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 800 per semester.

Some international applicants must document their financial ability in order to be granted a residence permit to study in Norway.

Please read here about documentation of financing. 

Tuition fee for students from outside EU, EEA and switzerland

From the autumn semester of 2023, students from countries outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland must be prepared to pay tuition fees.

The Norwegian government has proposed that all students who are admitted to full degree programmes and are from outside the above-mentioned regions must pay tuition fees, on the condition that a required amendment to the Norwegian Universities Act is adopted by the Norwegian parliament. This process is scheduled to start in April and concluded in May or June.  

How much will the fee be?

184 000 NOK per academic year, for students who start in August 2023.

Exemptions

• Currently enrolled students who continue their original study programme
• Incoming exchange students
• Students who qualify for support from Lånekassen

Exemptions are subject to change.

Details to be announced

Further information on the fees, how to pay, and possible exemptions will be posted on this page as soon as possible.

Budget and living costs

To get an idea of the living expenses for students in Norway, please refer to 

• Reference Budget for Consumer Expenditures from Consumption Research Norway
• the Visit Norway Web site

Scholarships and grants

NHH 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.

Scholarships provided by others (please see the links for information, deadlines and application forms):

• E.ON Stipendienfonds (PDF 700 kb)
• Claes Isacson Scholarship
• The Research Council of Norway
• Erasmus+ Master loans
• FindAMasters
• The Fulbright Scholar Program (US citizens only)
• Norway-America Association (US citizens only)
• Torskeklubben (US citizens only)

Part time work

• EU/EEA students do not need a work permit, and may work in Norway after registering with the police.
• 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.