Study at a Norwegian folk high school

Folk High Schools
Learning for life sums up the folk high school experience. Folk high schools are one-year boarding schools offering a variety of exciting non-traditional and non-academic subjects, as well as academic subjects. The idea of folk high schools is learning for life, an opportunity to grow both individually, socially, and academically in small learning communities where all students live on campus in close contact with staff and their fellow students. One important part of the folk high school experience is to form a community, a common bond within the student body, in class and out of class.
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Who Can Apply?
Applicants must be between 18 and 22 years old. See the list below to check which year citizens from your country can apply. Some can apply each year and other only every third year.

A successful applicant will answer all the questions on the application form, providing information about education, motivation for application and participation in a broad area of activities, preferably with some kind of documentation/references. The reference may be written by a teacher, a priest, a coach etc. and it should say something about you as a person. It would be of great help to the Memorial Fund Office when deciding who will receive a scholarship.

What Does The Scholarship Funding Cover?
The Scholarship will cover food, lodging and some excursions. There is no tuition fee in Norwegian folk high schools, but students who are accepted need to bring money for books and teaching materials.

Possible Additional Financial Aid
Both a travel grant and some pocket money can be awarded in addition to the ordinary scholarship. Only those applicants with limited funds should apply for additional financial aid, because it is granted based on means test.

Application_form_2009-2010-1.pdf

How to Apply
The application form is available here. To be successful, it is important that you fill in all the information requested in the application form. Incomplete applications will not be taken into consideration.


The Memorial Fund of 8th of May 1970
c/o IKF,
Postboks 420 Sentrum 
N-0103 Oslo
NorwayTel: (+47) 22 47 43 00. Fax:(+47) 22 47 43 01
Mail: minnefondet@ikf.no

Application Deadline
The application deadline is November 1 the year prior to the school year. Successful applicants will hear from the Board in mid-December that they have been awarded a scholarship and in the end of January the following year it will be clear which school each applicant will be attending. Applicants who are not awarded a scholarship, will be given notice at the end of December.

Important Information
It is up to the Board of Memorial Fund to place the individual bursary recipients at the different folk high schools. The Memorial Fund cooperates with about 30 % of the Norwegian folk high schools. However, in the placement process, the Memorial Fund Office will take into consideration the applicants individual preferences regarding schools.  

List of Countries - Citizens Who Can Apply

1. Every year

Countries not on this page, except Nordic: Applications will be considered any year.