This information applies to students coming to NTNU for a project, thesis, internship or practical placement, both within and outside of the regular semester dates. Students must first be accepted by a supervisor at NTNU. All these students must then fill in an application for exchange studies at NTNU

Information for supervisors can be found here

Application deadlines

Starting spring semester (1 January - 30 June)

• 1 October for everyone

Starting autumn semester (1 July to 31 December)

• 1 April for non-EU/non-EEA/Swiss citizens 

• 1 May for EU/EEA/Swiss citizens

Admission requirements

Language requirements

We require all international students to have a good command of English at an academic level. Students who are admitted to NTNU through the Erasmus+ programme do not need to document English proficiency. Students coming from outside the EU/EEA need to document English proficiency Students taking courses in English are not required to have any Norwegian language knowledge.

Requirements for Health- and social care applicants

Since NTNU has separate health care departments in Trondheim, Gjøvik and Ålesund, applicants must make sure that their home institution has an exchange agreement with the relevant NTNU department before they apply. Some agreements also provide the opportunity for a combination of practical placement and theoretical studies.

Health- and social care students doing practical or clinical work will have to provide MRSA test results and, in some cases, tuberculosis test results. In addition, you will need to provide police records. 

Application procedures

Step 1: Find a supervisor

Contact your home university to see if there are any existing internship agreements with NTNU. 
Look for relevant supervisors and projects.

Contact information can be found here.

Important to clarify with your supervisor and your home university: 

• Is the project/thesis going to be graded at NTNU or at your home university?
• If relevant, how many credits will be project/thesis culminate in? 
  

Step 2: Apply using Søknadsweb

1. Go to the application portal Søknadsweb.
2. Select language in the top right corner where it says "Norsk bokmål".
3. Click on "International Applicant".
4. Click on "Register new international applicant".
5. Answer the questions. The answer to your question will in no way affect your application, assuming you are eligible to apply.
6. On the question regarding financing, please note that all students who are non-EU/EEA  citizens must have a way to finance their stay and provide proof of financing, in order to receive a residence permit to Norway.
7. You have now reached the actual application form. Please register as an applicant using your full name as it is written in your passport - note that you cannot use letters that are not in the English alphabet.
8. You will receive your password by e-mail.
9. Log on to SøknadsWeb with your e-mail address and password, and fill in the application details.
10. Choose 'Select' under 'Exchange student'. Please note that selecting 'Early admission' will not affect the processing time of your application.
11. In the ‘Extra information' field please fill in the information below in the following order:
    • Home institution    
    • The name of your NTNU supervisor and type of placement (project/internship/thesis) 
    • Upload the documents listed in Step 3. 

Please note that there is no 'Submit' button in SøknadsWeb - your application is saved automatically.

Step 3: Upload documents to Søknadsweb

The following documents must be uploaded to Søknadsweb: 

1. Official grade transcripts for all university studies (including grade transcript and diploma from bachelor degree studies)
   • French students should also submit grade transcripts from Les classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles (CPGE)
2. Translation of grade transcripts if originally in another language than English
3. List of courses in progress
4. The personal identification page of your passport 
5. Documentation of English proficiency if required
6. A short CV
7. Additional application form
   • Under "comments", please include the following information:
     • Type of exchange (project work/thesis/internship)
     • Is the project/thesis going to be graded at NTNU or at your home university?
     • If relevant, how many credits will the project/thesis entail?

Please do not send documents that should be uploaded to Søknadsweb to NTNU via e-mail or other channels. Documents received via improper channels will be disregarded.

Contact information for the Office of International Relations

Trondheim: exchange@st.ntnu.no
Gjøvik: madeleine.b.midtgaard@ntnu.no
Ålesund: ole.christian.haavaldsen@ntnu.no

Student housing

 In the autumn semester (August - December) some students will have to arrange for housing on the private market on their own, but in the spring semester (January – June) all international students are normally offered student housing from Sit. 

Unfortunately, we will have limited student housing availability in the autumn semester and we will not be able to guarantee student housing for new students except for non-EU students depending on a housing guarantee for their visa application. This means that students might have to find private housing on their own. More information about this will be given later to accepted students.

For more information, please see:

Housing in Trondheim
Housing in Gjøvik
Housing in Ålesund