International students

Trondheim is ranked as the best student city in Norway and is well known for the city’s broad student cultural activities. Trondheim’s well established and internationally renowned university and colleges provides a wide range of study programmes of high quality. The university, colleges and Scandianvia’s largest research institute – the SINTEF Group – make Trondheim the technology capital of Norway.

On this web site international students will find information about public services and cultural and leisure activities. For general information about studying in Norway, please visit Study in Norway 

Accommodation

For questions regarding housing, please visit Trondheim’s student welfare association – SiT (www.sit.no/housing)

Health

The student welfare associations’ health service

If your place of study is served by SiT (Studentsamskipnaden i Trondheim), you may make use of the student health services they provide. The services include doctor, mental health and health station. Find out more here (www.sit.no/content/1850/About-SiT)

General health services

The permanent doctor scheme gives all residents of Norway the right to have a named general practitioner as their regular doctor. If you are in any doubt about which doctor you are registered with or if you wish to change your regular practitioner, see the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Organisation (NAV) website (www.nav.no/English). Here you will also find other relevant information for international students in Norway.

Trondheim emergency medical centre (Legevakten)

The centre is open 24 hours a day for everyone who needs immediate help. Patients are requested to call first on telephone number 07 352. During the day, however, you should contact your regular GP or call 113 when life or health are at risk. You can contact the emergency medical centre outside your GP’s ordinary working hours. Visiting address: Prinsesse Kristinas gate 3.

Dentist on call

If you are in urgent need of a dentist outside the normal surgery hours of your regular dentist, you may contact Trondheim dentist on call service (Tannlegevakten) on telephone number 73 50 55 00.

Children

Day care facilities

If your place of study is affiliated with Trondheim’s student welfare association (SiT), the natural starting point looking for day care facilities will be at SiT (www.sit.no/kindergarten).

Students who are listed on the population register (Folkeregisteret) as a resident in Trondheim may also apply for places in public day care facilities. Questions concerning application, admission, transfer and fees, please contact:

The Day Care Institutions Service (Oppvekstkontoret):
Phone: 72 54 07 90 between 10 am and 2 pm

Primary and Lower Secondary Schools

Students who have children and who are listed on the population register as resident in Trondheim are included in the publicly funded primary and lower secondary education system.

Culture, Leisure and Transport

Trondheim has a rich cultural life and a wide range of leisure activities. For information about culture, sports and leisure and transport, please visit www.trondheim.no