General information encompasses three sections:

1. Student

   • Fill out the required details about yourself and your field. 
   • Last name(s) goes before first name.
   • ESI: Your home institution may or may not have assigned you an ESI. Ask the administrative contact at your home institution.
   • Study cycle
     (Choose the one that applies to you): 
     • Bachelor's or equivalent: EQF 5/6
     • Master's or equivalent: EQF 7
     • Doctoral or equivalent: EQF 8
   • Field of education (ISCED):  
     Choose the one corresponding to your field of studies:
     00 – Generic programmes and qualifications
     01 – Education
     02 – Arts and humanities
     03 – Social sciences, journalism and information
     04 – Business, administration and law
     05 – Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
     06 – Information and Communication Technologies
     07 – Engineering, manufacturing and construction
     08 – Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
     09 – Health and welfare
     10 – Services
   • Field of education (clarification):
     Provide a very brief description of your field of studies, or the name of your study programme at your home institution.
      

2. Sending institution

   • Fill in:
     • The name of your home institution
     • The faculty you attend at your institution
     • Your institution's Erasmus code
     • Name & contact details for the administrative contact for your exchange at your home institution (e.g. the officer at the your university's international office in charge of your case) 
        

3. Receiving institution

   • Name: NTNU
   • Faculty/Department: The faculty at NTNU you will exchange to. See overview of NTNU's faculties here.
   • Erasmus code: NTRONDHE01
   • Country: Norway
   • Administrative contact person:
     • Unit for International Relations, Inbound Students Team
     • E-mail: exchange@st.ntnu.no
     • No phone number

At the bottom of the General information section of your Learning Agreement, you are asked to note down the level of competence in English you posess. 

Mobility type:

If you are coming to NTNU in person to take courses for one or two semesters, you choose only Semester(s).

Estimated duration:

In this box, you must fill in the planned period of your physical stay at NTNU. NTNU will only accept semester dates. NTNU's semesters last from January to June, and August to December.

You only need to note the month of arrival and departure, not the day.

This means that in this field, you may only put: 

01/24 - 06/24 or 08/24 - 12/24. 

If you are staying for two semesters, e.g. starting in the autumn of 2024 and leaving after the 2025 spring semester, you note: 08/24 - 06/25.  

If you are filling out a Learning Agreement, that means you should have already be accepted to NTNU, and have chosen courses you wish to take.

You will be able to change your course selection after arrival to NTNU if you wish, but when you first fill out the Learning agreement, fill in only the courses to which you were accepted, as listed in the acceptance letter from NTNU. Do not include other courses in this first version of the agreement - doing so may invalidate it.

All courses at NTNU can be found in the online course catalog.

• Component code
  • This is the course code for the course you wish to take at NTNU. The code is found beside the name of the course on its webpage. 
• Component title
  • This is the title of the course you wish to take, as listed on the course webpage next to the course code.
• Semester
  • Note down whether you will be taking the course in the autumn or spring semester.
• Number of ECTS credits
  • Credits given at NTNU are equivalent to ECTS. On the course webpage, you can see how many credits the course will grant you. 30 ECTS equals a full work load for one semester, and all courses at NTNU give credits in multiples of 7,5.

This section must be signed by you, your home institution, and the NTNU Unit for International Relations.

Fill in:

• Your full name
• Your e-mail address
• Position: Student
• The current date
• Your signature

If you need to make changes to your signed LA, you can do so by submitting the During the mobility section (Part 2) of your LA.

Changes will be signed, on the following conditions:

• Any new courses with restricted access require approval from the course coordinator or relevant department administration
• The "During the mobility" part of the LA will only be signed after the semester deadline:
  • 15 September (autumn semester)
  • 1 February (spring semester)
• The "During the mobility" part will only be signed once, so you should send it only when your course selection is final

You can send us the OLA through the relevant online mobility portal, with the pre-approved courses listed in your acceptance letter from NTNU.

•  If one of your chosen courses has not been accepted by us due to restricted admission to the course, you will be instructed to contact the course coordinator. If so, you may leave the course in the OLA, but add a remark: "Not yet accepted" or "Pending approval" after the course title.
   
• If one of your chosen courses has been marked with "No" by us due to being taught in Norwegian, a PhD level course, or restricted to degree students, you may not sign up for this course and must choose another.
   
• For Norwegian language courses (courses to learn Norwegian), if you are still waiting for an answer, you can add a remark: "Not yet accepted" or "Pending approval" after the title.

See example below (course TPK4930).

You can submit/send us your learning agreement after you have signed up for your intended courses and after the NTNU course registration deadline has passed (15 September in the autumn semester / 1 February in the spring semester).