If the invoice has been paid correctly, using a customer identification number, it will take about three days from payment until you can register for the semester on Studentweb. The semester fee must be paid by the due date on the invoice.

Important information about payment

Students who have accepted a study place and paid the fee, and who later wish to withdraw, can make use of §21 of the Right of Cancellation Act. Chapter 6. You must contact Student service during the first week at the start of the semester to get a refund of the amount that you have paid. If you wish to withdraw after the first week, you will be charged the full fee for the current semester. Example: If you start on a Tuesday, you must inform Student service by Tuesday the following week.

Students who apply for leave of absence during the semester will also be charged the full fee for the current semester. In the event of an extended course of study, the minimum you will be required to pay is the semester fee. Read more about leave and extended study here.

If you have received approval and recognition of earlier qualifications for a whole semester, you must pay the semester fee for the current semester. Read more about approval and recognition of earlier qualifications here.

Invoice to third party

VID can redirect the invoice for semester- and study fee to a third party. This may be an employer, NAV-office or others who shall pay your invoice.

Send an email with your student number and which address should be stated on the invoice to studentservice@vid.no

Semester fee

Admission to a programme of study is contingent on payment of the semester fee. The semester fee is NOK 890 for students in Bergen and NOK 1010 for students in Oslo. For students in Stavanger the semester fee is NOK 855.

The semester fee to be paid to VID consists of two components, which are fees to:

1. Student welfare organization
2. Kopinor and student council

Student welfare organization

One part of the fee will go to the student welfare organization. The amount is set by the student welfare organizations and is as follows:

• Bergen Sammen: NOK 570
• Stavanger Studentsamskipnaden i Stavanger (SIS): NOK 535
• Oslo Studentsamskipnaden i Oslo (SiO): NOK 690

All students must join a student welfare organization. If you are a student at several institutions, you will only pay a semester fee at one institution. If you are not paying VID a semester fee, you must present a receipt from the other institution.

Kopinor and student council

The second part of the semester fee is NOK 320. All students at VID must pay this amount, regardless of whether they are full-time or part-time students, and whether they have paid a fee to a different student welfare organization. NOK 250 of this is a Kopinor reproduction fee and NOK 50 is the fee for the student council at the campus in question, and NOK 20 is volunteer fee to SAIH.

Administration fee

From 1 June 2022 will there be an administration fee of NOK 39,- on all outgoing invoices from VID.

Tuition fee

Students at VID also pay a tuition fee that covers operation of VID's study programmes.

OBS! If you are an Erasmus+ student, you do not pay tuition fee to VID, but to your home institution.

Unlike state educational institutions, private ones may charge tuition fees as part of their revenues. Private educational institutions do not receive the same grants from the state as state institutions, but all revenues from students, state grants and other income are retained by the institution and are intended to promote development of the institution, its educational programmes and research, and the students.

The tuition fee may vary according to the educational programme. For more detailed information, see each programme.

Students who are delayed in their studies will pay tuition fee according to normal progress, and will pay a separate fee for postponed exams and clinical practice those semesters that they do not pay the tuition fee, in addition to the semester fee.

Examples of what the tuition fee promotes: Student democracy (including remuneration for student representatives, covering the costs of the Student Parliament), different welfare initiatives in the learning environment, study materials and learning resources.

The tuition fee may be adjusted once a year.

Any questions?

You can get in touch with Student service through Serviceportalen