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| Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5909 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 17 of 23 26 June 2009 at 6:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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Here's some info in English: http://www.samordnaopptak.no/info/english/
So some knowledge of Norwegian is required, you would likely need to meet those requirements before you're given a place. There could be exceptions to this rule for admission purposes, for courses that were designed to be taught in English. My faculty (medicine) has a few courses like that, but that doesn't mean the same principle applies to every other course. You'd need to check what your options are for the specific courses you're considering, and whether they'd be willing to let you write your exam in English - you would need to apply before the exam to get this approved though, and some courses don't allow this at all (foreign students don't get to write their med school exams in English at my uni, but can use a pre-approved dictionary). I don't think you'll find the same policy for every course in the same university, so can't generalise. Some allow it, some don't, that's just the way it is. I've heard that for some courses they would even consider letting you write in German! It all depends. It might sound rigid if they don't let you, but essentially the programmes are for the most part made for Norwegian students anyway, and personally I don't think it's too much to ask that students learn the language while living here :-) I'm unsure how professors feel about Swedish, it's possible you could write your exams entirely in Swedish but you might want to ask about that too. Liz 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| AJ Triglot Newbie Norway Joined 5601 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, German Studies: Dutch, Esperanto | Message 18 of 23 25 July 2009 at 2:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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If you study at the University of Oslo you don't have to ask for permission to write your exams in Swedish. The exam regulations state that Swedish and Danish are accepted as alternatives to Norwegian.
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| Freya Tetraglot Newbie Germany Joined 5607 days ago 16 posts - 17 votes Speaks: Russian*, English, Finnish, GermanB1 Studies: Norwegian, Japanese | Message 19 of 23 25 July 2009 at 9:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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I studied Swedish for one semester and then have never used it. In one year, I studied Norwegian and at the beginner level it was quite easy as a lot of things sound similar, but I had some difficulties to use Norwegian words. While talking to another student I asked automatically Talar du norsk? She didn't understand me :D Sometimes I mixed the spelling - Vad instead of Hva. It was hard to say Hvor kommer du fra? instead of Varifrån kommer du? Such small things. After a short time it disappeared. I think it's good to always notice differences and compare, maybe even make tables, when you learn Norwegian and Swedish at the same time. It's really easy to mix these languages. Edited by Freya on 25 July 2009 at 9:26pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5838 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 20 of 23 25 July 2009 at 11:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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Interesting comment, Freya!
Cool to hear that you studied Swedish. That explains the nick :-) Your language profile is really impressive. I'm studying Russian but it's progressing quite slowly! Anyway, welcome to the forum. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Freya Tetraglot Newbie Germany Joined 5607 days ago 16 posts - 17 votes Speaks: Russian*, English, Finnish, GermanB1 Studies: Norwegian, Japanese | Message 21 of 23 26 July 2009 at 1:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you, Cordelia! :) Some day I want to continue with Swedish. Russian is a difficult language. If you need help, I would be glad to help.
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| densou Senior Member Italy foto.webalice.it/denRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6132 days ago 120 posts - 121 votes Speaks: Italian* | Message 22 of 23 28 July 2009 at 12:53am | IP Logged | ||
errr .... http://www.norwaypost.no/content/view/22282/1/ 
 NTNU will never accept this hopeless guy  Edited by densou on 28 July 2009 at 12:54am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5909 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 23 of 23 28 July 2009 at 9:58am | IP Logged | ||
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That happens every year, the housing thing. And it always works out. I think the university has guarantees for that sort of thing, so they'll find you something while you find your own place. Roof over your head at least... Everyone gets things sorted eventually.
People make it happen, as long as you get accepted to uni you're all set. Oh, and for some of those that don't get a place in student housing - it's because they didn't apply in time. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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