Tuition

As of the academic year 2023/2024 Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences are required to collect tuition from students who are not citizens of an EEA country or Switzerland.

Students who enrolled in programmes of study prior to August 2023 will not be required to pay for these programmes; they will, however, be required to pay should they apply and gain admission to a different programme of study. Exchange students from partner universities will not be required to pay tuition.

In addition to tuition, applicants from outide the EU/EEA and Switzerland are required to transfer funds to cover living expenses to a deposit account. This is a requirement from the Norwegian Department of Immigration for the residence permit application. You can find more information regarding the deposit at the bottom of this page.

How much is the tuition fee?

• Master in Applied Ecology: NOK 245.000 per year
• Master in Applied and Commercial Biotechnology: NOK 245.000 per year
• Master of science in Business Administration - major Business Analytics: NOK 175.000 per year
• Norwegian Language and Culture: NOK 118.000 for the full programme
• Add-on programme in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality: NOK 175.000 for the full programme

Other programmes

• Bachelor level programmes will range from NOK 118.000 and NOK 170.000; this includes five-year integrated master's degree programmes.
• 90 ECTS and 120 ECTS master programmes will range from NOK 175.000 to NOK 245.000
• Bachelor and master programmes within film and television studies will range from NOK 350.000 and NOK 480.000 per year

Scholarships

Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences does not offer any scholarships that cover tuition fees. The university is legally barred from using our grant for student scholarships. The government has announced that it will reassess the issue of national scholarships for later academic years.

Payment information and deadlines

Tuition is to be paid in full before each academic year. Failure to pay tuition will result in the termination of your admission.

You are required to pay for the full programme of study. If you should be delayed in your studies you will not be charged any additional tuition, but you will still be required to pay the semester registration fee.

In the event that you have courses from another institution recognized as part of your degree, you are still required to pay full tuition.

The semester registration fee will have to be paid in addition to tuition. The deadline for paying the semester registration fee is September 1 in the autumn semester and February 1 in the spring semester.

Payment deadlines

Students who have been admitted to studies in the August 2023 enrolment will receive an invoice in the application portal shortly after May 8. The payment deadline will be June 10.

The deadline for paying tuition for subsequent academic years will be August 1.

Payment information

Your tuition fee invoice which will be available in the application portal shortly after May 8.

When you receive the invoice, please proceed as follows:

• Inform your bank that you wish to transfer the sum stated on the invoice
• Inform your bank that the payment must be received by Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences no later than the deadline provided on the invoice
• You must include your date of birth and applicant number in the payment

Failure to pay the fee within the deadline will result in the withdrawal of your offer of admission.

Please be advised that the Norwegian Department of Immigration require that the payment has been made and received before you may apply for your residence permit.

If your bank should require additional information:

• Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences’ address: PB400 Vestad, 2418 Elverum, NORWAY
• The bank’s complete name: DNB
• The bank’s address: Dronning Eufemias gate 30, 0191 Oslo, NORWAY
• Account owner: Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
• Phone number, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences: +47 62 43 00 00

Should you require any additional information, please contact us at international@inn.no.

Please be advised that any refund will only be transferred to the same account from which the payment was made.

Exemptions from paying tuition

Some applicants will be exempt from paying tuition, based on residence in Norway, or other close connections with Norway. Students who have accepted an offer of admission may apply for exemption as soon as they have been issued an invoice for payment of tuition. You will find more information on how to apply for an exemption, as well as valid grounds and required documentation in the link below.

Exemption from tuition fees

Refund of tuition

You may require to have your tuition fee refunded. Below are the rules and criteria that apply to refunds of tuition payments, based on the grounds for the requested refund.

Refunds are only made to the same account from which the payment was received.

