QUOTA SCHEME SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

The Norwegian government provides students from developing countries in the South and countries in the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and in Central Asia with financial support to study for a degree in Norway under the Quota Scheme.

The main objective of the Quota Scheme is to contribute to capacity building through education that will benefit the home country of the students when they return. The Quota Scheme is also intended to strengthen relations between Norway and the selected countries and thus contribute to internationalisation at Norwegian institutions of higher education.

Most universities and university colleges in Norway participate in the Quota scheme. The institutions involved are allocated a certain number of students under the programme each year. The scheme normally includes courses at Master’s and Ph.D. level in addition to certain professional/Bachelor’s degrees. Most of the Norwegian institutions offer courses and educational programmes in English.

List of countries

The Quota Scheme includes developing countries as defined by OECD (the DAC-list) as Least Developed, Other Low Income and Lower Middle Income Countries. In addition, South Africa, Russian Federation, Brazil and Cuba are included in the Quota Scheme. Be aware that China is on the list, but students from Taiwan are not eligible for the scholarship.

List of countries 2011-2014:

Developing countries Afghanistan Algeria Angola Bangladesh Benin Bhutan Bolivia Brazil Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic China Colombia Comoros Cuba Dominican Republic Djibouti East Timor Ecuador Egypt Equatorial Guinea El Salvador Eritrea Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iraq Iran Ivory Coast Jordan Kenya Kiribati

Laos Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mali Marshall islands Mauritania Micronesia Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue North Korea Pakistan Palestinian territories Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Phillipines Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) Rwanda São Tomé & Príncipe Senegal Sierra Leone Solomon islands Somalia Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland Syria South Africa Tanzania Tchad Thailand The Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) Togo Tonga Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Vanuatu Vietnam Western Samoa Zambia Zimbabwe Yemen

Countries in the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia Kyrgyzstan Kosovo Macedonia Moldova Russian Federation Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan

For application visit quota scheme homepage