Norwegian government scholarships

The Norwegian government provides financial assistance to students from a number of countries that come to Norway to study under the Quota Scheme. Student from a number of NHH partner institutions are eligible to apply for funding under the Quota Scheme to cover a one-year exchange or the two-year MSc in International Business programme and the two year MSc in Energy, Natural Recources and the Environment.

The information on this page provides details of the Quota Scheme for graduate and/or PhD students at NHH partner school that would like to take a one year exchange at NHH.

If you wish to find out more about Quota Scheme funding for the MSc in International Business programme/Energy, Natural Recources and the Environment, please click here for more information.

Purpose and administration

Citizens from some Eastern European (outside the EU), Asian and developing countries who undergo education in Norway may be granted financial aid from "Lånekassen" (the State Educational Loan Fund in Norway) through what is known as the "Quota Programme".

The aim of the programme is to provide students from these countries relevant knowledge that can benefit their home countries when they return home after completing their studies. Therefore, one of the main objectives of the Quota Scheme is that students should return home after completing the course of study. In addition, the programme contributes to strengthen Norwegian institutions of higher education's participation in the global knowledge cooperation.

The Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU) has responsibility for administration of the Quota Scheme, and the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund (Statens Lånekasse) is responsible for managing the financial support provided for students accepted onto the Quota Scheme.

Financing

These scholarships are worth approximately 8000 Norwegian kroner (NOK) per month for the duration of the one-year programme (a total of 81 400 NOK). Each student receives the same amount of money as a Norwegian student would do in an equivalent educational programme to cover the costs of housing, living and studying one year in Norway. About 30% of the amount is given as a grant and 70 % as a loan. The loan will then be waived when the student leaves Norway and returns to his/her home country.

Please note that there are specific requirements for the period you will have to stay in your home country after the study period in Norway in order to have the loan waived. For more information about the national rules which apply for the Quota Scheme, please check here.

Students eligible for Quota Scheme funding at NHH

For students to be eligible for the Quota Scheme they must come from an educational institution in one of the countries covered by the scheme with which NHH have an exchange agreement. The schools that are currently covered by these arrangements are:

Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo (FGV), Brazil
School of Management - Fudan University, China
Tsinghua University, China
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
China Europe International Business School, China
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
Asian Institute of Management, The Philippines
St.Petersburg State University, Russia
University of Cape Town, South Africa
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Thammasat University, Thailand

To qualify for the scholarship you need to stay for a one year exchange at NHH as a part of master degree or PhD at your home university. You are free to choose whether your stay would be for the academic year (August to June) or the calendar year (January to December), according to your other academic or personal commitments.

Application procedure and deadline

Application for an exchange at NHH through the Quota Scheme is made through your home university. A limited number of students from each university will be accepted each year. Deadline for applications:

1st of October 2008 (January 2009 - December 2009)

Students who are accepted will need to obtain a formal residence permit within 7 days after their arrival in Norway. Exchange students from China, Philippines, Russia, South Africa and Thailand are also required to have a visa in addition to a residence permit. The visa must be obtained before arriving in Norway. We advise students to file their application for a visa as soon as possible after admittance to NHH. The application should be filed with the Norwegian Embassy in your home country and should include:

letter of acceptance as an exchange student at NHH
confirmation that housing arrangements in Norway have been made
formal documentation of sufficient fund to complete the period of study at NHH

All formal documents will be provided by NHH.

More information

For more information, please contact:

nina.hagen@nhh.no