Pre-arrival checklist

EU/EEA citizens

As an EU/EEA citizen, you do not need a residence permit since you have the right of residence in Norway. If you are planning to stay longer than 90 days you have to register with the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration online at the Application Portal Norway: https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/.  You have to apply as soon as you arrive in Trondheim to be granted permission of residence (Study Permit) for more than 3 months (one day more than 90 days is more than 3 months). You need to bring your passport and other relevant documents to show that you are an EU citizen.

Non-EU/EEA citizens

Citizens from outside the Schengen area have to apply for a Tourist Visa/Visitor’s visa (up to 90 days) or a Residence Permit (more than 90 days) from their country of residence.

All non-EU/EEA students must submit documentation that they have sufficient funds to cover living expenses. We refer you to Norwegian Directorate of Immigration’s webpage for required documents.

Students coming on Erasmus Global Mobility will receive a Grant Agreemement form to be filled in, and a confirmation letter from DMMH stating that you will be a receptient of Erasmus+ Global Mobility scholarship. 

Students admitted to courses at DMMH that include practical training involving children are required to submit a police certificate in accordance with the Act relating to Universities and University Colleges.

The requirement for a police certificate is intended to protect vulnerable groups by ensuring that students who will be in positions of trust do not have a criminal record that could pose a risk to children or others in vulnerable situations.

How to obtain a police certificate:

• Institutions are not permitted to request a police certificate from the student’s home country.
• Instead, incoming students can apply for a Norwegian police certificate, even if they have not previously resided in Norway. There is no minimum residency requirement to obtain a police certificate, unless specifically required by law (cf. Section 36 of the Police Register Act).
• Students who do not have electronic ID (BankID, MinID, etc.) cannot apply digitally and must submit their application by post.

To obtain a Norwegian police certificate, the student must:

1. Complete the application form for a police certificate (https://www.politiet.no/en/english/police-certificate-of-conduct/).
    
2. Attach the following documents to the application:
   • Valid identification (e.g., a copy of passport).
   • A letter from the host institution confirming that the student will participate in placements or clinical training where a police certificate is required. This letter will be provided by DMMH.
3. Send the application to:

The Norwegian Police Service – Unit for Criminal Records and Police Certificates
P.O. Box 113
9951 Vardø
Norway

The certificate will be sent to the student by post and will normally contain no remarks if the student has not resided in Norway for an extended period.

All students have to check if they come from or have visited countries with high occurrence of tuberculosis for more than 3 months within the past three years.

If you have not been in a country with high occurance of TB, you do not have to take a TB test. You only have to fill in a personal statement about tuberculosis/tuberculin status.

If you have been in a country with high occurance of TB, you have to take a tuberculin test upon arrival in Norway. Please inform us about this as soon as possible.

Providing a police clearance certificate and a negative tuberculosis status (filled in form or negative test result) is a prerequisite for having practical training in Norwegian kindergartens. The original documents must be presented on the first day of the semester. This day you will also sign a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement. During practical training in kindergartens you have the same duty of confidentiality as the staff in the kindergartens.

If you are renting through SiT:

As an exchange student you are guaranteed housing at one of the Student Welfare Organization in Trondheim (SiT) student villages. It is SiT that is responsible for the housing. The international Office send a list to SiT with contact information of the students. You will then get an email from SiT with instruction on how to apply for housing. Do not book before you recieve information from SiT. Once you have received an email from SiT you can apply through SiT’s application portal.