Health insurance

Students from the European Economic Area (EEA)

Students from EU/EEA countries must have health insurance coverage from their home country. The European Health Insurance Card documents that you are entitled to necessary medical treatment during temporary stays in other EEA countries or in Switzerland. You are entitled to treatment on a par with the citizens of the country where you are staying.

For further information about the correct card/form please check with the nearest health authority office in your home country. If you decide to use private health insurance you have to check with your insurance office as to whether your coverage applies to Norway.

NB: You must bring the European Health Insurance Card when you enter Norway.

Read more about the European Health Insurance Card on the European Commission's website.

Students from countries outside the European Economic Area

If the duration of your stay in Norway is more than one year you automatically become insured under the National Insurance Scheme (nav.no) when you register as a student at the University of Oslo and as a resident in Norway.

If the duration of your stay in Norway is between 3 and 12 months you should fill in a special form entitling you to social security coverage with regard to health services in accordance with the National Insurance Scheme. The form must be sent to the insurance office in the municipality in which you are staying. For students living at Sogn or Kringsjå studentby the address is:

Nordre Aker trygdekontor
Postboks 320, Alnabru
0614 Oslo
Telephone: 21 06 67 00

Students who do not fill in this form or students who stay in Norway less than three months should have a social security coverage from their home country.

Health services for international students at UiO

Your semester card which you receive by semester registration basically allows you free medical treatment at the Student Health Services.This does not apply to medicines or to medical tests taken off Blindern campus. The cost of medicines is only covered if you are hospitalised or suffer from a serious disease and are member of the National Insurance Scheme or have the European health insurance card or other form of social security which covers these costs.

For further information please contact Student Counselling.