FAQ for prospective medicine students
FAQ - Medical Doctor Degree
General information about the medical doctor degree programme offered at NTNU. Not the information you were looking for? Consult our other FAQs here.
Language of instruction
The 6-year medical doctor programme is only offered in Norwegian and hence require Norwegian proficiency for admission. This means that foreign students who wish to enrol in this programme must learn Norwegian on their own and pass a Norwegian proficiency test in order to gain admission.
Admission criteria
The 6-year degree in medicine is a popular degree, and hence highly competitive. For more information about admission, please visit Samordna Opptak.
How to apply
If you fulfil the Norwegian language requirement and intend to apply directly to an undergraduate programme, you can find more information in Norwegian at NTNU.no
Other study options at the Faculty of Medicine
The Faculty of Medicine also offers medicine-related master's and PhD programmes taught in English. However, please note that these degrees will not lead to a qualification as a medical doctor. The Faculty also offers courses that are open to exchange students.
Contact information
Please contact us if you cannot find the information you are looking for in the FAQ section or on our website. However, please note that we do not have the capacity to respond to questions that are already clearly answered in the FAQ section.
Contact NTNU
Exchange students:
E-mail: exchange@aud.ntnu.no
If you are inquiring about an application or registration, please take care to sign your full name in the email so we can locate you in our systems.
Master's degree applicants:
- Questions about application, criteria and documents:
admissions-master@sa.ntnu.no
- Questions about visa, financing and immigration formalia:
arrivals@aud.ntnu.no
Joint degree students (Erasmus Mundus, Nordic5Tech):
joint-degree@aud.ntnu.no
Questions about housing: housing@aud.ntnu.no
Visiting address: Office G211 & G209 Teknologivegen 22, 2815 Gjøvik, Norway
Postal address: P.O. box 191, 2802 Gjøvik, Norway
Exchange students: international@gjovik.ntnu.no
Master’s degree applicants:
- Questions about application, criteria and documents: admissions-master@sa.ntnu.no
- Questions about visa, financing and immigration formalia: international@gjovik.ntnu.no
- Questions about housing: housing@aud.ntnu.no
Visiting address: K-building, office numbers KP-245 and KP-246, Larsgårdsvegen 2, 6009 Ålesund
Postal address: P.O. Box 1517, 6025 Ålesund, Norway
Exchange students:
international@alesund.ntnu.no
Master’s degree applicants:
- Questions about application, criteria and documents: admissions-master@sa.ntnu.no
- Questions about visa, financing and immigration formalia: international@alesund.ntnu.no
- Questions about housing: housing@aud.ntnu.no