You should start planning your exchange semester as early as possible, preferably one year before you want to go. You need to have completed at least 60 ETCS credits at NTNU before going, and the subjects and/or practices you will take abroad must fit into your study plan at NTNU. You also need to check how the academic year is structured at the institution you wish to to go, and that the semester abroad will not overlap with obligatory activites in your study programme at NTNU.

Find a place to study abroad

• Check the student report database to read about other students’ experiences with going on exchange. 
• See NTNU’s guidance framework for exchange.
• Special needs? Read about facilitation while on exchange and read about the ENHANCE alliance's work on Mobility for all
• Check the options for financing your exchange. NTNU has multiple favorable stipend schemes for exchange.

If you participate in Erasmus+, read and get aquainted with the Erasmus Student Charter, which outlines your rights and duties before, during and after your stay.

See a detailed overview of the application process 

• Step 1: Find subjects at the foreign place of study, and apply for pre-approval of subjects.
• Step 2: File an application for exhange in Mobility-Online by:
  • 1 February (Departure in the autumn semester, or for a whole year)
  • 12 September (Departure in the spring semester)
  • NB: Some countries and institutions in Asia and North America have earlier deadlines.
• Step 3: Apply to the foreign institution.

• Stay tuned via email. All information about your application and exchange stay will be sent to your NTNU e-mail address. 
• Do language preparations. Get aquanited with the local language, and check whether you will need to take a language test. 
• Have you been admitted? The admission letter from the foreign institution must be uploaded in Mobility-Online. Afterwards, you will receive an offer for an exchange spot and any applicable stipends from NTNU.
• Apply to Lånekassen. When you have accepted the offer for an exchange spot from NTNU, we will let the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund (Lånekassen) know that you are going on exchange. Wait to apply for support from Lånekassen until you have gotten a confirmation from the Office of International Relations.
• Check the rules for visa, vaccinations and insurance. Familiarize yourself with what rules apply for the country you are travelling to.
• Find housing for your stay. Your host institution abroad will commonly be able to advise you on how to find housing.
• Pay the semester fee and register for the semester as usual. You still need to be registered as a student at NTNU for the period you’ll be on exchange, but remember to withdraw from any exams you won’t be taking at NTNU while you’re abroad

• Register your new address abroad in Studentweb.
• Do you need to change subjects during your stay? Then you should contact your faculty. If you are an Erasmus student, you also need to submit a change request form to the faculty, you'll find the from on this page.
• Have emergency contact information available at all times. 

If you wish to take one of your exams in Norway, you must contact your exchange institution and your department at NTNU to check if this is possible. For the most part, compelling reasons are needed in order to be granted this kind of facilitation. 

• Write, and hand in, the obligatory experience report about your stay.
• Apply for final approval of subjects you have taken abroad. Send the application to your faculty.
• Become a «buddy» so you can help a foreign student get to know Norway and NTNU. 
• Erasmsus+ students: Upload Departure Confirmation using this form