You have a valid permanent residence permit. 

You must submit: 

• Copy of the decision letter from the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI)
• Copy of your passport or national ID card
• Copy of your residence card

You have a residence (asylum) in Norway due to protection, strong humanitarian reasons or a special connection to Norway.

You must submit:

• Copy of the decision letter from the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI)
• Copy of your passport or national ID card
• Copy of your residence card

You are married to a Norwegian citizen or are living with a Norwegian citizen you have a child with. You and your spouse/cohabitant live together in Norway. 

Married to a Norwegian citizen

You must submit:

• Copy of your passport 
• Copy of your residence card 
• Copy of your marriage certificate  
• Copy of the residence certificate (bostedsattest) for you and your spouse. You can get a residence certificate at www.skatteetaten.no
• Your spouse's Norwegian national identity number (if this is not stated on the marriage certificate) or a copy of your spouse’s Norwegian passport/national identity card

Have a child / children with a Norwegian citizen
You must submit:

• Copy of your passport
• Copy of your residence card
• Copy of the birth certificate for the child/children showing both parents' names 
• Copy of residence certificate (bostedsattest) for you, your child/children, and the co-parent You can get a residence certificate at www.skatteetaten.no

You have been granted residency in Norway as a family member of an EU/EEA resident. The EU/EEA resident must have other grounds for residency then studies. Family here includes father, mother, spouse, or cohabitant the student has a child with. 

You must submit:

• Copy of your passport
• Copy of your residence card
• Copy of the decision from The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) or the police showing that the student has been granted family reunion with a family member that has a valid residence permit in Norway. The documentation of approved family reunion must be submitted even if the student now has a valid permanent residence permit  
• Copy of the current residence permit or registration certificate for the person the student has been granted family reunion with  

During a transition period valid until the end of 2020 Great Britain was treated as if it was still an EU member state. British citizens that according to the terms of the EEA agreement had the right to residency in Norway before the end of the transition period (31 December 2020) are not required to pay tuition fees. You must have continued to reside in Norway to keep this right. 

A British citizen coming to Norway on 1 January 2021 or later must fulfil one of the other exemption terms to be exempted from the requirement to pay tuition fees.  

You must submit:

• Copy of your passport
• Copy of your residence card
• Copy of the decision letter from the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) showing that you had a valid residency permit in Norway before 31 December 2020
• Documentation that you have been residing in Norway since before 31 December 2020

You have a residence permit due to family immigration. The person you have been reunited with must be a Norwegian citizen or have a reason other than studies for residency in Norway.

You must submit:

• Copy of your passport 
• Copy of your residence card 
• Copy of the decision letter from the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) 
• Copy of a valid residence permit or registration certificate for the family member you have been granted family reunion with

You have lived and worked in Norway full time for at least 24 months prior to starting your studies. You must hold a residence permit as an employee and have been paying taxes in Norway continuously for at least the 24 months prior to starting your studies.

Your full-time employment must be continuous up until the start of the studies, except up to five weeks of holiday per year. Maternity, paternity, and compassionate leaves may be counted as part of this period. Work as an au pair is not regarded as full-time work and will not give grounds for a tuition fee exemption.   
  
You must submit:

• Copy of your passport 
• Copy of your residence card 
• Copy of the decision letter from the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) 
• Documentation from the employer confirming continuous full-time work in Norway for at least 24 months prior to the start of the studies. The letter of confirmation must include the starting date, end date and the percentage of full time equivalent. The letter must be signed by the employer and written on an official letter head or contain the employer’s stamp. A contract of employment is not valid documentation 
• Documentation showing that you have been paying taxes in Norway for at least the last 24 months ahead of the start of the education. Examples of valid documentation are inland revenue certificate, wage slips or certificate of pay and tax deducted from the employer

You have studied in Norway during the past three years and completed 180 ECTS credits (fulltime equivalent) during this time. There cannot be any gaps in your studies, neither during the three years nor between your previous studies in Norway and the start of the studies you now have been admitted to at NTNU. Exemptions are given for up to one year in cases of illness or childbirth.

During the qualifying period you cannot have received educational support from Lånekassen (the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund), public educational support from other countries or from any Norwegian public developmental support programmes like Norad, The Norwegian Programme for Development Research and Education (NUFU), The Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development (NORHED).  
  
You must submit:

• Copy of your passport 
• Copy of your residence card 
• Copy of your academic transcript and diploma from the completed education in Norway. The academic transcript must include the stamp and signature of the educational institution
• A signed self-declaration that you have not received student aid from Lånekassen, or another country's equivalent public student aid scheme

You must submit:

• Copy of your passport if you have not registered this with your application