University of Oslo

Norwegian-Russian Scholarship Scheme 2016-17

Introduction

This announcement of scholarships is based of the Agreement between the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, dated 27th April 2010.

Norwegian scholarship schemes are normally closely tied to institutional collaboration, preferably with strong linkage between cooperation in research and education. Since the Ministry of Education and Research cannot instruct the institutions to accept a candidate within a specific field, this scheme is based on pre-agreements with defined institutions. The institutions retain their right not to accept a specific candidate.

The total amount of available student grants annually is 30, 15 within Norwegian language and literature, 15 within other subjects. Admission of a student for a two-year programme implies that the student is counted as grant recipient for two years, reducing the number of available grants the following year.

As acceptance of individual students cannot be guaranteed, it is suggested that the Russian Ministry of Education and Science recommends at least 20 students for language studies and 20 students for other studies, from which the grant recipients can be selected.

Grants are offered at the following institutions:

· Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences

· UiT The Arctic University of Norway (merged with Narvik University College)

· University of Bergen

· Nord University (previously University of Nordland)

· University of Oslo

· Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norwegian language and literature (Article 3)

The Kingdom of Norway will offer up to 15 grants annually. Depending on the number of qualified applicants, some flexibility can be shown in the distribution of language student grants, within the total of 15.

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Courses within the series NORX
- These courses are instructed in Norwegian, and hence require Norwegian proficiency for admission.

All students must meet with our English proficiency requirements: https://www.ntnu.edu/studies/langcourses/languagerequirements

- TOEFL IBT: 60

- IELTS: 6.5

University of Bergen

For courses in Norwegian language and Norwegian literature, please find more information about courses and requirements under the “General study grant (Article 2)”.

University of Oslo

Level I, II, III and IV at UiO International Summer School, 25 June – 5 August 2016. Further information at: www.uio.no/summerschool.

Required qualifications:

- For all levels: Minimum 1 year of studies in academic subjects at university level.

- For level II, III and IV, document proficiency in Norwegian by submitting one of the following:

o Certified university transcripts of Norwegian language courses

o Test scores for Sprеkprшven or Test i norsk hшyere nivе (Bergenstest)

o Signed and stamped statement from a current employer or Norwegian professor indicating your proficiency in Norwegian

o Applicants to Norwegian language levels III and IV must also write their statement of purpose in Norwegian.

Please see https://www.uio.no/english/studies/summerschool/admission/academic-requirements/ for details.