The Canadian-Scandinavian Foundation

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In 1950, a number of Canadian business people including the late George Jacobsen and the late Alexis Reeford established The Canadian-Scandinavian Foundation/La Fondation Canada-Scandinavie to contribute and raise funds to distribute to Canadian university students or equivalent who wish to travel to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden, undertaking some of their studies in these...

Norwegian Travel Grants

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The Royal Nowegian Embassy offers travel grants to AASSC members who wish to travel to Norway to attend seminars, conferences, or university courses, to establish or renew academic contacts, or to do research, gather scientific information, books, teaching material and so on.

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Norway’s first folk high school opened in 1864, and today there are 77 folk high schools located throughout the country. Approximately 6,000 students attend folk high schools each year, mostly young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 who have completed their upper secondary education. A number of folk high schools also offer short-term courses for seniors and four provide special programmes f...

Photo: Geir Morgen / the folk high schools.

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With the exception of some private university colleges, all higher education institutions are state-run. As a rule, there are no tuition fees for higher education in Norway, but fees may be charged for certain professional education programmes and special programmes, and by some of the private institutions.

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Norwegian institutions of higher education welcome applications from qualified students from around the world. Nearly 10,000 foreign nationals are currently enrolled at this level of Norway’s educational system. International students may apply for admissions to a variety of undergraduate and graduate degree programmes. Some universities and colleges offer specifically designed programmes for...

The Canadian-Scandinavian Foundation

Norwegian Travel Grants

Folk High Schools

Higher Education

Study in Norway

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ottawa