There's a major question brewing in the minds of parents when considering a move to Norway: what school will your child or children attend? Making a decision between local Norwegian schools and international schools is often very difficult. Many competing interests must be taken into account, such as your anticipated length of stay, the type of curriculum your child is used to, their ability to … [Read more...]
Education
Norway is known for its free education, attracting many foreign students to study here. Here is the Life in Norway guide to education in Norway.
10 Years of Nordic Five Tech
This year marks the 10th year of collaboration between the five leading technical Universities across the Nordic region. Nordic Five Tech (N5T) is a strategic alliance between Aalto University (Helsinki, Finland), Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden), Technical University of Denmark (Lyngby, Denmark), KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden) and Trondheim's very … [Read more...]
NTNU Builds Bridges to Japan
Since April, Hiroshito Matsumoto has worked from a base in Toyko on behalf of NTNU and the University of Bergen to build new research partnerships between Japan and Norway. -- This article was originally published on GEMINI, which publishes up-to-date research news from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway’s main science and engineering university, and SINTEF, … [Read more...]
Attending University in Norway
I arrived in Norway with three giant bags, a full sense of excitement to have an non-traditional university experience, and naive ambitious goals. As I entered a concrete four-story building, a bubbly Spanish veterinary student helped me with my bags. Perhaps it was the six-hour overnight flight from New York to blame that caused me to be plagued with exhaustion, but I told her I could manage … [Read more...]
A Super University for Trondheim
In the near future Trondheim's central area will be home to a super campus of an expanded Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) The announcement wasn't exactly a surprise. Currently, thousands of students and staff work at the Dragvoll campus on the edge of the city, with many more spread out at different locations across the city's suburbs. Last year, the consultancy Rambøll … [Read more...]