About UNIFOR
UNIFOR is a non-profit organisation founded by the University of Oslo. UNIFOR manages and distributes funds for different foundations, primarily within research and higher education. UiO awards the UNIFOR student scholarships to outbound exchange students admitted to partner universities in chosen destinations.
Focus areas
In the academic years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024, the funds are reserved for semester exchanges to UiO's focus areas:
- The English speaking countries in The Panorama Strategy: Canada and the US
- Partner universities in the Circle U. European University Alliance: Aarhus Universitet (Denmark), Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin (Germany), King’s College London (UK), Université de Paris (France), University of Belgrade (Serbia), Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium), Università di Pisa (Italy) and Universit?t Wien (Austria)
- In addition, UiO's exchange ambassadors will receive a smaller scholarship for sharing their experiences while on exchange
You need to be physically present in the host country to be eligible.
Requirements
The student scholarship will be offered to bachelor’s and master’s students who have applied and been nominated to outbound exchange at one of UiO's partner universities. The exchange must last a minimum of three months and the allocated scholarship is a one-time fixed sum.
The scholarship is not available for summer schools, exchange shorter than three months, fieldwork, free movers or studies abroad through Gründerskolen.
The exchange must be pre-approved as a part of the degree at UiO.
The funds are meant to cover extra costs related to studying abroad and all recipients must write a report after the exchange.
If the exchange is cancelled before completion, the scholarship must be refunded.
Deadline
Students must apply for exchange within the given deadlines for outbound exchange at UiO.
Transfer of scholarship
Students nominated for exchange will receive a UNIFOR contract from UiO. UNIFOR will transfer the scholarship in March/April for the spring semester and in September/October for the autumn semester. All nominated students will be contacted by UiO:Exchange with more information about the process.
The scholarship amount can vary and is dependent on the available funds and the number of nominated students. The amount for 2022/2023 is between NOK 5000 and 9000 per student.
NB! This scholarship will not affect your right to apply for funds through The Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund.
Questions?
Please e-mail?utveksling@uio.no