Orientation Medical: 113 Programme, You Will Find Maps and Some Practical Information to Help You Get Used to Your New Home
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SEMESTER START AUGUST 2018 www.uia.no/en #uniagder CONTACT Phone: 38 14 10 00 (Campus Kristiansand) Phone: 37 23 30 00 (Campus Grimstad) E-mail: [email protected] WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF AGDER IN CASE OF EMERGENCY Norway has three emergency numbers: We are very pleased that you have chosen Norway and Agder for your studies. We hope that you will find the information in this booklet helpful during your first weeks at UiA. In addition to the orientation Medical: 113 programme, you will find maps and some practical information to help you get used to your new home. Fire: 110 Police: 112 YOUR FIRST DAYS StudentWeb. You must download an app (”Studentbevis”) to access your semester card after registering. You cannot 24 hours out-of-hours medical service for non-emergency immediate You will receive all the information you need at orientation for get access to all of your information in Canvas until you have medical assistance: 116 117 international students on 10 August. This includes registered for classes and examinations. If you have any procedures for registering with the police, registering for problems with this, please contact the Service Centre. If you need a doctor during regular hours and do not have a classes, and answers to all of the practical questions you may have. Degree-seeking students will have to pay the semester regular General Practitioner, please contact: Members of the Erasmus Student Network will introduce you fee and approve your individual education plan on the to life in Norway and arrange social events the first weekend StudentWeb before you receive your semester card (in the before the Norwegian students arrive and the official Kristiansand: app). Sandens Medisinske Senter, tel: 38 00 66 90 semester start festival begins. www.sandensmedisinskesenter.no ALL students have to register for classes and examinations STUDYING AT UIA on the StudentWeb by 1 September for autumn and 1 Grimstad: UiA’s primary information channel is www.uia.no/en. You will February for spring. Brannstasjonen legesenter, tel: 37 25 03 36 find messages, links to the StudentWeb and the Learning Management System Canvas, practical information, If you miss the deadlines you will not be able to register for examination information, schedules, an overview of student exams! Please call in advance for an appointment. associations, and lots of useful links here. Canvas is also used as an information channel by your lecturers, professors and STUDENT CARD For information on dentists who offer a student discount, please see: study programme coordinators. In addition to the semester card app, you will have to get a www.sia.no/en/Health physical student card. You can get your card by using the Students are expected to read the information online, in self-operated photo booths located in Vilhelm Krag’s Hall Canvas and sent by e-mail. E-mails sent from UiA will go to In the event of any emergency, the University of Agder has a crisis plan (Kristiansand) or by the Service Centre (Grimstad). To get your UiA e-mail account, not your private e-mail account. your student card, you need a valid ID and your semester that will go into effect. Please set up forwarding of your e-mails if desired. card. You will receive a PIN that you can use with your card to get into certain buildings after closing time. With the card you SEMESTER AND EXAMINATION REGISTRATION can also borrow books, print, copy and scan. You can also use your student card and semester card to At orientation you will receive a username and password for receive special offers for students throughout Norway. your UiA e-mail account, Canvas and the StudentWeb. We will Please note that changes to the programme may occur. guide you through the semester registration process on the Photo: Jan Arve Olsen, Iris Engen Skadal, May Elin Aunli, Martin Grina, Olav Breen, Bård Ek,.Thomas Andersen, ESN Agder, Richard Rudat, Ali Kalib, Studentorganisasjonen i Agder and Aptum Kommunikasjon 2 3 RESIDENCE PERMIT NORWEGIAN ID NUMBER CANVAS SCHEDULES/TIMETABLES If you wish to study in Norway for 3 months or more, you need Most students do not need a Norwegian ID number, but if you Canvas is the Learning Management System used at UiA. You may look up the schedules for your courses at: to apply for a residence permit as a student. The process would like to work or open a bank account you may apply for In order to get all of the necessary information about your www.uia.no/en/student varies depending on your nationality. one by reporting a move to Norway at the Population Registry classes through Canvas, you must register for classes and in Kristiansand