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How to apply for exchange

Your step-by-step guide on how to apply for exchange to the University of Bergen (UiB).

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Exchange

What happens after the application deadline?

Familiarize yourself with the next steps and important deadlines.

Admission and Letter of Acceptance

"Under consideration"

The status of your application will be set to Under consideration at Søknadsweb until the assessment process is completed and you are requested to accept the offer of admission.

Admission

Your application will be assessed and processed by 10 June

  • An overview of all granted/rejected courses (if any) will be available in Søknadsweb within 10 June.
  • Inquiries about course rejection, must addressed to the relevant department directly. You will find the contact email address in the course description online.
  • If you need to apply for new restricted courses, you can do so after you have been given access to Studentweb on 20 June. 

Letter of Acceptance

The Letter of Acceptance will be issued online and published in Søknadsweb by 10 June.

  • You will receive an email notification as soon as your letter of acceptance is available.
  • We do not send paper copies of the Letter of Acceptance. You can download a copy from Søknadsweb.

Accept the offer of admission

When admitted, you will be asked to accept/decline your offer by 15 June

  • Notification of admission will be given by email.
  • Confirmation of acceptance/decline must be done in Søknadsweb
  • You can safely accept the offer of admission even if you do not know if you will be able to travel to Norway or if your application for restricted courses have been rejected.

Register and sign up for courses

Register at Studentweb

On 20 June you will get access to our online registration services for students (Studentweb). Here you sign up for courses and make changes to your study plan (if needed).

All students must register at Studentweb and sign up for courses, lectures and exams every semester.

Registration deadline:

Autumn semester: 1 September
Spring semester: 1 February

Course schedules and exam dates: Before you sign up for courses, you should check the course schedules and exam dates to make sure that the classes and exams for your courses do not overlap. These are published on 1 June (autumn courses) and 1 December (spring courses).

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