International employees (and their partners)

Admission requirements

To be eligible for admission to the Norwegian courses as an international employee or partner, you must have one of the following affiliations with UiB:

• Scientific or administrative/technical employee
• PhD candidate or postdoctoral researcher
• Spouse/partner of employee

The employee must have an employment contract at UiB for a minimum of 4 months of the relevant teaching period.

How to apply

International UiB employees and their partners apply for admission in Søknadsweb (not Studentweb) within the established deadline.

You must apply for admission by the deadline even if you are waiting for exams and/or results for a course that forms the basis for admission to the course you are applying for.

NB. We do not accept applications submitted on the behalf of others. 

Missed the deadline?

If you are an international UiB employee (including PhD candidates), or the partner of an international UiB employee and missed the application deadline, you can apply for late admission by filling out this form. The form is only open after the deadline up until September 1 (Autumn)/February 1 (Spring).

What course should you apply for?

We offer courses on four different levels for employees and partners.

• NOR-U1 or NOR-U1/2 are courses without requirements for Norwegian language skills.
• NOR-U2, NOR-U3, NOR-U4 and NOR-NYN are courses with requirements for Norwegian language skills.

Read more about the different Norwegian language courses and their requirements here.

International employees and partners who have not already completed a Norwegian language course at UiB or another Norwegian university, must complete the placement test in order to be considered for NOR-U2, NOR-U3, NOR-U4 or NOR-NYN.

Read more about the placement test here.