Semester registration

You must register for the semester in Studentweb each semester you are studying with us.

Students who will be continuing their studies at HVL can register from 15 July for the autumn semester and from 15 December for the spring semester. Deadline for semester registration and payment: 

1 September for the autumn semester 

1 February for the spring semester 

If the starting date is different to the usual starting date of the course, the deadline will be 14 days after the date on which the studies commenced. 

Logging in to the Studentweb portal

Are you a new student or are you starting a new course?  

Students that have a Norwegian personal number and a Norwegian phone number: You will receive a SMS with the PIN code you need to register for the semester.

Students for our international master programs that does not have a Norwegian personal number and/or a Norwegian phone number: You will receive an email with your HVL personal number, and a separate email with the PIN code. You are to use both the HVL personal number and the pin code to register for the semester.

Students on other Master, Bachelor or other programs that does not have a Norwegian personal number and/or a Norwegian phone number: You must register with your HVL personal number, and a separate email with the PIN code. You are to use both the HVL personal number and the pin code to register for the semester.
Please contact the Admission Office on our email: admission@hvl.no and we will send you the necessary information.

Exchange students: Please contact The Division of Research, Internationalisation and Innovation for questions on how to register. You can contact them via email: international@hvl.no

Once you have received the pin code, you can log in to Studentweb to register for the semester.

More information on your semester registration and user account as a new student. 

How to register

As a student, you must register for the semester in Studentweb each semester. You can also create an invoice for the payment of your semester fee.

  1. Log in to Studentweb with Feide or your national identity number/or your HVL personal number and pin code.
  2. Complete the registration process. Registration for teaching and assessments (examination) is included in the semester registration.
  3. You can check and edit your address under ‘Profile’.
  4. Semester fee: Click on ‘More’ in the top menu, then ‘payment’. If no invoice has been generated, click on ‘Create invoice’.
  5. You will be able to download a receipt for your paid semester fee by downloading the Student ID app. If you have the Student ID app, you won’t need the semester badge on your student card

Semester fee

The semester fee is NOK 850. NOK 650 is paid to the Student Welfare Organisation and NOK 200 as a copying and learning materials fee.

If you have paid your student fee, but you withdraw from or discontinue your studies, you will be able to get a refund on your semester fee. To get a refund for your paid semester fee, you will need to send an email to semesteravgift-refusjon@hvl.no. Remember to include your student identity number. The deadline for this is 1 September for the autumn semester and 1 February for the spring semester.

If you are studying at several institutions simultaneously, you will pay only the semester fee for the Student Welfare Organisation at the institution where you are taking the most credits. To ensure you are exempt at HVL, you will need to send an email to semesteravgift-refusjon@hvl.no and attach a card receipt for the student fee you have already paid at the other institution. Remember to include your student identity number. The deadline for this is 1 September for the autumn semester and 1 February for the spring semester.

You will also have the option to give a voluntary contribution of NOK 40 to SAIH. 

Confirmation of your student status

You can log in to Studentweb to order a confirmation with a digital signature. Log in, click on ‘More’ in the drop-down menu, choose ‘Orders’ and then ‘Confirmation’. 

If this confirmation is not enough, you can contact the student services at campus

Any questions?

Get in touch with student services if you need help with anything!

See Also