Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)

http://www.umb.no/

Architecture, Landscape & Visual Arts and Life & Physical units only

No language requirement

City Population: 14,323 Enrollment: 2,800 Standard Course Load: 30 ECTS per semester

ABOUT THE NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES Examinations can be done in Norwegian, Danish, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences is Swedish or English, even for courses taught in recognised as a leading international centre of Norwegian. If you fail an examination or for certain knowledge, focused on higher education and research reasons cannot take the examination as scheduled, within environmental and biosciences. UMB focuses it is possible to re-sit the examination in the next specifically on• biology, food, environment, land use and term. Grades are either given as a letter grade or as natural resource management. Together with other a pass/failure. The letter grades range from A (best) research institutes established at Ås, UMB provides to F (failure). E is the lowest passing grade. state-of-the-art knowledge based on a broad range of disciplines. All universities and colleges in Norway have a credit system based on 60 course credit units per full-time UMB was established in 1859 as the Norwegian study year. Credits are assigned to all courses and agricultural post-graduate college and received the majority are 5 or 10-credit courses. A normal Norwegian university status in 2005. It is the second term workload of 30 credits thus corresponds to oldest academic institution in Norway. It is located 30km approximately 3 to 5 courses. south of Oslo

The UMB community is renowned for its social SEMESTER DATES activities: there is a choice of 70 clubs and societies in Spring semester early Jan – late June addition to numerous sports and outdoor activities Autumn semester early Sept - late Dec including the mountaineering group. The Norwegian University of Life Sciences will be referred to as N-UMB by the Study Abroad office. HEALTH INSURANCE UWA has insurance to cover its outgoing exchange COURSES students: UWA Corporate Personal and Travel About 240 of the 600 courses at the Bachelor and Policy. It is usually accepted by the host universities Master level are taught in English. as primary insurance. However, the Norwegian

University of Life Sciences will advise you, or you will need to find out, if you need to take out your own, additional insurance. OTHER INFORMATION Read the Norway section in the blue files in the Study Abroad Office. You will find some very useful CAMPUS LIFE information from returned UWA students. The University Foundation for Student Life in Ås is the students’ welfare organization at UMB, which promotes Look at the following sites from UMB the students’ interests and contributes so that UMB http://www.umb.no/dokumenter/umb_in_a_nutshell- becomes an attractive place to study and work. The filer/frame.htm power point presentation. University Foundation for Student Life in Ås is in charge of the student accommodation, sports centre, book http://www.umb.no/dokumenter/miniguide_umb_engl shop, print shop, restaurant and cafeterias, nursery, ish.pdf UMB in English pdf file. kiosk and booking of meeting and function rooms.

CONTACTS HOUSING Norwegian University of Life Sciences The Accommodation Office of SiÅs, (the University http://www.umb.no Foundation for Student Life in Ås), is responsible for administration and allocation of all student residences at Our contact details: UMB based on current rules and regulations. http://www.international.uwa.edu.au/se/welcome

Housing is guaranteed for all exchange students and is Tel: 6488 8199 integrated in the admission process. [email protected]

The student residences are centrally positioned in Ås and on the university campus. They are located in quiet, well-established areas within walking distance of local shops, banks, post-office, public-transport etc. The rooms are furnished with a bed, desk, chair, reading lamp, cupboard, easy chair, small table and bookshelves.

Six rooms together make up a flat with shared kitchen, living room, shower and toilet. The kitchen is equipped with a cooker, refrigerator, freezer, sink and pantry. You must provide your own cooking equipment (pots, pans, dishes, cutlery etc.) as well as bedding (blankets or duvet, pillow, sheets, pillowcases and towels).

For more information see UMB’s housing website http://www.siaas.umb.no/e-studac.htm

ABOUT Ås Ås is a small city with a growing, mostly urban population; Ski is the closest larger city. Ås is a municipality in the county of Akershus, which has the second largest population after Oslo. Akershus borders Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Oslo, Østfold and Sweden. The county is named after Akershus Fortress. County administration is in Oslo, which is not part of the county per se.

Akershus is parted in two different areas east and west of Oslo. The small area in the west includes the districts of Asker and Bærum. The vast part is east of the city, consisting of the landscapes Follo in southwest and Romerike in north and east. Akershus includes some of the lake Mjøsa and some of the river Glomma. Embracing numerous suburbs of Oslo, Akershus is one of the most densely populated areas in the country. The main national railway lines into Oslo run through Akershus with many junctions and stations such as Sandvika and Lillestrøm. 2