Norway

Country: Norway

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.

People walking and relaxing on the roof of the Oslo Opera House

Norwegian higher education institutions fall into four main categories:

universities (universiteter) – the Study in Norway portal lists 11 of them, including the University of Oslo, the University of Bergen, NTNU in Trondheim, UiT The Arctic University of Norway and OsloMet,
specialised universities (vitenskapelige høyskoler) – 9 on the list, e.g. NHH (economics and business), BI Norwegian Business School, the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Oslo School of Architecture and Design,
university colleges (høyskoler), i.e. universities of applied sciences,
colleges with accredited programmes – smaller institutions, often aimed at Norwegian-speaking students.

Most institutions are public. There are also private ones – some of them charge tuition fees to all students.

Universities in Norway – profiles

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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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