Pre-arrival checklist

EU/EEA citizens

As an EU/EEA citizen, you do not need a residence permit since you have the right of residence in Norway. If you are planning to stay longer than 90 days you have to register with the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration online at the Application Portal Norway: https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/.  You have to apply as soon as you arrive in Trondheim to be granted permission of residence (Study Permit) for more than 3 months (one day more than 90 days is more than 3 months). You need to bring your passport and other relevant documents to show that you are an EU citizen.

Non-EU/EEA citizens

Citizens from outside the Schengen area have to apply for a Tourist Visa/Visitor’s visa (up to 90 days) or a Residence Permit (more than 90 days) from their country of residence.

All non-EU/EEA students must submit documentation that they have sufficient funds to cover living expenses. We refer you to Norwegian Directorate of Immigration’s webpage for required documents.

Students coming on Erasmus Global Mobility will receive a Grant Agreemement form to be filled in, and a confirmation letter from DMMH stating that you will be a receptient of Erasmus+ Global Mobility scholarship. 

The NECEC courses consists of lectures, excursions and 25 days (á 6,5 hours/day) of practical training in a local kindergarten (children aged 0-5 years). When working with children in Norway, it is required by law to provide a police clearance certificate. This certificate should be sent to us prior to arrival and the original document must be presented to us upon arrival. 

To be valid, the document cannot be older than 3 months from the starting point of the practical training. In some countries, this document is easy to obtain, while in other countries it is quite time consuming. Please check the processing time in your country and plan accordingly. Student who do not hold a police clearance certificate in time for semester start will not be allowed to start practical training. 

All students have to check if they come from or have visited countries with high occurrence of tuberculosis for more than 3 months within the past three years.

If you have not been in a country with high occurance of TB, you do not have to take a TB test. You only have to fill in a personal statement about tuberculosis/tuberculin status.

If you have been in a country with high occurance of TB, you have to take a tuberculin test upon arrival in Norway. Please inform us about this as soon as possible.

Providing a police clearance certificate and a negative tuberculosis status (filled in form or negative test result) is a prerequisite for having practical training in Norwegian kindergartens. The original documents must be presented on the first day of the semester. This day you will also sign a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement. During practical training in kindergartens you have the same duty of confidentiality as the staff in the kindergartens.

If you are renting through SiT:

As an exchange student you are guaranteed housing at one of the Student Welfare Organization in Trondheim (SiT) student villages. It is SiT that is responsible for the housing. The international Office send a list to SiT with contact information of the students. You will then get an email from SiT with instruction on how to apply for housing. Do not book before you recieve information from SiT. Once you have received an email from SiT you can apply through SiT’s application portal.