Sunday, 14 October 2012

Quota Norway Scholarships for International Student, Norway

Description
Quota Norway are offered by Norwegian Government for International Students in particularly from developing countries pursuing Master’s and PhD. The Quota Norway are mainly purposed to contribute to capacity building through education that will benefit the home country of the students when they return. The Quota Scheme is also intended to strengthen relations between Norway and the selected countries and thus contribute to internationalization at Norwegian institutions of higher education.Most universities and university colleges in Norway participate in the Quota scheme. The institutions involved are allocated a certain number of students under the programme each year.  The Quota Norway‘s scheme normally includes courses at Master’s and Ph.D. level in addition to certain professional/Bachelor’s degrees. Most of the Norwegian institutions offer courses and educational programmes in English. The Norwegian government will offer a total of 1,100 international students to be awarded the Quota Norway

Benefit
This Quota Norway will grant Each international students the same amount of money as a Norwegian student would do in an equivalent educational programme. 40 per cent of the amount is given as a grant and 60 per cent as a loan. However, the Quota Norway include the loan portion that  may be waived when the international student returns to his/her home country after completing the course of study. International tudents who stay in Norway after finishing their studies or take up residence in another country than their home country must repay the loan.

Eligibility
In order to be eligible in this scholarship grant, the international students must:

  • Secondary school certificates
  • Minimum two years of higher education from their home country
  • Some exceptions apply for certain professional educational courses at Bachelor’s level.
  • Most of the study programmes offered under the Quota Scheme are taught in English. International students who are not native English speakers therefore must document their proficiency in English.
  • students who come to Norway as self-financing students will, as a rule, not be considered as being qualified for the Quota Scheme.

Application Procedure
The international students  who interested to apply this scholarship need to visit the official site to learn further about the application process of Quota Norway. Please find the link below.

Submission Deadline

1 December each year.

Website Link
http://siu.no/eng/Front-Page/Programme-information/Development-cooperation/Quota-Scheme

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