Admission for Erasmus students

How to apply

Please contact your institutional Erasmus coordinator to find out if you are eligible for exchange with the University of Oslo. You must apply through your home university. Local procedures and deadlines will vary according to each institution.

After nomination by your home institution, you must fill in the application forms: 

• ECTS Student Application Form (pdf)
• ECTS Learning Agreement (pdf)

The application form and learning agreement must be sent together with transcripts of grades/records by the Erasmus coordinator at your institution directly to the faculty or department with which your institution has an agreement (and not to the International Education Office).

The University of Oslo does not admit Erasmus Free Movers.

Erasmus Placement: In general the University of Oslo does not offer many placement opportunities for incoming Erasmus students. All questions about placements must be directed to the International Education Office or the exchange administration at the relevant faculty. The general procedures for nomination from home university, application and application deadlines apply for Placements as for regular Erasmus Student Exchange. Placement applicants must be from partner universities.

Students who contact professors or academic staff directly about placements without involving administrative staff risk rejections of their applications.

Deadlines

The application form and learning agreement must have reached the relevant unit at the University of Oslo before:

• 31 May for the Autumn semester (August - December)
• 31 October for the Spring semester (January - June)

To ensure that admitted students have enough time to prepare for their exchange, we recommend that the applications are sent 2-4 weeks before these deadlines.

Courses in English

Erasmus students may choose from more than 800 courses offered in English. The course descriptions give detailed information about each course, course content, when it's taught etc. The list is updated for the coming semester in late November/mid-May.

Some courses are only taught in English if requested by exchange students. If you want to apply for one of these courses, you must do so within the deadlines for completing the Declaration of Acceptance (25 June/25 November).

Erasmus students who wish to follow courses that are not included in the agreement they apply through, must ensure that their home institution will recognize such courses as part of their degree. The students must also contact the department/faculty they are applying to, to ensure that they are permitted to follow courses at other departments/faculties. If permission is granted, that department/faculty will facilitate contact between the student and the other department/faculty.

The University of Oslo uses the ECTS credit system where a full semester work load should give 30 credits. For further information see academic system.

For questions concerning courses offered in other foreign languages than English, please contact the local international coordinator at your home university. 

Norwegian language courses

Erasmus student at the University of Oslo may apply for Norwegian Language Courses on foundation and advanced level:

• Erasmus Intensive Language Course (EILC) - is offered at the International Summer School (ISS), University of Oslo (17 July - 3 August 2012). Applicants apply through the Erasmus contact person at their home university before the given deadline. Application form and further information is found on the Erasmus webpage
• Norwegian Language Courses at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies. The credit value of these courses may be incorporated into a degree, if the courses are recognized by your home institution.
• Intensive Norwegian Language Courses offered through the International Summer School (ISS) at the University of Oslo. The courses have a fee and are accredited with 15-20 ECTS credits. For further information about academics and admission, see The International Summer School (ISS)

After admission

Letters of Admission will be sent out from the beginning of November for the Spring semester, and from the beginning of June for the Autumn semester. Together with the Letter of Admission you will also receive directions on how to go to the online Declaration of Acceptance form, which must be submitted before 25 November for the Spring semester and 25 June for the Autumn semester.

Student housing must also be booked before 25 November for the Spring semester and 25 June for the Autumn semester. Students who follow the directions are guaranteed housing in one of the student residences. See student housing

The Spring semester usually starts in the second week of January and ends in the third week of June. The Autumn semester usually starts in the second week of August and ends in the third week of December. Erasmus students should arrive in Oslo the week before the start of a semester to ensure that they will be present for the Orientation Week for new students.

Most questions regarding practical issues are answered on our web pages for new international students.

Contact information

For questions regarding courses and other academic matters, please contact the department or faculty with which your institution has an agreement, see contact information under questions about studies.

For general information about the Erasmus programme, see information on the European Commission's website Erasmus for students