or Arendal. Kristiansand: Kjøita 42; Arendal: examinations. We recommend that you do this as soon as Students from non EU/EEA countries Friergangen 4 possible after arrival. IT-SERVICES If you come from a non EU/EEA country you need a visa/ You will receive a username, password and e-mail account on residence permit. You are advised to contact the Norwegian SERVICE CENTRE the orientation day 10 August. If you are not able to be there Embassy or Consulate General in your home country for HEALTH AND INSURANCE on that day, please bring your ID to the IT-Services to receive information on procedures or check the webpage of the You must be insured while you are in Norway. European The Service Centre is one of the first places you will go. Here you may find information about your studies, examinations, these. IT-Services is located in the library. IT-Services will Norwegian Directorate of Immigration: https://www.udi.no/ students should order a European Health Insurance Card. offer a mandatory introductory course on Monday 13 August. en/want-to-apply/studies/. For the visa/residence permit you You will then be treated as a Norwegian citizen when seeking admissions, etc. The Service Centre can also organize student counselling. Online courses are also available. It is possible to reserve need the Letter of Acceptance from the University of Agder. health services. Students from outside of Europe will need certain rooms (videoconferencing, multimedia, etc.) and There is a fee connected to the visa process. proof of insurance from their home countries in order to equipment (cameras, projectors, etc.) through IT-Services. register with the police, and to apply for reimbursement after Opening hours: Monday to Friday: 8:00-15:30 If you are a citizen of one of the countries on this list you can receiving Norwegian health services. Phone: Kristiansand 38141000; Grimstad 37233200 E-mail: [email protected] Six ways to contact IT-Services: apply for a visa (as soon as possible) after your arrival to • Facebook: facebook.com/IThjelpUiA Norway: https://www.udi.no/en/word-definitions/persons- SPECIAL NEEDS who-do-not-need-a-visa-to-visit-norway-/#link-708. If your PRINTING, SCANNING AND COPYING • On campus: Help desk opening hours 8.00-15.30, Mon-Fri nationality is not on the list, you need to apply for a visa to UiA has several resources available if you have special needs. • Chat: www.uia.no/en/student/it-services Your student ID card is also your priniting and copying card. Norway from your home country. In Kristiansand, the Office for Students with Special Needs is located in Sigrid Undsets Hus, building 50, Gimlemoen. The price for printing black and white pages is NOK 0,40 per • E-mail: [email protected] page and colour copies are NOK 0,70 per page. To refill your • SMS: “IT” and your request to 26112 Once in Norway you are required to go to the local police Opening hours 10:00-14:00. In Grimstad it is located on the account, go to http://followme.uia.no or contact IT-Services. station. More information about the procedure page 7 and 9. fifth floor (room C5 068). • Phone: 38 14 17 00 Phone: General information: www.uia.no/en/student/it-services Students from EU/EEA countries Kristiansand 38141075 Grimstad 37233338 UNIVERSITY LIBRARY EU/EEA students do not have to apply for a residence permit, The library has a full range of information services as well as but do have to register with the police if staying in Norway for access to books, magazines, films, computers and quiet areas CAREER SERVICES more than 3 months. Please register online before you leave SPECIAL EXAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS to study. See the library’s separate brochure or website for UiA Career is located at the Service Centre and offers career your home country: https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/ If you need to apply for special examination arrangements for more information: counselling, job application courses, interview training and the-registration-scheme-for-eueea-nationals/ medical or other reasons, be sure to do this by 15 October for www.uia.no/en/library customized workshops. autumn or 15 March for spring. More information on how to Phone: 38142434 or e-mail: [email protected] Once in Norway you are required to go to the local police apply can be found online. Opening hours (both campuses): station. More information about the procedure page 7 and 9. Monday – Thursday: 08:00 – 20:00 /UiAkarriere Friday: 08:00 – 18:00 Saturday: 09:00 – 15:00 The campuses are within easy reach of the city centres by bike or on foot. There are also good bus connections between More information about: the campuses. For a small daily fee you may also park your car on campus, but please note that places are limited and that you can only park on clearly marked parking spaces.