Tuition may be refunded on the following grounds:

Students enrolling in their first semester at INN University

Full refund (excluding any bank and card charges)

• INN University have been unable to provide the programme to which the student has been admitted, or the start of the programme has been postponed from the official start date upon offer of admission

• The student provides documentation showing that their application for a residence permit has been denied

• The student is forced to withdraw from the programme due to special circumstances

  • Special circumstances includes serious illness or disability that prevents the student from continuing their studies, death to a close family member (parent, sibling, grandparent, spouse or child) preventing the student from continuing their studies, or other extraordinary and unforeseen circumstances

  • In order to be granted a refund due to special circumstances, supporting documentation must be provided

  • The deadline for applying for a refund due to special circumstances is at the end of the last semester for which tuition has been paid

Refund excluding penalty fee of NOK 5000 (and excluding any bank and card charges)

• The student withdraws from the programme of study prior to the semester registration deadline

• One semester refunded excluding a penalty fee of NOK 5000 (excluding any bank and card charges)

  • The student withdraws – for any reason outside special circumstances (see "Full refund") – from the programme after the autumn semester registration deadline but prior to the spring semester registration deadline

  • The student’s admission is revoked due to not registering for studies within the semester registration deadline

No refund

• Tuition will not be refunded if the student is found to have provided fraudulent documents or misleading or incorrect information in their application for admission

  • Providing fraudulent documents or misleading or incorrect information in the application for admission will be reported to the police

Students enrolling in subsequent semesters

Full refund (excluding any bank and card charges)

• Inn University ceases to provide a programme which the student has enrolled in and commenced, before the student has completed the programme
  • The student may be offered a full refund, or offered admission to an alternative programme of study for which the student meets the admission requirements
• The student qualifies for exemption from the requirement to pay tuition, and provides valid documents to this fact prior to the semester registration deadline
  • Full refund of any prepaid semesters
• The student is forced to withdraw from the programme due to special circumstances
  • Special circumstances include serious illness or disability that prevents the student from continuing their studies, death to a close family member (parent, sibling, grandparent, spouse or child) preventing the student from continuing their studies, or other extraordinary and unforeseen circumstances
  • In order to be granted a refund due to special circumstances, supporting documentation must be provided
  • The deadline for applying for a refund due to special circumstances is at the end of the last semester for which tuition has been paid

Transfer of tuition to subsequent semesters

• The student applied for leave of absence, and is granted leave

  • Any prepayments are transferred to subsequent semesters

Refund excluding penalty fee of NOK 5000 (and excluding any bank and card charges)

• The student provides documentation showing that their application for renewal of residence permit has been denied

  • Refund of any tuition paid for semesters the student is unable to complete due to the denied application, excluding an administrative fee of NOK 5000. If a student is unable to take re-sit examinations due to the denied application, the semester is still considered completed.

• The student withdraws from the programme prior to the semester registration date

  • Full refund of any prepaid semesters, excluding a penalty fee of NOK 5000

• The student qualifies for exemption from the requirement to pay tuition prior to the semester registration deadline, and provides valid documents to this fact after the semester registration deadline

  • Full refund of any prepaid semesters, excluding a penalty fee of NOK 5000

• The student’s admission is terminated due to the student failing to satisfy academic progress requirements

  • Full refund of any prepaid semesters for which the semester registration deadline has not expired, excluding a penalty fee of NOK 5000

• The student’s admission is terminated due to non-payment or partial payment of required fees, and the student subsequently pays the full fee too late to start the semester

  • Full refund of any prepaid semesters, excluding a penalty fee of NOK 5000
    or

  • If the student is granted reinstatement of admission, the prepaid fee will be transferred to subsequent semesters

• The student withdraws from the programme after the autumn semester registration deadline but prior to the spring semester registration deadline, for any reason other than special circumstances as described above

  • One semester refunded, excluding a penalty fee of NOK 5000

• INN University terminates a student’s admission due to not registering within the autumn semester registration deadline

  • One semester is refunded, excluding a penalty fee of NOK 5000

  • If the student can document special circumstances as described above, they may be eligible for a full refund

No refund

• The student withdraws from the programme after the spring semester registration date, for any reason other than special circumstances as described above

• INN University terminates a student’s admission due to not registering within the spring semester registration deadline

  • If the student can document special circumstances, they may be eligible for a full refund. See the section "Full refund" above

• The student’s residence permit is revoked due to breaches of the residence permit conditions

• The student is found to have provided fraudulent documents or misleading or incorrect information in their application for admission

  • Providing fraudulent documents or misleading or incorrect information in the application for admission will be reported to the police

Apply for a refund

To apply for a refund, please fill out the following form: application form link will be posted here.

