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 annual tuition fees for programmes that applicants abroad with citizenship from outside EU/EEA can apply for. The tuition fees will be adjusted annually.
Annual tuition fees for the academic year 2026/2027
Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design
Design: 401 704 NOK per year
Fine Art: 401 704 NOK per year
Music Performance and Composition: 401 704 NOK per year
Faculty of Humanities
Digital Culture: 197 000 NOK per year
Linguistics: 197 000 NOK per year
English: 197 000 NOK per year
French: 197 000 NOK per year
German: 197 000 NOK per year
Italian: 197 000 NOK per year
Philosophy: 197 000 NOK per year
Russian: 197 000 NOK per year
Spanish Language and Latin-American Studies: 197 000 NOK per year
Faculty of Medicine
Biomedical Sciences: 226 000 NOK per year
Faculty of Science and Technology
Applied and Computational Mathematics: 226 000 NOK per year
Earth Science: 226 000 NOK per year
Mathematics: 226 000 NOK per year
Biology: 226 000 NOK per year
Molecular Biology: 226 000 NOK per year
Meteorology and Oceanography: 226 000 NOK per year
Faculty of Psychology
Global Development, Theory and Practice: 197 000 NOK per year
Faculty of Social sciences
Human Geography and Sustainable Development: 197 000 NOK per year
Physical and Environmental Geography: 226 000 NOK per year
Politics and Governance of Global Challenges: 197 000 NOK per year
System Dynamics: 197 000 NOK per year
Media and Interaction Design: 226 000 NOK per year
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. For further information, see How do I apply for an exemption from paying tuition fees?
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 (external link) for international students who would like to study in Norway.
Read more about the cost of living in Norway and documentation of funds.