To provide you with the right finance-related information, we must differentiate between those students that hold an EU/EEA or Swiss passport and those that do not. Please select below the situation which applies to you.
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I am a student with an EU/EEA or Swiss passport
I am a student with an EU/EEA or Swiss passport
TUITION FEE
NHH is a publicly funded university and charges therefore no application or tuition fees for students from EU/EEA or Switzerland.
As a student at NHH you are required to pay a small semester registration fee to the Student Welfare Organisation in Bergen (Sammen), which allows you to benefit from their services. The amount is currently approximately NOK 910 per semester.
PART TIME WORK
EU/EEA or Swiss students do not need a work permit and may work in Norway after registering with the police.
BUDGET AND LIVING COSTS
To get an idea of the living expenses for students in Norway, please refer to one of these pages:
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I am a student with a non-EU/EEA or Swiss passport
I am a student with a non-EU/EEA or Swiss passport
Semester registration fee
All students, regardless of the passport they hold, are required to pay a small semester registration fee to the Student Welfare Organisation in Bergen (Sammen), which allows you to benefit from their services. The amount is currently approximately 910 NOK per semester.
TUITION FEE
Students who are not EU/EEA or Swiss nationals are required to pay tuition fees.
- The 2023/2024 annual tuition fee for master's students is 180.000 NOK.
- The 2024/2025 annual tuition fee has not been formally decided on yet. However, for BSc students the annual fee will be approximately 130.000 NOK and for master's students approximately 180.000 NOK.
The tuition fee for the first year must be transferred before the programme starts. Note that the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) will require proof of transfer in their consideration of the study permit application.
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Possible exemptions for paying the tuition fee
Possible exemptions for paying the tuition fee
Currently enrolled students who continue their original study programme and incoming exchange students, CEMS students and double degree students do not have to pay tuition.
Incoming full-degree students will be exempt if the following applies:
- You have a permanent residence permit in Norway
You do not have to pay tuition fees if you have a permanent residence permit in Norway. It does not matter what the basis for your residence was previously.
- You have a residence permit due to protection (asylum)
You do not have to pay tuition fees if you have residence (asylum) in Norway due to protection, strong humanitarian considerations or a special connection to Norway.
- You have a residence permit as a family member of an EU/EEA citizen
You do not have to pay tuition fees if you have a residence permit as family member of an EU/EEA citizen. The EU/EEA citizen must have grounds for residence in Norway other than studying.
- You have a residence permit due to family immigration
You do not have to pay tuition fees if you have a residence permit due to family immigration. The person with whom you have been reunited must either be a Norwegian citizen or a foreign national with a reason for residence in Norway other than studying. Furthermore, you do not have to pay tuition fees if you have gained a continued residence permit on an independent basis due to the Norwegian immigration act § 53.
- You are cohabiting and have children with a Norwegian citizen
You do not have to pay tuition fees if you are cohabiting with and have children with a Norwegian citizen. Both you and your cohabiting person must live in Norway.
- You are married to a Norwegian citizen
You do not have to pay tuition fees if you are married to a Norwegian citizen or are the legal partner of a Norwegian citizen. Both you and your spouse or legal partner must live in Norway. With legal partner we mean a person with whom you are married or have an equivalent official relation.
- You have worked in Norway for at least two years full-time
You do not have to pay tuition fees if you during a qualifying period of at least 24 months have had continuous full-time work in Norway, have been resident in and paid tax to Norway.
You must have had a residence permit as an employee during the earning period. There must be no gap during the accrual period or between the accrual period and further studies. However, exceptions can be made for stays of up to 1 year in the event of illness or childbirth.
- You have studied in Norway for at least three years full-time
You do not have to pay tuition fees if you during an accrual period of at least 36 months have lived in and been in education in Norway and passed education equivalent to 3 years of full-time education. There must be no gap during the accrual period or between the accrual period and further studies. However, exceptions can be made for stays of up to 1 year in the event of illness or childbirth. During the qualifying period, you cannot have received support for the education from public education support schemes or Norwegian public support schemes for development.
- You are a UK citizen and moved to Norway before 31 December 2020
During a transitional period that lasted until 2020, the United Kingdom was to be treated as if it were still a member of the EU and the EEA. If you are a citizen of the United Kingdom, who were entitled to reside in Norway in accordance with the EEA agreement before the end of the transition period (31.12.2020), you are exempt to pay tuition fees. You must also have stayed in Norway. If you came to Norway on 1 January 2021 or later, you are not exempt from paying tuition fees.
The above listed exemptions coincide with the regulations for qualifying for support from Lånekassen.
Exemptions are subject to change.
APPLYING FOR EXEMPTION
If you are an incoming full-degree student, you will receive a letter with information about study permit application. In this letter you will also find a link to an application form where you can apply for an exemption, if you consider that you are eligible for this.
FUNDS TO COVER LIVING EXPENSES
In addition to documentation of tuition fee transfer, the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) requires all citizens who are not EU/EEA or Swiss nationals to provide documentation of sufficient funds to cover living expenses for one academic year in Norway.
In the application process, we require documentation that sufficient funds to cover living expenses are available to you. After accepting the offer, you will have to transfer the amount to a Norwegian deposit account. After arrival in Norway, you must establish a Norwegian bank account, and the funds will be returned to you.
BUDGET AND LIVING COSTS
To get an idea of the living expenses for students in Norway, please refer to
PART TIME WORK
Non-EU/EEA students may work up to 20 hours per week (full-time during the holidays) during their first year of study. The part-time work permit must be renewed and depends on satisfactory study progress. Please consult the web pages of the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) for more information.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
Since NHH Norwegian School of Economics is a publicly financed institution, it does not offer scholarships or other forms of financial support to students. Please contact your home university, the educational authorities or funding organisations in your home country to find out if you are eligible for funding.
You may also consult the Study in Norway Web site and The Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (Diku) for scholarship opportunities available from the Norwegian government.
For possibilities offered by the European Union, please check out the Erasmus+ webpage.