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Norway

Country: Norway
Population (million): 5.6 (2025)
Area (km2): 385207
Official language: Norwegian, Sami
Currency: Norwegian krone (NOK)
Dialling code: +47
Internet users (million): 4.1 (2025)
Number of students: 315,674 (2024)
Students as % of population aged 20-24: 39.9 (2024)
Women among students (%): 58.9 (2024)
Students - bachelor's level: 192,124 (2024)
Students - master's level: 99,682 (2024)
Students - doctoral level: 10,496 (2024)
Tuition fees - bachelor's (EUR per year): free at public institutions for EU/EEA and Swiss citizens, semester fee e.g. NOK 690 at UiO; non-EU: tuition fees, e.g. NOK 100,500–351,000 a year at UiT (2026)
Tuition fees - master's (EUR per year): free at public institutions for EU/EEA and Swiss citizens, semester fee e.g. NOK 690 at UiO; non-EU: tuition fees, e.g. NOK 100,500–351,000 a year at UiT (2026)

Students from the EU/EEA and Switzerland pay no tuition at public institutions, only a semester fee such as NOK 670 at UiT, while others pay – e.g. NOK 100,500–351,000 a year at UiT. The Study in Norway portal lists 11 universities, and EU/EEA citizens can work without restrictions. Find out what the official estimate of NOK 15,488 a month means for your budget and how to get student housing.


Sources: European Commission – Study in Europe (education.ec.europa.eu/study-in-europe), Eurostat, official national study and residence portals and authorities, Eurodesk, enic-naric.net, studentnews.eu. As of September 2026.

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