Checklist: get ready before study start

We look forward to the startup of your studies and hope to assist you for a good study start.

This checklist will help you to get started:

• 1. Activate NMBU user account

  In order to continue the registration, you must first activate your NMBU user account.

  Read more about activating your user account

• 2. Register for the semester on the Student Web

  The systm opens up for semester registration from 1 July

  You must log on to the Student Web and complete a five-step registration process for courses and exams each semester. You need to log on with the FEIDE-logon. Select the "school or work account" whith the email address you have at NMBU and the password you set when you activated the account.

  The Student Web is where you will administer your education plan and your courses, find exam dates and what room the exam will be in, as well as your exam results. You use the Student Web to update your semester address when it changes, and to register for lectures and exams or to cancel courses within the deadlines.

  Once the registration is complete you will have access to the courses in Canvas (digital course room).

  Please see information about the academic calendar in no 8 of this list, to have an overview of deadlines for registration, teaching and examination periods. Make sure to use the calendar actively!

  Should you have any questions around semester registration, please send an w-mail to sit@nmbu.no.

  • How to register for the semester

    Before logging onto the Studentweb, you must first access your user account and create your password on brukerdata.

    Begin by logging onto the StudentWeb via Feide using your username and password.

    Click on "Start Registration" to complete the five-step process:

    1) Rights and Obligations

    Read through NMBU's rules and regulations and check the box to confirm that you have read and accepted these. Read through NMBU's information on cheating and plagerism and how to avoid this, and then check the box to confirm that you acknowledge the information. Click next to proceed.

    2) Study Plan

    Review your detailed education plan for each semester of studies. All obligatory coursework should already be listed, but elective coursework may not be listed. You can add elective courses in this step. As a general rule, one academic year of studies is equivalent to 60 study points, alternatively 30 study points per semester. If your education plan is incomplete, you must nevertheless confirm the education plan and contact your study coordinator later for clarifications, changes and/or additions. Click next to proceed.

    3) Status and Overview

    Review the summary of completed and remaining coursework. Reminders for obligatory coursework will be noted. Click next to proceed.

    4) Profile

    Enter your local mailing address. If you live on campus, use the mailing address listed on your SiÅs welcome letter.

    Enter emergency contact information. Include name, relationship type, telephone number and email address if possible. 

    You do not need to insert the 4-digit PIN, however, you should select one of the libraries to be able to complete to the registration.

    5) Confirmation

    This is the final step in the Semester Registration process. Review the summary of course registration for the semester and the assessment form.

    The semester registration process is complete when you have completed the five steps above AND you have paid the semester fee.

• 3. Pay the Semester Fee

  All students must pay the semester fee. Payment information can be found on the Student Web.

  All students must generate the invoice from the Student Web in the beginning of each semester. Note that the KID number is different each semester.

  Deadlines: 

  Autumn semester: 15 September.
  Spring semester: 1 February.

  
  Download the semester-card app (Studentbevis) to show proof of payment, also exchange students who are exempt from paying.

  The semester fee is regulated by the National Student Welfare Organisation Act, Section 17. The payments is connected with NMBUs systems to ensure the right to study, together with semester registration. The payment is once every semester, which means that if you are a student at another Norwegian higher education institution you must send proof of semester fee payment to sit@nmbu.no to ensure registration in the NMBU systems as well.

• 4. Make sure you register your courses and exams

  Make sure that your individual education plan is correct. When your approve your individual education plan you will automatically be registered for the compulsory courses that are in your plan for that semester. NB: Please make sure that you are also registered for your exams.

  Remember that you must complete your semester registration and pay the semester fee within the deadline for take your exam. All deadlines are listed in the Academic Calendar.

  You are responsible for making sure that you have registered to your courses. Find the course you have been registered for in the top menu item: 'My active courses' in StudentWeb.

  If you do not intend to take an exam, you must remember to withdraw courses and exams in the StudentWeb within the deadlines provided in the Academic Calendar.

  Please see this video for advice on how to withdraw from a course

  Check your registrations before the deadlines and contact SiT if you have any questions. 

  Extra courses and register for re-examination /'konte'

  • Log in to StudentWeb
  • Select 'active courses'
  • Look up the applicable course
  • Select the course and follow any further instructions 

  This video shows how you can register for courses in StudentWeb.

