We wish you a warm welcome to the Faculty of Medicine and the University of Oslo!
As a medical exchange student taking part in clinical education in Norway, screening for MRSA – Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus – is mandatory.
When you do your screening in Oslo at SiO Health & Counselling located at Blindern campus, UiO, please note that you should test at the latest Monday prior to the beginning of classes.
- Present yourself at the reception, preferably in the afternoon and no later than 2 p.m. Mon-Thurs, or Fridays in the morning before 12.
- Bring your admission letter. The screening is free of charge as long as you give proof of your exchange.
- Please do remember to pick up your test results after one week.
A negative test result is required in order to go through with medical exchange studies in Oslo.
- Please retrieve your test results from SiO Health at the latest on Monday 17 August in the afternoon, after the library course.
- Next, present your test results to Anne Westheim at MED-studieinfo, Domus Medica, on Tuesday 18 August from 15:50 to 16:30.
- If you did not manage to collect your Oslo test in time, I will check your home test, and you will have to wear mask and gloves for your introduction courses and clinical teaching until the result is retrieved. We will agree on when to meet again for the last test result.
Important info about your studies
You will follow Module 6, MED5600.
Anne Westheim has signed you up for the teaching and the exams.
Should you wish to follow a course in Norwegian language, but are unable to sign up for it yourself by early August, please write to MED-studieinfo.
- Your personal schedule will be available in Mine Studier / My Studies approximately 7-10 days prior to the start of the module, and your groups will then be visible on StudentWeb clicking MED5600 from My Active Courses. Before then, plenary sessions and group sessions are available from the semester page for autumn 2026. Click Schedule in TP.
- We expect you to stay for the entire duration of the course and sit your exams here in December 2026.
- There will be two exams, an OSCE in paediatrics, gynaecology/obstetrics and pathology, and a digital exam, covering all subjects taught. The exam dates are 15 or 16 December for OSCE and 17 December 2026 for the digital exam.
- If you have regular assiduity throughout the semester, you should be able to succeed both exams at the first attempt.
- We recommend booking a return ticket no earlier than Saturday 19 December.
- Please familiarize yourself with the information given under Teaching (specifying attendance requirements), and Examination.
- We ask you to familiarize yourself with the regulations concerning photography and audio/video recording of tuition.
- Please also remember that you are bound by the duty of secrecy during your stay, and that it might have other implications in Norway than in your home country. If uncertain, please ask your teachers what applies in Norway.
- Signing up for courses – International Coordinator Anne Westheim is taking care of this. You have been signed up for teaching and exams in Module 6, MED5600, so all you have to do is check that this is ok, and register for the semester on the StudentWeb once you have your UiO user account (FEIDE) up and running. Please note that it takes two hour from setting your password until it works to log in. The deadline for registering is 1 September in autumn and 1 February in spring, but it is recommended to register well before the teaching starts.
Lectures in medicine
Your medical course is quite demanding and time-consuming. Even if the amount of teaching might seem low, please note that you are meant to do a significant amount of self-initiated activity, like spending extra time on the wards. The medical teaching takes place between 8.30 and 16.00 in general, except for the rotations on the Labour Ward, when a special schedule applies, so do not rely on what is shown in My Studies / TP for Labour Ward.
The first lecture in medicine will take place on Monday 17 August at 9:00 a.m. at Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Grønt auditorium. There are three auditoriums next to each other in the basement. Rød/rødt, grønn/grønt, blå/blått is Norwegian for red, green and blue.
Your teaching will take place on at least five different locations:
- UiO, Gaustad Campus, Domus Medica
At Domus Medica, the MED Student Info is also located - Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet is located next to Domus Medica.
The auditoriums red/green/blue are in the basement, quite close to the main entrance. - Oslo University Hospital Ullevål
- Oslo University Hospital Radiumhospitalet
- Ahus University Hospital
A guide to living in Norway
Wondering about the weather in Oslo? During these times of climate change, it is fairly complicated to give good advice, but here is a try:
In August, the temperature range is likely to be between +12 and +25 (nights can be cold), so hopefully, you will get a bit of summer before autumn arrives. Maybe you can even take a swim!
Daylight will be diminishing as we move through autumn, and by December, we have fairly short days, and temperatures are likely to be between +5 and -10. It can snow one day and rain the next, melt during day and freeze at night, so icy roads must be expected. And fog. And some sunshine! You will experience a time of big transitions both in nature and yourselves.
Clothing-wise, you will need a pair of nice and warm winter shoes, as well as a warm jacket/parkas/coat, some mittens/gloves, a scarf and a beanie. Depending on the weather conditions, and your activities, you might also need woolen underwear / sports underwear (longsleeved shirt / singlet + longjohns / shorts). Please note that these items can be found at a reasonable cost in Norway.
Watch out for icy and slippery roads during winter-time! It gets particularly treacherous when the temperatures are switching from above 0 degrees celsius to below the freezing point.
You can follow the weather from the app Yr.
In order to fully benefit from your stay in Norway, it is considered an advantage to have some Norwegian language skills.
Before the start of MED5600
Anne Westheim will hold an information meeting with Ellen Rosenberg, Module Coordinator on Wednesday 12 August from 10:00 to 11:00 in Seminar room 3, Rikshospitalet.
Anne's office is located at our faculty administration in the building Sogn Arena, Klaus Torgårds vei 3, 2nd floor. Please make an appointment in advance.