnel… Very strange politics if you ask me.

  10. Woo. That is expensive even by American standards. Frickin’ Harvard charges about $50k a year in tuition, just a little more than the category-A tuition here; and that’s the sticker price, which very few people actually pay.

  13. I am actually for foreigners paying for studying, but I’m not for these extraordinary prices either. We should use some of our “bistandstøtte” to reduce these costs or perhaps use the “bistandstøtten” for free education for foreigners instead of sending money to countries like China or Africa where corrupt politicians eventually get that money.

  14. I’m more worried about the slippery slope this puts in place. Just look at the UK (England for now, but I don’t think Scotland is far behind):

    Step 1 :all free

    Step 2: ! Minimal international students costs !

    Step 3: costs start to rise

    Step 4: uh oh, now brits have to pay too! Luckily it’s only a few hundred a year, it’s a capped price it can’t be bad, it’s just to alleviate some stress from the taxpayer!

    Step 5: costs rise for both categories

    (Step 6: with brexit, all EU students are considered foreign! Now they have to pay foreign rates, about 20-30k/year for most programmes)

    Step 7: costs for English people become high (how’s that price cap going?)

    Steps 8-: American higher education system, predatory loans, and students must stay in their own county to get discount prices (which will be equal to those of step 5 probably); higher education becomes unpopular, people get less educated, enabling more dumb policies like tuition fees to be applied; rinse and repeat until you have the USA n2

    Does Norway want to be n3?

  16. It’s lower for dentistry than what I would have thought. I’d suspect closer to 800 000 per year would be the real cost.

  17. Denmark has charged foreigners from outside the EU/EEU a study fee for quite some time, but as far as I can tell that fee is way lower. So even if someone really wanted to study in Scandinavia, why would they pick Norway with these prices?

    Fun fact: it would be cheaper to pick a year at a folk high school if the main goal is to have a year of school in Norway. Prices are around 120,000 NOK, but that includes food and a place to live.

  18. Ironically, Norwegian students also have free access to a number of highly ranked universities in the global south, such as in Latin America, while students from these countries must now pay in Norway.

  20. Holy shit that’s expensive as helllll. Even for US standards, that’s expensive. I guess if the goal is to reduce the amount of international students, that’s gonna make it, sadly…

  21. OMG that is a lot. At Stockholm University the annual fee is 90.000 to 140.000 Sek depending on programme.

  22. This is making the UK a more attractive place to study for non-EU/EEA students. Most international students pay between $12000 and $25000 per year. It can be a lot higher got Oxford and Cambridge. Undergraduate medical degrees can be as much as $84000 per year. Cambridge charge £63990 per year for medical and veterinary science.

  23. I want to add to this discussion that exchange students will not be charged these fees, so it is possible to do part of one’s studies in Norway without paying these quite expensive prices.

  25. Thts how it begins, same thing happened in UK in the start and now every1 has to pay for higher education. And soon only rich or supersmart can afford the education.
    There should be more protest in Norway aganist it.

  26. :// Did a semester in Norway this fall and loved UiO so much I wanted to get my master’s or phD there, but if it’s going to be that expensive it simply isn’t worth it ?? I think it’s absolutely fair for non EU students to pay a higher tuition but this is extreme, and I’m already going to have loans for undergraduate education. It’s possible I could find a job in Norway after my graduate degree but I thought that a degree from a Norwegian university would make me a better candidate :/

  27. All for having foreign students pay tuition, but who the fuck in their right mind would study in Norway at all with these prices?

  28. I wanted to study nursing in order to work in the North of Norway, because in the North of Norway there are not many people and not many nurses. In fact, the north of Norway needs a lot of nurses, just like the rest of Norway. I was ready to learn Norwegian to B2 level and take the Norwegian exam to get a certificate in Norwegian, and to take the English exam to get a certificate in English at B2 level. I was also willing to save up 128,887 kronor to prove to the migration service that I have something to live on in this country. If they impose such prices, it will be a disaster for me. I just can’t afford these prices.

  29. I wanted to study nursing in order to work in the North of Norway, because in the North of Norway there are not many people and not many nurses. In fact, the north of Norway needs a lot of nurses, just like the rest of Norway. I was ready to learn Norwegian to B2 level and take the Norwegian exam to get a certificate in Norwegian, and to take the English exam to get a certificate in English at B2 level. I was also willing to save up 128,887 kronor to prove to the migration service that I have something to live on in this country. If they impose such prices, it will be a disaster for me

  30. Considering job prospects and educational prosperity why would anyone choose to study in Norway rather than move anywhere in the world if they can spend that amount of money?

  31. The tuition fees will have the opposite effect than is intended. Talented students will take their chances with unis in the US, Canada or Germany where they are more likely to earn after graduation without having to learn a new language. On the other hand, Norway will get people in their late 30s and 40s who has more savings, willing to relocate anywhere outside their home country to secure a better future for their family. This group is less qualified, less likely to integrate, more likely to break the rules (for eg. work more than 50%) and will cost the state more because it has to provide free education and healthcare for the entire family along with the cost of education for the applicant. Furthermore, they will move to Portugal, Romania or some other poor EU country if they are not able to get a job in Norway.

    What should have been done instead:

    * Raise the application requirements: Better English proficiency results and above-average on a standardised test like GRE or GMAT. Add job experience and interviews for subjects with lot of applications like business administration
    * Only accept students with previous education from a list of certified universities made by NOKUT
    * Remove the criteria that the job must be subject-related because the ruling from UDI is always very subjective and not accurate at all considering they take months to review.
    * Universities should receive funding from companies who will benefit from having these students to offset the cost for the taxpayers.
    * Stop offering family immigration visa for students and be more critical for spouse visa applications

    However, the comments on this post are quite disappointing (and racist towards the Chinese). Every immigrant has their struggle story and is willing to give up a lot to stay in your country. They are also willing to do the jobs you dont want to do for money you would not accept. So please treat everyone with kindness and reach out a helping hand if you can. Most of these people do want to live their lives in this beautiful country and pay back the tax money they used to study here 🙂

  32. Lmao those prices are outrageous. No one in their right mind would pay that when there are many better and cheaper options around. Guess its sort of a shadow ban on students from outside the EU.

  34. What an embarrassment the current government turned out to be. This will effectively reduce the number of non-European students to 0, and ensure Norwegian students don’t get exposed to non-European cultures during their time studying in Norway – making them less qualified for a globalized labor market. Working as intended /s.

  38. I bet this year most international applicants who are not from EU/EAA will withdraw their admission offers from Norwegian universities. Most classes may close or at least reduce the size by half. Norwegian education reputation is not outstanding compared to other countries in Europe, US and Australia. Living cost in Norway is very high too.

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