See application procedures for exchange to the Music Performance program on this page. 

Starting Autumn semester: 

• 15 March (non-EU/EEA citizens)
• 15 April (EU/EEA and Swiss citizens)

Starting Spring semester:

• 15 September (Everyone)

Starting Autumn semester: 15 March

Starting Spring semester: 15 September

Engineering courses taught in English at the bachelor's level can be hard to find at NTNU in Trondheim.

It is therefore recommended that students have completed at least three years of a bachelor's degree if they wish to apply for master's level courses. Wihtin engineering, NTNU normally cannot offer supervision of any bachelor's thesis work, unless the agreement between NTNU and your institution specifically says so.

All

Students within Fine Art, Performance, Design or Architecture, who would like to participate in the studio-based courses (15 ECTS) at Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, must submit a portfolio.

Students must have completed 180 ECTS if they wish to apply for master's level courses within these subjects.

Architecture

Within architecture, only master's level courses are offered in English. No supervision of bachelor's theses is offered. In order to apply for exchange to NTNU as an architecture student, the institutional exchange agreement must cover architecture specifically. Nominated students can not choose courses upon applying, but will receive a list of available courses from NTNU.

Music performance

Students at Music Performance studies at AEC member institutions may apply for exchange to NTNU's "Performing Arts - Music" program: 

Separate application procedure found on this page.

Through an Erasmus+/Nordplus exchange agreement with NTNU, students may apply for exchange to UNIS in Svalbard. For this, separate application procedures apply.

It is possible to come to NTNU as a Placement student in order to do a project, thesis, internship or practical placement, within or outside the regular semester dates.

Placement students are exchange students, but must also complete some additional steps in order to apply for placement at NTNU. Follow the link below for more information.

Procedure for placement students

All academic bilateral cooperation between Norway and Russia has been suspended by Norwegian authorities due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. As a result, NTNU is unable to accept exchange students from Russian institutions.

The Russian-Norwegian Scholarship Sceme is also suspended, and thus unavailable.

Russian citizens are still eligible to apply for degrees at NTNU as usual.

In order to apply for an exchange study, you must first be nominted by your home university within our nomination deadlines. There must be an active exchange agreement between NTNU and the home university. 

To get nominated, please contact the international coordinator at your home institution. 

Exchange students from partner universities do not pay tuition at NTNU, and don't need to provide proof of their financing as part of their application to NTNU.

However, in order to obtain a student visa, applicants from countries outside the EU/EEA/EFTA will be required to prove to the Directorate for Immigration (UDI) that they can support themselves during their stay - instructions on how to do this will be provided when you are accepted to NTNU.

NTNU requires all international students to have a good command of English at an academic level and you may need to provide TOEFL/IELTS test scores. If you wish to take courses taught in Norwegian, you will have to document Norwegian proficiency. 

Whether you need to document English proficiency depends on your citizenship (EU/EEA or non-EU/EEA) and whether you are an Erasmus+ student or not. Please see our complete guide on English language requirements:

NTNU - English requirements

NTNU do not accept free movers.

In order to apply for an exchange at NTNU, there needs to be an exchange agreement between your home institution and NTNU.

To be able to apply for exchange studies at NTNU you must be nominated by your home institution. Your coordinator at your home institution will make sure you are nominated.

Once you have been formally nominated, you will receive an e-mail with complete instructions on how to apply. Follow the instructions in the e-mail carefully.

The application portal Søknadsweb does not have a submit button. Your application is automatically registered once you complete the required steps.

1. Official grade transcripts for all university studies (including Classes préparatoires, if applicable)  

2. Translation of grade transcripts if the original documents are not in English.  
   For Germanic and Romance languages, self-translation is accepted. 
   For other languages, an official English version issued by the home university OR a self-translated copy signed and stamped by the home university is accepted.

3. A list of courses you are currently taking (self-attested is OK)

4. A short CV  

5. The personal identification page of your passport  OR a valid National Identity Card (only for students with EU/EEA citizenship)

6. Additional form for exchange students (to be uploaded in Søknadsweb after you have started your application in Søknadsweb. You must have started the application before uploading this form)

7. English language proficiency documentation (for non-Erasmus+ students)

8. Before completing your application, please make sure you have entered your complete home address (in your home city), including street name & number, zip code and city.