About Utdanning.no

Utdanning.no is the official Norwegian national education and career portal. It includes an overview of more than 8000 Norwegian educations and 600 occupational descriptions.

Both education and career information have been developed in close collaboration with relevant institutions, such as study providers and professional bodies.

Utdanning.no also contains interviews with professionals and students, study descriptions and articles which have been designed to help prospective students choose education and career.

Educations

Utdanning.no collects more than 8000 educational programs from across Norway, annually. We also show opportunities for studying abroad. We collaborate with various actors in the education sector and receive study information from:

  • Universities, colleges, and vocational schools
  • Vilbli.no (upper secondary education)
  • Samordna opptak (The Norwegian Universities and Colleges Admission Service)
  • Folkehogskole.no (folk high schools)

The educational programs are entered through data imports, including from schools’ administrative systems, or via our partner sites.

To make navigation easier, we have created education descriptions that present all programs within the same subject or category, based on the Norwegian Standard Classification of Education (NUS).

Occupations

Our content team writes occupational descriptions and sends them to professional and industry organizations for quality assurance in a two-year cycle. Each occupational description includes one or more interviews with people in the profession, providing detailed information about the occupation. An increasing number of occupations include video interviews.

We also display statistics related to most occupations. The statistics show the relationship between education and which occupation people have, and are obtained from Nav and Statistics Norway (SSB). Salary information is obtained from SSB and professional organizations.

Interviews with people working in the various occupations can be found in the different occupational descriptions.

Articles

The content team writes articles that help and guide those who are choosing education and occupation. The articles are quality assured by relevant actors in the education sector.

Help to choose: Inspiration and tools

We have inspiration tools to help choose education or occupation.

  • Fagskolevelgeren - Higher Vocational College Selector - see which higher vocational college programmes you qualify for and can apply to.
  • Finn lærebedrift - Find Training Company - see available apprenticeships and potential training companies.
  • Jobbkartet - Job Map - see how the labor market looks and develops.
  • Jobbkompasset - Job Compass - find occupations within different industries.
  • Interessevelgeren - Interest Selector - explore educations and occupations based on your interests, qualities and skills.
  • Karakterkalkulatoren - Grade Calculator - get help calculating how many points you have.
  • Likestilling i arbeidslivet - Gender Equality in Working Life - see the gender balance in Norwegian working life.
  • Muligheter med yrkesfag - Opportunities with Vocational Education - possible occupations with your education program.
  • Sammenlign - Compare - compare occupations and education.
  • Studievelgeren - Study Selector - see which studies you can get into, with your subjects and points.
  • Utdanningskompasset - Education Compass - explore which education programmes match your interests.
  • Utdanningssystemet - Education System - visual overview of the Norwegian education system.
  • Veien til fagbrev - Path to Trade Certificate - how to obtain vocational qualifications.
  • Veien til studiekompetanse - Path to Study Competence - how to obtain study qualifications.
  • Veien til utveksling - Complete your passport to get ready for an exchange program.
  • Yrkesfaghåndboka - Vocational Handbook - tool for those in vocational education.

Utdanning.no has dozens of films about occupations, educational choices and the education system.

Counseling and guidance

Contact

Postal address: Strandgata 8, N-9008 Tromsø, Norway

E-mail: hei@utdanning.no

English content

Study in Norway
The educational system in Norway (choose English in the dropdown menu)

Sist oppdatert: 8. juli 2026