How to apply
Application and deadlines
For autumn term exchanges: 1st of April
For spring term exchanges: 1st of October
Please send the original application (including Learning agreement and Transcript of Records from your home institution) to:
Bergen University College
International Office
P.O. Box 7030
N-5020 Bergen
Norway
Fax: +47 55 58 72 20
International office opening hours
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9 am to 3 pm.
Admission
Student Exchange
In order to become an exchange students at Bergen University College, you have to be nominated by you home institution. Exchange students are welcome to take courses at Bergen University College. The different faculties and departments offers a range of courses in English for international students. Most of the courses are integrated in the regular study programmes for Norwegian students and are aimed at exchange students from our many partner institutons around the world. We want the international and the Norwegian students to work together and to get to know each other through beeing together in the same classes, sharing experiences in the clinical field or when working on mutual projects.
Regular Study Programmes (bachelor/master degrees)
Admission to regular courses is based on standard college and university matriculation requirements. In addition a test in the Norwegian language is required. International students are not admitted at regular courses as they are open only for Norwegian speaking persons with a permanent or renewable permit of residence in Norway.
Contact: International Office, e-mail: international@hib.no
For admission of quota students see information for quota students
Services for international students
It is very important for us that you enjoy the time you spend as a student at Bergen University College. Services for international students include an accomodation guarantee, a pick up service and a buddy programme.
Guide for International Students
Accomodation
Bergen University College offers an accomodation guarantee at SiB Student accommodation. This guarantee is only valid if you apply within the deadline (see below) and if your courses start at the beginning of the semester.
Application deadlines for accomodation at SiB student accommodation:
- 1st of May
- 1st of November
If your courses start in the middle of the semester you can still apply for accomodation at SiB student accommodation but the guarantee is not valid.
Pick-up service
You can arrive in Bergen by air, land or sea. Flesland Airport is located just 30 minutes from the city centre. See also www.visitbergen.com for more information about how to get here.
If you arrive between 8 am and 10 pm we will arrange for someone to meet you when you arrive in Bergen, provided you let us know when and where you will arrive.
Buddy programme
As an international student you can say yes to have a buddy during your stay in Bergen. He or she will normally be studying at thesame faculty or department as you and will introduce you to the city of Bergen and include you in the regular student life at the university college.
Studentassistant
A student assistant is engaged at the International Office to assist international students. He is responsible for the buddy programme and the pick-up service. During the semester he will also arrange social events such as welcome party, fishing trips, mountain trips and skiing. You can contact the studentassistant by e-mail: studentassistant@stud.hib.no
Welcome week
The welcome week takes place in the beginning of each semester and it is an exellent opportunity to meet other international students. During the week we make sure that you get all the necessary information about being a student and living in Bergen. Quota students are also welcome to participate in the welcome week as long as it does not conflict with the program they have been admitted to.
Next Welcome Week will be in August 2012
Testing for tuberculosis and MRSA
If you are going to do clinical placement in the health care sector or in schools and kindergartens, and you have spent more than three months in one of the following countries you are obliged to be tested for tuberculosis: countries outside Western Europe, USA, Canada, New Zealand and Japan.
If you have been working, done placement or been admitted to a hospital or other health care institution outside the Nordic countries you are abliged to be tested for MRSA.
You will not be allowed to start clinical placement if the test is positive so we advice you to take a test before you leave for Norway. You will also be tested in Norway before you start your placement.
Please contact your academic contact person or the international office for information on where to be tested.
Police Certificate of Good Conduct
A police certificate of good conduct is required from all students who will have contact with patients, clients, kindergarten children, pupils or other persons as part of a clinical study or placement through Bergen University College. The certificate must be submitted to the International Office 1 month before arrival in Bergen and must be no older than 3 months.
Registration with local authorities
Depending on the length of stay and country of origin some international students must register with the local police office in Bergen upon arrival in Bergen.
See UDI (Norwegian Directorate for Immigration) for more information.
Updated: 16.01.2012