Bachelor and master degree students will - as far as practically possible - be offered the opportunity to spend
a period from 3 to 12 months (usually one or two semesters) as an exchange student at an international
partner university as part of their regular TUC degree programmes. This principle also applies to international degree seeking students at TUC.

For some programmes it may be complicated to incorporate a full semester abroad. TUC however also belong to several international Nordic and European networks offering intensive programmes and opportunities to go abroad for a shorter period of time (often 7 to 10 days). Some students may do part of their practical training abroad, often for a period shorter than 3 months.

Our academic staff is encouraged to engage in international networking, and the TUC International Committee offers funding for such activities. Universities and colleges are encouraged to join forces to establish joint degrees, joint modules or double degrees and thus gradually be able to offer more extensive academic oportunities than one single institution could possibly do.

TUC is confident that international cooperation will improve the quality and the extent of our academic programmes, give our students and staff the opportunity to experience international work and the opportunity of cooperation under different cultural- and environmental conditions from what they are used to.

There are many international students enrolled at TUC, as well as many Norwegian students with a different cultural background than the average student. We hope that this diversity will contribute towards an exciting and fruitful learning environment at all of our campuses.

It is said that while globalisation is the big challenge of our time, internationalisation is one of the important tools to handle these challenges. We will work continuously to expand our international relations, and to improve the international dimension in our academic programmes, and encourage all our students to take advantage of opportunities offered to do part of their degree as an exchange student abroad, or to get engaged in international work in other ways - for instance by participating during International Day on campus, become a student mentor for international students or other internationally oriented activities while studying at TUC.