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Document checklist

Pick your country, get the documents the authority asks for, and tick them off as you collect them.

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Someone is sponsoring meI have a scholarshipI am bringing family

The official pages list documents per country, not per study level, so your level is kept on the printout and the link but does not change the list.

Document checklist for Norway (Master)

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Every application needs these. A missing one is the commonest reason an application is returned.

Application feeMust be paid with the application (amount set by UDI fee page)
Source https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/studies/studietillatelse/
Offer of admissionAdmitted to a university or university college on NOKUT's list of approved institutions; full-time study
Source https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/studies/studietillatelse/
Funds for living costsAt least NOK 15,488 per month or NOK 170,368 per academic year; NOK 77,440 for one autumn semester, NOK 92,928 for one spring semester; student loan, grant, or own funds in a Norwegian bank account or the institution's deposit account
Source https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/studies/studietillatelse/
AccommodationMust have somewhere to live
Source https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/studies/studietillatelse/
Likelihood of returnCircumstances in home country must indicate the applicant can return after studies
Source https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/studies/studietillatelse/

Required only in certain cases, such as a sponsor, a study gap, a dependant or a particular course.

Tuition feesFunds to cover tuition, or proof the 2025/2026 fees are paid; if one semester paid, proof of funds for the second; exemption confirmed by the institution
Source https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/studies/studietillatelse/