Semester Fee

Some of you have to pay a semester fee, currently NOK 590 per semester.

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Who:	All students, except exchange students
Where:	semesteravgift.uib.no
When:	Deadline 1 September / 1 February
What you need:	bank card

Why pay the semester fee?

The public institutions of higher education in Norway do not charge tuition fees. Still, students must pay a semester fee to the Student Welfare Organisation (Sammen). Sammen is a non-profit organisation and the allocation of profits within the organisation finances other parts of Sammen's welfare services. Students automatically become members of Sammen when they pay the semester fee and complete the semester registration, and get access to a range of welfare services, such as reasonably priced housing, sports, cafeterias, health and child care services, career and counselling services.

How much is the semester fee?

The semester fee is NOK 590 NOK. This includes a volountary payment to the Norwegian Students' and Academics' International Assistance Fund (SAIH) who works tp promote education in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The Student Union encourages all students to support SAIH. HoweverIf you for some reason do not wish to do so, you can remove the tick in the payment service and pay NOK 550,-.

If you wish to donate more, please visit the SAIH web site for more information.

If you have paid and want a refund, please see SAIH's online refund form.

Exemption

Students on exchange programmes do not have to pay the semester fee. They are still entitled to the same services from Sammen through their exchange programme.

How do I pay the semester fee?

Go to semesteravgift.uib.no or find the link through Studentweb.
Pay with your bank card.

The payment will automatically be registered in Studentweb.

Questions about the payment?

If you for example wish to apply for refund or leave of abscence, or have question about the payment service, you will find your answer below.

Semester fee refund

You may apply for a refund

if you paid the semester fee but will not be studying at UiB this semester
if you are applying for a refund due to paid semester fee to a different student welfare organization

If you wish to apply for a refund of the semester fee, use the application form in UiBhjelp.

If you have paid 40 NOK to SAIH and wish to have it refunded, please fill in this form on the webiste of SAIH.

Deadlines for applying for a semester fee refund:

Fall semester: 1 September
Spring semester: 1 February

Paid semester fee to another higher education institution

You are only required to pay the semester fee at one place of study, even though you are entitled to study at more than one. The main rule is that you pay the semester fee to the higher education institution you have been admitted to.

Students who don't pay the semester fee to UiB / the Student Welfare Organisation in Bergen (Sammen), will not have a valid Student ID App from UiB and will not benefit from Sammen's welfare services. However, if you pay the semester fee to Sammen through another higher education institution in Bergen you will have access to all of Sammen's services.

Register external payment

If you do not pay the semester fee to UiB, we still have to have it registrered in our system. Register your payment to another institution in UiBhjelp, by uploading proof of payment within the deadline.

Deadlines

Autum: 1 September
Spring: 1 February

Payment to more than one higher education institution

It is possible to pay the semester fee to more than one higher education institution. Payment information for the semester fee to UiB is available on Studentweb.

Semester fee in case of leave of abscence or part-time studies

Leave of abscence

You are not required to pay the semester fee or register for the semester(s) for which you have been granted leave of abscence from studies. Students on parental leave may choose to pay the semester fee and register.

Part-time studies

The semester fee is the same for full and part time programmes. This also applies if you have been granted permission to study part time in a full time programme.