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Norway
Education System Information
ENIC - NARIC Norway Profile:
http://www.enic-naric.net/members.asp?country=Norway
Eurydice Resources - Norway:
http://oraprod.eurydice.org/portal/page?_pageid=197,161545&_dad=portal
&_schema=PORTAL&countryCode=NO®ionCode=null
System of Education:
http://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/worldwide/unesco-regions/europe-and-north
-america/norway/profile-of-education.html
 
Government Links
Ministry of Education and Research:
http://odin.dep.no/kd/english/bn.html
National Council for Vocational Education and Training:
http://www.vox.no/
Established by the Norwegian government for the implementation of its Competence Reform, a national plan which targets adults both within and outside working life
 
Educational Institutions
University Listings:
http://www.nokut.no/sw478.asp
Non-university level institutions of higher education may also be included
 
Professional Bodies
Center for International University Cooperation:
http://www.siu.no/nufu
Promotes the participation of Norwegian educational and research institutions in international cooperation
Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education:
http://www.nokut.no/sw336.asp
Independent body that provides quality assurance of institutions and course provisions. Also serves as the ENIC/NARIC center in Norway and so is responsible for the recognition of foreign credentials and institutions
Norwegian Association for Distance Education:
http://www.nade-nff.no/Default.aspx?center=portal/article&art=9
Membership organization for those in the field of distance education
Norwegian Institute for Studies in Research and Higher Education:
http://www.nifu.no/infoeng.html
Research and development statistics and publications on issues in Norwegian higher education
The Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions (UHR):
http://gammel.uhr.no/English/Englishindex.htm
Founded in 2000 as a merger of the Norwegian Council of State Colleges and the Norwegian Council of Universities, the body develops educational strategies and promotes links in international education
 
Bologna Process
Bologna Process National Report 2005:
http://www.bologna-bergen2005.no/EN/national_impl/00_Nat-rep-05/Nation
al_Reports-Norway_050112.pdf
Report presented at the Bergen Ministerial Meeting on the implementation of the Bologna Process in the country
WENR - Bologna Country Update:
http://www.wes.org/ewenr/03Sept/Norway.htm
Updates in terms of the structural, legislative and institutional changes that have been implemented in Norway's efforts to comply with the reforms called for in the Bologna Declaration
 
Information for International Students
Fulbright Commission:
http://www.fulbright.no/
Provides information on educational exchange between the U.S. and Norway
Study Norway:
http://www.study-norway.net/
Provides information for those wishing to study in Norway, especially within the EU frameworks of SOCRATES/ERASMUS
 
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