Deposit of funds to cover living expenses

General information

As a general rule, students from outside the EU/EEA/EFTA need to document a certain amount in a Norwegian bank account in order to be granted a student residence permit/visa in Norway -- presently a minimum of NOK 137 907 for one academic year.

The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) enforce this rule strictly and will in most cases not accept other means of documentation, like a bank statement from a bank in your home country, or financial guarantees from relatives or other third parties. If the UDI does not accept your documentation, it will affect your residence permit application both with regards to:

1. The result (your residence permit/visa application may be denied)
   and
2. Processing time (the length of the processing time of the application will be much longer than the normal 2 months), and you will probably not obtain your residence permit/visa in time to start your studies

Persons without a Norwegian personal ID-number are not permitted to open a bank account in Norway, and as a result it is not possible for students to open an account from abroad and transfer the requested amount to this account before applying for the residence permit/visa.

INN University therefore operates an account in DNB for international students from countries outside the EU/EEA/EFTA. As mentioned above, non-EU/EEA/EFTA students need to document the possession of a minimum of NOK 137 907 in order to be granted a student residence permit. Below, you will find instructions on how to transfer your money to the INN University Account. Please read this carefully.

PLEASE NOTE: By accepting the offer of admission at INN University in the Application portal, you also accept that you have to transfer the necessary funds to the deposit account for international students provided by INN University, so that you may document sufficient financial means for obtaining a residence permit as a student to Norway. 

The deposit will be fully refunded after you have obtained your Norwegian bank account, or in case your visa application is declined, and you must withdraw your admission.

Please note: Students who already have a Norwegian bank account or a Norwegian ID-number, which enables them to open a bank account in Norway, must transfer their money to their personal bank account and not to the INN University account. Please inform the international coordinator of your study programme if you already have a Norwegian bank account. 

Instructions for deposit of money to INN University

1. Conditions for depositing money in INN University’s account:
   1. Only students from outside the EU/EEA/EFTA who are accepted for studies at INN University may deposit money in this account.
      The money must be deposited in your own name.
      You must use your date of birth and your applicant number as your student reference number. These must be included in each transfer. If some other person makes the transfer for you, they must also use your date of birth and applicant number as reference.
   2. The money must be deposited as soon as possible and no later than June 10. This deadline is final.
   3. Deposits transferred AFTER the June 10 deadline will be transferred back to the sender’s account immediately. Transfer fees from banks will apply and the amount returned will therefore be lower than the original amount.
   4. No interest is earned on the money deposited.
   5. Your bank is likely to charge a fee for the transfer of a minimum of NOK 137 907 to the INN University account.
2. By accepting the offer of admission, you also agree to transferring your money to the INN University account and the conditions stated above.
3. You should as soon as possible and no later than June 10 transfer the money in your own name while please stating your date of birth and applicant number, to:

   Account number	7694 05 00660
   Bank (with address)	DNB, DRONNING EUFEMIAS GATE 30, 0191 OSLO
   Swift/Bic code	DNBANOKKXXX
   IBAN code	NO36 7694 0500 660
   Account owner	Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
   INN University Address	PB 400, 2418 Elverum, NORWAY

    

4. We advise that you transfer the money in as few transactions as possible to reduce the banking fees, which apply to each transfer. Please make sure to account for fees when making your transfer to the deposit account, to ensure that the final amount in the deposit account is no less than NOK 137 907.
5. INN University will send you an e-mail confirming your deposit.
6. Please enclose the confirmation of deposit from INN University, the receipt of tuition payment from INN University as well as your own bank receipts for the money transfers to the Norwegian Embassy/Consulate in your home country when you apply for the student residence permit/visa to Norway.
7. When you travel to Norway please bring along enough money for the first weeks and preferably also a credit card/ATM card valid in Norway (check with your bank), as it may take a couple of weeks before you get access to the deposited money after arrival.
8. You can withdraw NOK 20 000 from your money deposited in the INN University account while you wait for your Norwegian ID-number and bank account. INN University will issue a cash card upon request from the individual student. The student must contact the international coordinator for their study programme in person. Note that the withdrawal can take 3-5 working days from the day of the request.
9. Be sure to open a bank account in a Norwegian bank of your choice as soon as possible after receiving your Norwegian ID-number. Please inform your international coordinator of your bank account number and your address in Norway as soon as possible after receiving the account number. Your money will then be transferred to your account.