• The Adamstuen Campus, Oslo
NVH’s main campus is at Adamstuen, just north west of the city centre.
Trams 17 + 18 run past the school, and the number 37 bus stops nearby.


• The Department of Academic Affairs & Research Administration has its offices on the second floor of building 1. This department deals with student administration, including international master students and exchange students.
Address: Ullervålsveien 72. P.O.Box 8146 DEP, 0033  OSLO
Telephone: +47 22 96 45 00
Fax: +47 22 59 70 15
e-mail: Studavd@veths.no

• The Foundation for Student Life – SIO is responsible for arranging a wide variety of activities and facilities for students from the university and other schools in the Oslo area: Health care, student housing, cafeterias, counselling from social workers and/or priests, sports facilities, clubs and societies etc. See SIOs homepage: www.sio.no

Many of SIOs facilities are based at the nearby University of Oslo’s campus at Blindern:


• Facilities at Adamstuen:
canteen, bookshop, student pub, gymnasium, football pitch and indoor sports hall, Veterinary Student Committee(VSU), Veterinary Student Society (VSF) and International Student association (ISA). VSU represents the students in the academic/political life of the school, having representatives on the board and various other committees.  VSF organises social and cultural events on campus. ISA represents all international students on campus and bridges the gap between home and host students.

• Study Facilities:
NVH has reading rooms throughout the campus and two PC rooms on the top floor of building 1, in addition to a fully equipped library. 

• Cost of Living in Norway
It is estimated that students need a minimum of NOK 8140 per month to cover housing, travel, food, books, clothes and entertainment.
Some things, for example alcohol and cigarettes, can be quite expensive:
 
Dinner in a student caferteria costs approx. NOK 45
A loaf of bread costs NOK 18
A litre of milk costs NOK 11
Half a kilo of minced beef costs NOK 50
A kilo of apples costs NOK 18
A monthly travel pass for students (30 years or less) costs NOK 400, full price NOK 660

• International Programmes
NVH is involved in the following programmes:

Erasmus & Leonardo – student and staff mobility within Europe (EU/EEA)
Nordplus – student and staff mobility within the Nordic area, primarily within the NOVA University network: http://www.nova-university.org/
The Norwegian Quota Scholarship Scheme
NUFU
PANTIL
CPWB - Cooperation Program on Research & HE with countries on the Western Balkans

• Bilateral Agreements
NVH has signed bilateral cooperation agreements with the following universities:

ERASMUS AGREEMENTS FOR STUDENT EXCHANGE Country Student places status
Universiteit Gent www.rug.ac.be Belgium 2  
Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover www.tiho-hannover.de Germany 2  
Universität Leipzig www.uni-leipzig.de Germany 1  
Universität Giessen Germany 2 2009
Veterinärmedizinsche Universität Wien www.vu-wien.ac.at Austria 1  
Universidad Compultense de Madrid www.ucm.es Spain 1  
Universidad de Córdoba www.uco.es Spain 1  
École Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon www.vet-lyon.fr France 1  
University of Helsinki www.helsinki.fi/university Finland 1  
University of Edinburgh www.ed.ac.uk Scotland,UK 2  
Universiteit Utrecht www.uu.nl Netherlands 1  
University College Dublin www.ucd.ie Ireland 2 New 2005
Szent Istvan University, Budapest www.sziu.hu/ Hungary 2 New 2006
NOVA, Nordic Forestry, Veterinary and Agricultural University Network (Nordplus exchange) www.nova-university.org  Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden no set limit  

Universität Zurich og Bern (Parallell to Erasmus)
www.int.unizh.ch

www.int.unibe.ch		 Switzerland 1  

 

Partner Institutions outside EU/EEA Country status
Murdoch University, Faculty of Veterinary Science www.murdoch.edu.au Perth, Australia Student numbers to be agreed on each year 2006.Exchange to and from clinics possible
Iowa State University, Ames USA 2007.Exchange to and from clinics possible
University of California, Davis USA 2009 Exchange to and from clinics possible
University of Pretoria+# South Africa Renewal 2008. Exchange to and from clinics possible
     
University of Sarajevo* Bosnia & Herzegovina New 2005
Sokoine University+# Tanzania  
Univ. of Zambia +# Zambia  
Makerere Univ. +# Uganda  
Universidad de Chile Chile  
University of Zimbabwe# Zimbabwe  
University of Addis Ababa# Ethiopia  
Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute# China  
Zhejjang University# China  
Taiwan University Taiwan  

 * CPWB - Cooperation Program on Research & HE with countries on the Western Balkans
# Norwegian Quota Scholarship Scheme.
+# Norwegian Quota Scholarship Scheme in addition to other institutional agreement

More information can be found on the following link: http://netvet.wustl.edu/vschool.htm

Updated: November 2010


• Practical Information for Mobile Students
Many international exchange students choose to follow the host school’s clinical rotations, obtaining valuable, mandatory experience in the treatment of animals. An outline of the clinical rotations on offer in English at NVH can be found here:  Master students may also spend time taking courses or carrying out research and thesis work abroad.

Incoming students should get in touch with their own school’s international office first and start the process there.  “The Handbook for international exchange” is available online – see below.

Outgoing students can find the information they need by attending information meetings at NVH and by reading the “Handbook for international exchange” and the booklet “Ut I verden” – both documents can be downloaded from NVHs Quality System/kvalitetssystemet at  www.nvh.no