{"id":964,"date":"2022-04-27T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T08:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyheter.ntnu.no\/?p=964"},"modified":"2023-03-27T15:30:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T13:30:30","slug":"ntnu-wants-200-student-places-for-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyheter.ntnu.no\/en\/ntnu-wants-200-student-places-for-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"NTNU wants 200 student places for refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NTNU wants to be allocated 200 temporary student places for Ukrainian refugees from this autumn onward. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If the demand is high, NTNU is prepared to increase its capacity to 250 places, according to an overview that the university has recently sent to the Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HKdir). This means that Norway\u2019s largest university can accept up to 25 per cent of the 1000 extra student places that the government has said it will fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capacity for 1,000 \u2013 1,500 refugees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In practice, the number of refugees who can be admitted to Trondheim, Gj\u00f8vik and \u00c5lesund may be significantly higher. NTNU\u2019s management predicts that many of the refugees will primarily want to study part-time. A quota of 200 full-time student places may therefore allow capacity for offering 1000 \u2013 1500 refugees an opportunity to study if the need dictates this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part-time studies are the most relevant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The letter to HKdir, which you can read in full here<\/a> (in Norwegian)<\/em>, points out that a majority of the refugees who are eligible for higher education will be women, and many of them have caregiving responsibilities. Some of them will probably also want to continue as remote students studying online at Ukrainian universities, which they can supplement by taking individual courses in Norway. NTNU believes that many of the refugees have just as great a need for access to an active student environment and reading room places as they do for traditional degree programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These factors suggest that many of the refugees will not want to become full-time students. Therefore NTNU wants great flexibility in the allocation of student places and will arrange for a variety of hybrid solutions. The most important aspect will be to provide opportunities to study tailored to the refugees\u2019 diverse needs and life situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Has mapped courses and programmes taught in English<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

NTNU\u2019s management has mapped the courses and programmes that may be suitable for offering refugees from the war in Ukraine: <\/p>\n\n\n\n