PhD candidates at NTNU who are waiting for admission to a PhD programme, as well as external PhD candidates, should choose one of the application alternatives with a faculty name (e.g. 9425 Ph.d.-kurs/forskerkurs ved MH). This will generate an exemption of the semester fee.

Applicants who are not a PhD candidate, or are PhD candidates at NTNU who wish to take courses outside of their study plan, should pay the semester fee, and must choose 9690 Ph.d.-kurs/forskerkurs for eksterne kandidater). If you have completed a master's degree at NTNU, you can apply for an active student status via Søknadsweb instead.

• If you are attending a PhD programme, you have to upload a confirmation of admission from your institution.  You do not have to document that you fulfill the English language requirement. 
• If you are not attending a PhD programme, you have to upload documentation of your master's degree (both in the original language and a certified translation to English/a Scandinavian language).
  • If you have education from a country outside Norway/the Nordic countries, you also have to upload documentation showing that you cover the English language requirement.
• If you apply for courses with previous knowledge requirements, you have to upload documentation showing that you fulfill these requirements. You can find information about previous knowledge requirements on the course web pages.

All documentation must be uploaded to "My Documents" in Søknadsweb. 

Semester fee

You will be exempted from paying the semester fee if:

• you are waiting to be admitted to the PhD programme at NTNU
• you are admitted to a PhD programme at another educational institution
• you have paid the semester fee at another Norwegian university

Other applicants have to pay the semester fee, which you can do on Studentweb after having received admission. Please note that you have to pay the semester fee if you want to take courses that are not a part of your PhD programme.

You can send questions about payment of the semester fee to kontakt@sa.ntnu.no.

Tuition fees

If you have a citizenship from outside the EU/EEA or Switzerland and are not a PhD student, you may be charged tuition fees. You can find more information on NTNU's web page about the tuition fees. 

External candidates from educational institutions outside the EU/EEA who are on research stays at NTNU can apply for PhD courses if they document their research stay/cooperation with NTNU (e.g. with a confirmation from a department at NTNU).

Other applicants from countries and educational institutions outside the EU/EEA are referred to PhD exchange agreements, and should contact the  Unit for International Relations at NTNU.

You need to apply through Søknadsweb if you want to take courses that are not a part of your PhD programme. Choose "Single courses" → "PhD courses for external candidates". Please note that you then have to pay the semester fee. 

If you have completed a master's degree at NTNU, you can apply for an active student status via Søknadsweb instead.