🎓 Courses for incoming exchange students at UiT

1. Choose courses related to your degree, subject field and exchange agreement

Most of your courses should be relevant to your current degree, subject field (application alternative) at your home university.

Students nominated under agreements in:

• Social sciences
• Social planning
• Language and culture

2. Combining courses across departments or subject fields

Exchange students may combine courses from different departments, provided that they meet the admission requirements for each individual course. Admission is assessed separately for each course.

Important: Choosing courses across multiple departments or subject areas increases the risk of:

• Timetable clashes
• Examination conflicts
• Delays in application processing

For this reason, course packages or courses within the same subject area are strongly recommended.

3. Timetable considerations and flexibility

Course timetables are published after your arrival in Norway, and timetable clashes may therefore be discovered only at that stage.

Information about:

• how to access the timetable, and
• how to change courses

will be sent to you after the admission process is finalised:

• in August (for commencement in the autumn semester)
• in December (for commencement in the spring semester)

Timetable link:
📅 TP: Timetable

Add and drop

If you experience timetable clashes, you may need to:

• Drop courses that conflict in the timetable
• Add alternative courses that fit your schedule

This is necessary to ensure that you meet the required number of ECTS per semester, as required by your home university or, for non‑EU/EEA students, by Norwegian immigration authorities.

4. Choose courses at one campus only

You cannot combine on‑campus courses from different UiT campuses in the same semester.

Example: You cannot take one course in Tromsø and another in Narvik during the same term.

5. Check admission requirements carefully

Each course has specific admission requirements and prerequisites, which you must meet to be admitted.

⚠️ UiT is not responsible if you are rejected from a course because you do not meet the requirements.

6. Plan your credit load

• A full‑time semester equals 30 ECTS
• You may take fewer credits if this is approved by your home university
• You cannot register for more than 60 ECTS per semester
• If your host department offers course packages, you must choose courses within those packages

🛂 Visa requirement: Students who require a student visa (non‑EU/EEA) must register for at least 30 ECTS per semester.

7. Understand course levels

UiT course codes consist of three letters followed by four numbers (e.g. BIO‑1001, PSY‑2100, JUR‑3001):

• 1000–2000 level: Bachelor’s level
• 3000–4000 level: Master’s level: it normally requires completion of a bachelor’s degree or 180 ECTS

⚠️ Exception for geosciences (GEO):
Students from universities with a direct exchange agreement with the Department of Geosciences may be allowed to take master’s‑level GEO courses (3000–4000) even if they have not yet completed a bachelor’s degree or earned 180 ECTS.

8. Special information for engineering students (campus Narvik)

• Most courses in Narvik are master’s level, except for some courses in electrical engineering
• Courses follow a block‑based structure:
  • Each semester is divided into two 9‑week blocks
  • A typical 5 ECTS course is taught over two weeks

To avoid timetable and examination conflicts, students should choose courses:

• Within the same subject area
• With similar course codes

9. Exams and grading

You will find detailed information about:

• examination formats
• grading system at UiT

here:
📝 Exams at UiT | UiT

10. Support for students with disabilities

UiT is committed to inclusive education. Students who need accommodations or academic support due to a disability are encouraged to seek assistance early.

More information is available here:
♿ Studying with disability | UiT

✅ Final note

Careful planning, flexibility, and choosing compatible courses will help ensure a smooth exchange experience at UiT.

Arctic Norway

1. SOA-1006 Arctic Norway - Aspects of Culture (10 ECTS)
2. STV-1006 Arctic Norway - Aspects of Politics, Government and International Relations (10 ECTS)
3. HIS-2002 The Sami Nation: from Assimilation to Diversity (10 ECTS)

These three courses are coordinated in relation to lectures and exam.

Social Sciences

1. SOA-2010 Environmental Anthropology (10 ECTS)
2. SOA-2012 Globalization: Resources, Power, and Values (10 ECTS)
3. SOA-1006 Arctic Norway - Aspects of Culture (10 ECTS)

These three courses are coordinated in relation to lectures and exam.

English Language

1. ENG-1014 Introduction to English Language (10 ECTS)
2. ENG-1120 Introduction to American Studies (10 ECTS)
3. ENG-1122 Introduction to Literature (10 ECTS)

These three courses are coordinated in relation to lectures and exam.

1. ENG-2050 Second Language Acquisition (10 ECTS)
2. ENG-2108 African American Literature (10 ECTS)

These two courses are coordinated in relation to lectures and exam.

