If you've been nominated to go on exchange to a university within the EU/EEA or affiliated countries, such as Turkey, you may receive an Erasmus+ grant. 

Bachelor students must complete 60 ECTS prior to their exchange semester in order to qualify for the Erasmus+ scholarship.

If you qualify for an Erasmus+ grant, you will get all the information you need from us before you leave directly to your NHH email. 

You may also receive an Erasmus+ grant if you're interning in Europe. You can read more about this here. 

• Financial Funding for Students going to Europe

  Financial Funding for Students going to Europe

  70% of the scholarship will be paid at the beginning of the exchange period, based on a four-month semester. The remaining 30% will be paid in the semester following your exchange, but only after you have fulfilled all your obligations as an Erasmus+ student. The total scholarship amount will be adjusted based on the exact dates of your exchange period.

  If you withdraw, you must repay the entire Erasmus+ scholarship if your stay was less than two months. If your stay lasted more than two months, you only need to repay the scholarship amount corresponding to the remaining period.

  If you have to cancel your exchange due to an unforseen illness, you can apply to retain your Erasmus+ grant. You will need a valid medicial certificate. 

  Your scholarship will be paid in Norwegian kroner, using the exchange rate that was in effect on the day the Norwegian Ministry of Education received the scholarship funds from the European Commission. For students who went on exchange before fall 2024, the exchange rate is 9.84 NOK per euro.

  Starting in fall 2025 semester, you may receive:

  • €530 per month if you go on exchange to Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden, or Switzerland.
  • €470 per month if you go on exchange to any other country.

  Are you going on exchange before the fall 2025 semester? Then you will receive:

  • €530 per month if you go on exchange to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, or Sweden.
  • €470 per month if you go on exchange to any other country.

• Extra Grant to Students with Fewer Opportunities

  Extra Grant to Students with Fewer Opportunities

  Erasmus+ aims to promote equal access and opportunities for participation in the program. Therefore, students with fewer opportunities may be eligible for an additional grant of €250 per month (2025-26).

  The definition of students with fewer opportunities is determined by the Norwegian Ministry of Education, based on guidelines from the Erasmus+ program.

  NHH will conduct random checks, and students must be prepared to provide proof of their eligibility, such as a medical certificate, birth certificate, etc.

  You may qualify for the additional grant if:

  • You have children under the age of 18. This applies regardless of the number of children you have. Your child does not need to accompany you during your exchange. Students must sign a "Declaration of Honour" to confirm their eligibility.
  • You have a disability or a chronic illness. This includes all students who meet the UN definition: "Students who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others" (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD). The definition is broad but requires that the disability or chronic illness be long-term and significantly limit the student's ability to participate on equal terms with others.
  • You have refugee status. All students with refugee status fall under this category. Students must sign a "Declaration of Honour" to confirm their eligibility.

  Starting in fall 2025, you may also qualify for the additional grant if:

  • You are a first-generation university student. This applies to students who are the first in their family to pursue higher education and who have no parents or siblings who have previously completed a higher education degree (bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD).
  • You belong to an Indigenous group or a national minority. This applies to students with ties to the Sámi Indigenous people or one of Norway’s national minorities (Jews, Kven/Norwegian Finns, Romani/Taters, Forest Finns, or Roma). Eligibility may be based on language and cultural affiliation, meaning the student either: a) speaks the relevant language at home, b) has or had a parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent who spoke the language at home, or c) is listed, or is the child of someone listed, in the Sámi electoral register.

• Travel Grant

  Travel Grant

  Starting in fall 2025, you may also be eligible for a travel grant. If you travel using environmentally friendly transportation, you will receive a higher rate. The green rate is shown in parentheses.

  • €309 (€417) for travel to Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Iceland, Italy (excluding Rome), Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Germany, or Hungary.
  • €395 (€535) for travel to Bulgaria, Greece, Italy (Rome only), Portugal, or Spain.

