UiO Dual Career & Spouse Network
We find it important that the family members of our employees also thrive in Oslo. Therefore, UiO is currently establishing a Dual Career & Spouse Network to help your partner feel at home in Oslo/Norway.
We want the Dual Career and Spouse Network to be a service that helps partners/spouses of international UiO employees settle into life in Oslo/Norway. Through a mix of social community and career support, we hope to help them build new networks and find exciting opportunities in their new life in Oslo. The network’s activities may include webinars/seminars, trainings and social events. Members are welcome to suggest topics and co-organize activities.
Dual Career & Spouse Network members will have diverse backgrounds from around the world, but are united by their shared experiences as internationals in Oslo. We strongly encourage them to join the community to expand their social network as a newcomer to Norway, and to increase their knowledge about the Norwegian job market and society.
We warmly welcome them to join our Dual Career & Spouse Network by filling in this form.
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UiO Dual Career & Spouse network organize Coffee & Chat every other week – a relaxed and friendly space where you can enjoy a coffee and connect with other international partners of UiO employees. You may find the event here.
Dual career advice
Career counseling
- For counseling on job opportunities in Norway, you should contact the NAV EURES Contact Centre at +47 55 55 33 39 press 2 (opening hours 10-14).
- Before contacting NAV EURES, it?is important that you consider what type of job you are looking for, and where in Norway you would like to live.
- Check NAV's tips for foreign job seekers on where to find job vacancies in Norway (nav.no).
- Check?vacant positions at UiO.
Norwegian language skills
Most jobs in Norway require a good knowledge of the Norwegian language. UiO offers tailor-made language courses to its international community, including accompanying partners and spouses. An overview of the large range of language and culture course possibilities available, both in and outside the University, can be found at Norwegian language?courses.
Recommended reading
- Work in Norway - The Offical Guide?(workinnorway.no) provided by Norwegian government agencies
- Tips for job seekers (nav.no)?offers useful advice and guidance for job seekers in Norway
- EURES Europe (eures.europa.eu) provides a well of up to-date country-specific information of interest to job seekers as well as a job database.
- Finding a job in Norway (lifeinnorway.net) - an employment counsellor gives her five most important tips to becoming a successful job seeker in Norway
Recommended networking
Networking and personal recommendations lead to many jobs for Norwegians, which can make it difficult for foreigners with few connections to penetrate the job market. This seeming disadvantage can be overcome, however, through the use of online resources and networking organizations. In particular, we can recommend the following:
Ogranizations
- Professional Women's Network Norway (pwnoslo.net), a?non-profit networking organization that unites, supports and promotes the interests of international professional and business women in Norway
- Sammen om en jobb?(Norwegian only, but they respond in English if you contact them). A voluntary organization working for better integration and a more diverse working life through a 6 months mentor program.?
Blogs
Recognition of qualifications
General recognition
The general recognition of foreign higher education qualifications in Norway means that:
- The qualifications are considered wholly or partially equivalent to Norwegian higher education
- An assessment is also made of the extent to which it is equivalent, in terms of years of study and ECTS credits, to a Norwegian qualification
- General recognition may also result in recognition of foreign higher education as equivalent to a Norwegian Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
The Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (nokut.no) processes applications for general recognition of foreign higher education.
Specific recognition
Subject specific recognition?involves recognition of foreign education on the basis of the specific subjects, degrees and professional programmes offered at a relevant institution of higher education in Norway. Each institution decides whether the foreign education meets their specific requirements for the scope and depth of the subject or the degree. This type of recognition is relevant when applying for admission to further studies or credit transfer and takes place at the academic institution in question.
Professional recognition/authorization
Professional recognition is necessary if you wish to practice a profession that is legally regulated in Norway. This is determined on a case by case basis by a licensing authority.
Visa & permits
Immigration information pertaining to accompanying family members is provided in the Visa & permits section.
ISMO's services
- Norwegian language courses
- We are not yet in a position to offer formal career counselling, but we can point out helpful steps.