Higher Education
As a knowledge nation, Norway has a great need for people with high level professional skills across a broad spectrum of fields. It is a goal that everyone should be able to get an education regardless of their social background. Welfare schemes for students are an instrument that can be used to achieve this. The government wants to change the structure of higher education to achieve solid specialist research communities and high quality education.
Quality in higher education
Universities and university colleges are to provide higher education of a high international standard on the basis of the foremost within research, academic and artistic development work and empirical knowledge.
Students
The Ministry of Education and Research establishes the rules for admission to educational programmes, and has the overall responsibility for state educational institutions, student welfare and student financing.
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What's new
Better cooperation with important countries
13/10/2015: Traditionally Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and Japan are not countries that Norway have cooperated extensively with in higher education and research. This is something the Government would like to change.
From 33 to 21 state universities and university colleges
15/11/2016: The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2014 to Yakov G. Sinai (78) of Princeton University, USA, and the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Latest news
- Foreign students will be allowed to enter Norway from 1 August Press release 07/07/2021
- Norwegian students will not have to pay for staying at a quarantine hotel Press release 26/05/2021
- The Minister of Education and Integration's introduction at a press conference on corona and new economic measures Speech/statement 29/01/2021
- Physical teaching in small groups allowed for students in areas with low infection rates Press release 21/01/2021
- There will be no physical teaching on campus for students until 19 January Press release 02/01/2021
- Increased Support for the Qualifications Passport for Refugees Press release 12/03/2019
- Statsbudsjettet 2018: Educating people for the future Press release 12/10/2017
- From 33 to 21 state universities and university colleges News story 15/11/2016
Documents
MOOCs for Norway — New digital learning methods in higher education
NOU 2014: 5
Act relating to universities and university colleges
The purpose of this Act is to make provisions for universities and university colleges.
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Department for Higher Education, Research and International Affairs
E-mail: postmottak@kd.dep.no
Phone: + 47 22 24 77 01
Address: Postboks 8119 Dep, 0032 Oslo
Visitor address: Kirkegata 18, Oslo