• Language and Language Test

  Language and Language Test

  You must have good language skills 

  In the Erasmus+ agreement you'll find the required English language level you need to have in order to go on exchange. Most universities require either B1 or B2 CEFR levels (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).

  Many universities require proof of language level from incoming exchange students. Contact the Section for International Relations if you need this kind of documentation. 

  Take the EU Academy Language Test 

  It is no longer mandatory to take one language test if you are going on Erasmus+ exchange. If you wish, you can use the results from this test to document your language skills.

  The test is called Placement test and is available in all 24 EU languages. You must register before you begin following these instructions. 

  In order to take the language test, you must: 

  • Go to the EU-Academy and log in: https://academy.europa.eu/
  • In the search field "What do you want to learn today", write "placement test" 
  • Choose a language, generally English 
  • Click "Enrol" 
  • Then click "Attempt quiz now" 
  • The tests takes 10-45 minutes 
  • Once you've answered all of the questions, press "Finish attempt" 
  • You'll find your results on the last page

• Grant Agreement

  Grant Agreement

  Students going on Erasmus+ exchange must complete and submit a Grant Agreement by January 31, 2025. This is a contract between you and NHH that stipulates the grant amount and payment. The grant is initially calculated to cover a 4 month exchange semester (9 months for double degree students who will be abroad for two semesters) and it will be re-calculated at the end of your exchange semester based on the dates in your Confirmation of Erasmus+ exchange period form.

  Please note: This is only for students going on exchange in the Spring 2025 semester!

  Grant Agreement

  Students going on Erasmus+ exchange in the Fall 2025 semester should not submit their Grant Agreements yet. Any submissions for semesters apart from the Spring 2025 semester will be deleted. 

• Online Learning Agreement

  Online Learning Agreement

  You must complete a Learning Agreement before you go on Erasmus+ exchange. This agreement needs to be signed by the Erasmus+ Coordinator at NHH, the host university and yourself. 

  NHH uses Online Learning Agreement (OLA), which is digitally signed by all parties involved:

  • You must create an Online Learning Agreement here. Please use Chrome, Edge or Firefox - not Internet Explorer
  • You need to login via Feide or Google. We recommend Feide
  • You need to complete the entire OLA before you sign the agreement. You'll find a step by step guide here (in Norwegian)
  • Once you've signed, your OLA will be sent to NHH ("Sending Institution") 
  • Afterwards, your OLA will be sent to the host university ("Receiving Institution") for signing 

  You will receive an email once the agreement has been signed by all parties. 

  Please note that not every university can sign OLAs. Most universities will become digitalized in the academic year 2023-24. If your host university requires a Word version instead, you may find a draft below.

  Learning Agreement (Word)

• Obligations for Erasmus+ Students

  Obligations for Erasmus+ Students

  As a beneficiary of the Erasmus+ grant, you have the following mandatory steps to fulfil:

  1. You must read the Erasmus+ student mobility charter. The charter contains information about students’ and schools’ rights and obligations in the Erasmus+ Mobility Programme.
  2. You must fill in and submit the Erasmus+ grant agreement 
  3. Take an Erasmus+ language test before and after your mobility (Online Linguistic Suppoert; OLS) in the language you will study in (not mandatory). You will receive an invitation by email to take the tests. More information on the Erasmus + Language Assessment test.
  4. Fill in the Erasmus+ Online Learning Agreement in the beginning of your semester abroad. 
  5. Fill in the Confirmation of Stay document (Word document, 61 KB) at the end of your semester abroad. This confirmation must be signed by a coordinator at your host school and returned to NHH. The dates in the CoS form is the basis of your calculated grant amount.
  6. Report back to the Erasmus+ mobility administration. You will receive an email in the end of your semester abroad, asking you to answer questions regarding your exchange semester. This questionnaire is not the same questionnaire which you will receive from NHH and you are obligated to fill in both questionnaires.

  NHH's Erasmus Policy Statement (pdf, 100kb) sets out the institution's strategy to fulfil the commitments in the Erasmus charter (pdf, 1 MB).