Tuition fee for international students
If you are a student at UiB with citizenship from countries outside the European Union, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, you must pay tuition fees. Tuition fees apply for all of our students enrolled in any study programme or single course.
How much are the tuition fees?
On this page you will find the tuition fees for programmes that applicants abroad with citizenship from outside EU/EEA can apply for. The tuition fees will be adjusted annually.
Tuition fees for the academic year 2025/2026
Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design
Faculty of Humanities
Digital Culture: 190 000 NOK
Linguistics: 190 000 NOK
English: 190 000 NOK
French: 190 000 NOK
German: 190 000 NOK
Italian: 190 000 NOK
Philosophy: 190 000 NOK
Russian: 190 000 NOK
Spanish Language and Latin-American Studies: 190 000 NOK
Faculty of Medicine
Biomedical Sciences: 218 000 NOK
Global Health: 218 000 NOK
Faculty of Science and Technology
Applied and Computational Mathematics: 218 000 NOK
Earth Science: 218 000 NOK
Mathematics: 218 000 NOK
Biology: 218 000 NOK
Molecular Biology: 218 000 NOK
Meteorology and Oceanography: 218 000 NOK
Faculty of Psychology
Global Development, Theory and Practice: 190 000 NOK
Faculty of Social sciences
Geographies of Sustainable Development: 190 000 NOK
Physical Geography: 218 000 NOK
Politics and Governance of Global Challenges: 190 000 NOK
System Dynamics: 190 000 NOK
How and when do I pay the tuition fees?
Admitted students will receive information about the precise tuition fee alongside the offer of admission.
The tuition fee must be paid in full and cannot be paid in instalments. When we have received your payment, we will issue a confirmation you can use to apply for your study permit/student residence permit. If you withdraw from your study place by 1 September, you can apply for a refund of your tuition fee payment.
Can I apply for an exemption?
Some students will be exempt from paying tuition fees based on residence in Norway or other close connections with Norway. Applications are processed based on the universities and colleges act and national regulations on education support.
Students who have accepted an offer of admission, may apply for an exemption. Information on how to apply for an exemption will be provided after admission.
Documentation of funding for study permit
Students from countries outside the EU/EEA/EFTA must, in addition to paying tuition fees, document to have sufficient funding for living costs in Norway. This is required in your application for a study permit to the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration. Potential students applying to UiB are therefore required to document funding in their application for admission.
- How to document funding if you apply for admission to our master's programmes
- How to document funding if you apply for exchange studies
Most students will finance all or most of their living costs with a student loan from their home country, with savings, or with support from a sponsor or relatives. UiB does not offer any scholarships to cover tuition fees.
Scholarships and cost of living
The University of Bergen does not offer any scholarships. The website Study in Norway presents an overview of scholarships and other types of funding for international students who would like to study in Norway.
Read more about the cost of living in Norway and documentation of funds.