Education & Research

ISFiT -The International Student Festival in Trondheim, one of the world’s largest student festivals, is being held in Norway in February 2011. The theme for this year’s festival is global health. The application deadline is 30 September. Read more

NTNU and Norad invites applications for Projects aiming at offering Master Programmes targeting staff in the energy and petroleum sectors in selected developing countries. It is the intention that the EnPe master program shall employ and develop capacities of institutes for higher education in selected developing countries, and in the long run, achieve sustainable capacity of these institutions... Read more

For more than 20 years PETRAD has facilitated sharing of the Norwegian knowledge and experience related to upstream petroleum management and administration. This has been a part of the Norwegian contribution to development cooperation and internationalization of our petroleum industry. The cornerstone activities has been the two annual 8 week programmes, “Petroleum Policy and Resource Managemen... Read more

Nomination Council of the Student Peace Prize are searching for potential nominees for the Student Peace Prize. The prize is awarded to a student or a student organization who has made a particular effort to promote peace, democracy and human rights in a non-violent way. Read more

Kathmandu University (KU) in cooperation with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) invites application for admission in the Master of Engineering in Electrical Power Engineering (MEEPE) Program. Read more

Are you interested in spending the summer in Norway while earning study credits? Here is an overview of summer programmes at Norwegian universities and university colleges. Read more

The third International Ibsen Scholarships are to be awarded in September 2010 - applications from projects throughout the world are welcomed. Read more

Nordic Council of Ministers, an intergovernmental forum for cooperation between the Nordic countries, envisages the Nordic region becoming a leader in sustainable energy solutions. Accordingly, they have developed a new website providing information about Nordic expertise in this area. The website focuses on three categories: “Solutions”, a selection of sustainable energy technologies, “Policy ... Read more

The world’s first full-scale floating wind turbine – known as Hywind – was officially opened on 8 September off the southwest coast of Norway. “This is an important step towards creating a new Norwegian energy industry at sea,” declared Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Riis-Johansen. Read more

From November 4th-5th a seminar for project coordinators in the NOMA programme (Norad's Programme for Master Studies) was held in Dhaka. The theme of the seminar was "NOMA - Building Education for the Future". Read more