  Registration deadlines for courses and exams:

  • Registration deadline for August block: First Wednesday in August block
  • Registration deadline for Autumn parallel: 15 September
  • Registration deadline for Autumn re-exam (konte): 1 October
  • Registration deadline for January block:  1 December
  • Registration deadline for Spring parallel: 1 February
  • Registration deadline for spring re-exam (konte): 1 March
  • Registration deadline for June block: 1 April
• 5. Familiarise yourself with the student resources

  You are required to know what tools are necessary to use when studying. Below is a shortlist, and on the web page NMBU student you will find all necessary links to the tools!

  Student Web

  Administer your education: register for the semester, check and change your education plan and register to courses and exams. The exam dates and exam results will also be published here.

  Canvas

  The Canvas platform provides details about classes, syllabi and assignment submission.

  Teaching and Exam Schedule

  The teaching and exam schedule is available on TimeEdit. 

  Find out how to use this tool (video).

  Webmail

  You will be assigned an NMBU e-mail address with access to webmail. The university will send you important information to this address and it is therefore important that you check your e-mail regularly. I

  The email address you receive when you activate your account will be your current e-mail address and username at NMBU.

  NMBUHelp

  NMBUHelp is a self-help tool, where you can search and find user manuals, basic student information and some specialised services.  It is also possible to contact university administration and IT Services through the portal. One of the advantages of using NMBUHelp is that you will have a complete overview of your questions/requests. 

  Mazemap

  Mazemap is your digital map that will help you find your way around on campus. Versions: Mazemap on internet and apps for Android/IOS.

  Academic calendar

  The calendar gives overview of all dates and deadlines for what you are required to do and what is planned when.

  Course catalogue

  Do you have questions about a course or whether or not you may register? The course descriptions provide information about restrictions, credits, etc. Check the course here if you are unsure what it contains.

• 6. The student card and the app: "Studentbevis" - your digital student ID

  The student ID card

  Digital students do not require the physical student card. However, you have to access the web page service available for producing the student cards in order to have your profile picture added to the student ID app.

  Activate user account

  You must first activate your NMBU user account to order a student card. You can upload your photo and order your card.

  User manual for ordering student card can be found in NMBUhjelp. 

  Pick up point must be selected even if your are a digital student: Select the pick-up point "I do not need a accesscard".

  The profile picture you have uploaded to the student card order will then be added to the student ID app.

  The student ID app

  The student ID app works as a student ID at, among others, the student welfare organisations and public transport companies (e.g. VY and Ruter), and will be valid in the same way as the study card and paper receipt.

  If you are a student at multiple institutions, you need to select the institution to which you have paid the semester fee when you log on to the student ID app.

  How to log in to the student ID app for the first time?

  • Open the app (requires internet access).
  • Choose which educational institution you belong to.
  • Log in with the username and password at this educational institution.
  • Read the declaration of consent and accept (the app can only be used if you give your consent).
  • Read the terms and agree (the app can only be used if you accept the terms).
  • The app shows the photo that was uploaded to the student card order web page. If the app does not display photo, other valid photo ID must be displayed upon inspection for the app to be golden as a student ID.
  • If you have paid the semester fee and registered for the semester, this will show in a yellow box at the bottom of the page. The receipt itself is stored in the app, so after logging in and registering the paid semester fee in the app, it can be used without internet access.

  Students who do not have a smartphone

  If you do not have a smartphone and therefore do not have the opportunity to use the student ID app, you can order a semester receipt on paper. You log in to Studentweb, and  from the menu in the upper left corner, select Orders and then Semester receipt. Remember to check that the semester address in StudentWeb is updated first.

Life outside your studies

• Student organisations and social life

  There are many good reasons to get involved as a student. Surveys related to students' health and well-being show that students who participate actively in the student environment and in voluntary activities are less lonely and feel better at their place of study.

  A candidate survey from 2020 shows that 44% of respondents consider that experiences from such activities were useful to a large extent in their first job after graduation. NMBU encourage you to take part in the student community and to get involved! 

  Read about activities at SiÅs.

  Tips for student activity participation:

  Studentdemokratiet

  Studenttinget

  Studenttingets arbeidsutvalg (AU)

  Samfunnet i Ås

  Samfunnsstyret

  NU

  UKA i Ås

  Tuntreet

   

  Student organisations working on cooperation with businesses

  Eik Lab

  NMBU Case Club

  Urban Lab

• Health and well-being

  Everyone should be comfortable where they are. On the web page about Health and well-being, we have gathered useful information.