Study permit

Conditions you must meet

• Study or attend school for more than three months

  If you wish to study or go to school in Norway for more than three months, you must apply for a study permit.

• Be admitted to a university college or university

  You must have been admitted to a university college or university.

• Study full-time

  You must study full-time.

• NOK 15,488 per month, or NOK 170,368 for the academic yearNOK 170,368 per year · NOK 15,488 per monthUDI writes the amounts with a space as the thousands separator (nok 15 488); the excerpt preserves that.

  You must have enough money to live on during the period you are going to study in Norway. This means at least NOK 15 488 per month, or NOK 170 368 per year for the entire academic year.

• Single-semester amounts: NOK 77,440 autumn, NOK 92,928 springNOK 77,440 autumn semester · NOK 92,928 spring semesterThe two semesters differ, and the spring figure is the higher one. Showing a single 'per semester' number would understate spring by NOK 15,488.

  If you are going to be a student for only one semester in Norway, you must document NOK 77 440 for the autumn semester and NOK 92 928 for the spring semester.

• Funds may be loans, grants, own money, or an offered part-time job

  This amount of money may consist of student loans, grants, own funds that you have in a Norwegian bank account or the deposit account of the educational institution, or a combination of the above. If you have already been offered a part-time job in Norway, the income from this work may be included.

• The money must be in a Norwegian bank account or the institution's deposit accountUDI notes that a student without a Norwegian account may use the institution's, arranged with the institution directly.

  The money must be in a Norwegian bank account or the deposit account of the educational institution.

• Cover tuition fees as well, or document that they are already paidNote the academic year named in UDI's own text. It will date, and the daily monitor will raise the change when UDI updates it.

  If you have to pay tuition fees, you must also have money to cover this or document in your application that your tuition fees for the academic year 2025/2026 have already been paid. If you have paid for one semester, you must provide documentation in your application showing that you have enough money to pay for the second semester.

• An exemption from tuition fees must be confirmed by the institution

  If you have an exemption from paying tuition fees this must be confirmed by your educational institution.

• Have somewhere to live

  You must have somewhere to live.

• Your circumstances must indicate you are likely to return home after your studiesA decision criterion rather than a document. Recorded so it is visible rather than a surprise at refusal.

  The circumstances in your home country must indicate that it is likely that you can return home when you have completed your studies.

Government fees

• Pay an application feeNo amount recorded: UDI states the obligation here and publishes the figure elsewhere, on a page that is not a registered source.

  You must pay an application fee.

Also stated by the authority

Not requirements in themselves. These are alternatives, exemptions, rights and warnings the authority publishes alongside the requirements — quoted here because they can change what applies to you.

• Work up to 20 hours a week during term, full-time in holidaysA right the permit grants, not an obligation. Recorded because students routinely need to know it before choosing a route.

  If you are granted a study permit, you will also be able to work for up to 20 hours a week while you are studying and full-time during holidays.