Dear prospective student

Thank you for your interest in Bodø Graduate School of Business and University of
Nordland. The deadline for application for international full degree students starting
August 2011 is February 1st 2011.

If you are applying for a Bachelor’s program, and already have a Norwegian ID
number and/or permanent or renewable residence permit, please forward the
application to the centralised application processing centre called Universities and
Colleges Admission Service (UCAS - Samordna opptak). The deadline is March 1st
every year for August admission.

http://info.samordnaopptak.no/english

Standard admission requirements are:

Upper secondary school from your home country and 1 year of university studies.
From some countries we also require National University Entrance Examination.
In addition you need to document English language.

If you do not fit into the category above, please forward the application form
directly to University of Nordland within February 1st-

If you are applying for a Master’s degree, you would need to enclose documentation
of relevant Bachelor’s degree with three or four years of undergraduate education. For
detailed information on admission requirements see our webpage www.hhb.no and
www.hibo.no /English pages/for students (international students/admission
requirements.

For general entrance and language requirements (GSU list)

Toefl institution code is 1451/1648

If you are an exchange student, please contact your home institution, as the
application procedure will go through your International Office
For further information, please visit our website: www.hhb.no and www.uin.no,
English pages

The application form for full degree Master students can be downloaded from the
following link:
http://www.hibo.no/index.php?ID=13083&lang=eng

The application form for exchange:

http://www.hibo.no/index.php?ID=12471

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There is no tuition fee except a registration fee each semester to be paid on arrival.
There are no scholarships on offer unless you have one before arrival. Scholarships
are given to students under the following programmes; QUOTA (only to students
from partner institutions and on a M.A. or PhD level), ERASMUS, North2North
(students from member institutions of University of the Arctic), Barentsplus (students
from the Barents region of Russia) and Nordplus (students from the Nordic partners).
Most international students are not eligible for a student loan, but must finance his/her
stay.

For information on cost, fees, housing etc, please go to our English pages www.uin.no
(www.hibo.no ) and the menu: student.

For questions regarding permit for educational purposes, please visit www.udi.no
The Immigration Office requires documentation of a minimum sum of 89.000,-
Norwegian kroners to a deposit account , usually offered by the relevant higher
education institution, in order to issue a permit for educational purposes, along with
confirmation of housing and a study plan of at least 2 years.
The 89.000, - is meant to cover the living expenses during 10 months of study pr year.

Please forward the application to the address indicated on the last page of the
application form. We require originals from HEIs., (Higher Education Institutes).
Toefl and IELTS test scores must be issued by the test centres only.

We do not charge fee for submitting the application.

Kind regards,
Grete Knudsen
Bodø Graduate School of Business
University of Nordland

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