Student Exchange at the Faculty of Medicine
- Information to Incoming Exchange Students
NTNU participates in numerous student exchange and placement programmes, including the Socrates/Erasmus programme, the Leonardo da Vinci programme and NORDPLUS. In addition there are cooperative agreements with universities in many countries.
The Faculty of Medicine offers several courses that are open for exchange students. Below you find lists of such courses taught in English.
Medical Doctor Programme
| Course | Credits | Semester |
| MD4041 Semester IID for International Students ('English Semester') | 30.0 | Autumn |
Courses at Bachelor's Level:
| Course | Credits | Semester |
| MFEL1010 Introduction to Medicine for Non-Medical Students (self-tuition) | 7.5 | Autumn or Spring |
| NEVR2010 Introduction to Neuroscience | 15.0 | Autumn |
| NEVR2030 Condensed Introduction to Neuroscience | 7.5 | Autumn |
Courses at Master's Level:
| Course | Credits | Semester |
| KLH3002 Epidemiology I | 7.5 | Autumn |
| KLH3101 Obesity and Health I: Definitions, Causes and Consequenses | 7.5 | Spring |
| KLH3102 Obesity and Health II: Prevention | 7.5 | Spring |
| KLH3103 Obesity Treatment I: Behavioural Therapy, Diet and Exercise | 7.5 | Spring |
| MFEL3010 Medicine for Students of Natural Sciences and Technology | 7.5 | Autumn |
| MOL3000 Introduction to Molecular Medicine | 7.5 | Autumn |
| MOL3001 Medical Genetics | 7.5 | Spring |
| MOL3005 Immunology | 7.5 | Autumn |
| MOL3007 Functional Genomics | 7.5 | Spring |
| MOL3009 Biobanking | 7.5 | Autumn |
| MOL3010 Animal Cell Culture (self-tuition) | 7.5 | Autumn |
| MOL3014 Nanomedicine I - Bioanalysis | 7.5 | Autumn |
| MOL3015 Nanomedicine II - Therapy | 7.5 | Spring |
| MTEK3001 Applied Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 7.5 | Spring |
| NEVR3001 Basic Neuroscience | 7.5 | Autumn |
| NEVR3003 Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience | 7.5 | Spring |
| NEVR3004 Neural Networks | 7.5 | Spring |
| ST3001 Introduction to Medical Statistics | 7.5 | Autumn |
| TOKS3001 Medical Toxicology | 7.5 | Spring |
Courses in Exercise Physiology and Sport Sciences are not open for student exchange. Other courses require skills in Norwegian language.
Courses at PhD Level:
| Course | Credits | Semester |
| KLMED8003 Quality of Life | 4.0 | Spring |
| KLMED8004 Medical Statistics, Part I | 7.5 | Autumn |
| KLMED8005 Medical Statistics, Part II | 7.5 | Spring |
| KLMED8007 Clinical Research | 5.0 | Autumn |
| MEDT8002 Ultrasound Imaging | 7.5 | Autumn |
| MEDT8007 Simulation Methods in Ultrasound Imaging | 7.5 | Autumn or Spring |
| MEDT8008 Clinical MR Spectroscopy | 5.0 | Spring |
| MEDT8010 Metabolomics? Methods and Applications | 7.5 | Autumn |
| MEDT8011 Introduction to MR Imaging | 4.0 | Autumn |
| MOL8001 Molecular Physiology: Mechanisms and Methods | 4.5 | Autumn |
| MOL8002 Molecular Mechanisms of Host Defence | 9.0 | Autumn |
| MOL8003 Microarray Technology and Data Analysis - with Laboratory Training | 7.5 | Spring |
| MOL8004 Microarray Technology and Data Analysis - without Laboratory Training | 4.5 | Spring |
| MOL8006 Receptor Signalling and Trafficking | 10.0 | Spring |
| SMED8004 Introduction to Research | 5.0 | Autumn or Spring |
| SMED8015 Qualitative Research Methods | 7.5 | Spring |
Please note that some of these courses may be cancelled if too few students register for examination.
The normal workload per semester is 30 credits.
Questions?
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about courses or degree programmes at the Faculty of Medicine or about studying at NTNU and living in Trondheim.
For information about application procedures and admission, please contact the Office of International Relations:
Email: international@adm.ntnu.no, Telephone: +47 73 59 57 00
For information about the content and structure of courses and degree programmes, please contact The Faculty of Medicine, Section of Student and Academic Affairs:
Email: studie@medisin.ntnu.no, Telephone: + 47 73 55 04 00
International Degree Programmes
- MSc in Exercise Physiology and Sport Science
- MSc in Molecular Medicine
- MSc in Neuroscience
- PhD in Clinical Medicine
- PhD in Community Medicine
- PhD in Health Science
- PhD in Medical Technology
- PhD in Molecular Medicine
- PhD in Neuroscience
- PhD in Palliative Care
Application Procedures
Application deadlines and procedures are described here.