Nordic Languages

1. NOR-1021 Moderne språkstruktur. Spesialemne for internasjonale studenter (10 ECTS)
2. NOR-1121 Nordisk litteratur fra 1880 til andre verdenskrig. Spesialemne for internasjonale studenter (10 ECTS)
3. NOR-1122 Nordisk litteratur fra 2. verdenskrig til i dag. Spesialemne for internasjonale studenter (10 ECTS)

These three courses are coordinated in relation to lectures and exam.

Please note: In all the NOR courses listed above, exchange students attend classes together with Norwegian students, and the language of instruction is Norwegian. Exchange students are exempt from the requirement to demonstrate proficiency in nynorsk, and their exams are assessed according to criteria adapted for international students.

Spanish

1. SPA-1015 Innføring i spansk grammatikk (10 ECTS)
2. SPA-1016 Spansk i dagliglivet (10 ECTS)
3. SPA-1110 Innføring i spansk og latinamerikansk historie (10 ECTS)

These three courses are coordinated in relation to lectures and exam.

Please note: The courses are taught mainly in Spanish, with Norwegian used as a support language. If you wish to take courses in Spanish, please send an email to mobility@uit.no beforehand.

Art History

1. KVI-2517 Sámi Art in Context (10 ECTS)

Please choose two additional courses, but be aware that timetables and/or exams may clash. You are responsible for checking this yourself.

Gender

• HIF-1300 Diversity, Gender, and Equity: Transformative Change in Institutions (10 ECTS)

Please choose two additional courses, but be aware that timetables and/or exams may clash. You are responsible for checking this yourself.

History

1. HIS-3013 The Sami Nation: from Assimilation to Diversity (10 ECTS)

Please choose two additional courses, but be aware that timetables and/or exams may clash. You are responsible for checking this yourself.

Social Planning

1. SPL-3014 Arctic Cities Field Course (20 ECTS)
2. SPL-3010 Culture, Politics and Planning (10 ECTS)

These two courses are coordinated in relation to lectures and exam.

Peace and Conflict Transformation

1. SVF-3021 Integrated Peace and Conflict Studies (20 ECTS)
2. SVF-3022 Culture, Conflict and Society (10 ECTS)

These two courses are coordinated in relation to lectures and exam.

Indigenous Studies

1. IND-3027 Indigenous Peoples: History, Diversity, and Internationalism (10 ECTS)
2. IND-3028 Indigenous Rights and Self-Determination (10 ECTS)
3. IND-3029 Decolonising Research: Ethics and Methodologies (10 ECTS)

These three courses are coordinated in relation to lectures and exam.

English Language and Linguistics / Literature

Choose 3 courses:

1. ENG-3050 Second Language Acquisition (10 ECTS)
2. ENG-3070 Varieties of English (10 ECTS)
3. HIF-3001 Foundations in Linguistic Theory and Analysis (10 ECTS)
4. HIF-3031 Morphology (10 ECTS)

These courses are coordinated in relation to lectures and exam.

1. ENG-3114 Modernism: Contemporary Narratives of Loss and Transformation (10 ECTS)
2. ENG-3130 Literature and the Environment (10 ECTS)
3. ENG-3193 Literature, Text and Education (10 ECTS)

These three courses are coordinated in relation to lectures and exam.

Russian

1. RUS-3010 Language and Literature of Medieval Russia (10 ECTS)
2. RUS-3041 Practical Russian 1 (5 ECTS)

These two courses are coordinated in relation to lectures and exam.

Norwegian Language – Norsk trinn 3

1. NOR-0035 Norsk for internasjonale studenter – trinn 3, skriftlig (10 ECTS)
2. NOR-0036 Norsk for internasjonale studenter – trinn 3, muntlig (10 ECTS)

Norsk trinn 3 årsstudium (only for students staying two semesters)

1. NOR-0037 Norsk for internasjonale studenter – trinn 3, skriftlig – ettårsstudium (10 ECTS)
2. NOR-0038 Norsk for internasjonale studenter – trinn 3, muntlig – ettårsstudium (10 ECTS)

Du kan i tillegg velge et annet emne, men vær oppmerksom på at timeplan og/eller eksamen kan kollidere. Dette må du ta ansvar for selv å sjekke.

📘 Basic Norwegian Language Courses for exchange students (0 ECTS) -📍 Campus Tromsø only

🌐 Available levels

• 🧭 A1 (0 ECTS)
• 🧭 A2 (0 ECTS)
• 🧭 B1 (0 ECTS)

🕒 Schedule

Courses are held in the afternoons and evenings, making them easy to combine with other studies.

Please note that these are non‑credit courses (0 ECTS). This means they will not appear on your final transcript of records after the end of your exchange stay.

Registration deadlines and the application link:

Go to the following website: Norwegian Language Courses for international students and employees at UiT, Level A1, A2 and B1 | UiT