Student welfare organisation
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Student Welfare Organisation (
universities, university colleges, scientific universities and other colleges in Norway
. The 14 organisations are regulated by the Student Welfare Organisation Act from 1996 and based on compulsory membership of all students attending the associated institutions.
Welfare offers are financed through a
semester, as of 2024. A voluntary contribution of up to NOK 40 to a student-based international aid organisation is collected alongside the fee. The student welfare organisations must report to the Ministry as well as the Office of the Auditor General of Norway
.
Among the responsibilities of the organisations are operations of
cafés, of which the organisations have a monopoly to operate on campus. Other services include certain health services, advisory services, kindergartens and housing
.
List of student welfare organisations in Norway
- Nord studentsamskipnad (Studentinord)
- Norges arktiske studentsamskipnad
- Studentsamskipnaden i Agder (SiA)
- Studentsamskipnaden i Gjøvik, Ålesund og Trondheim (Sit)
- Studentsamskipnaden i Innlandet (SINN)
- Studentsamskipnaden i Indre Finnmark (SSO)
- Studentsamskipnaden i Molde (SiMolde)
- Studentsamskipnaden i Oslo og Akershus (SiO)
- Studentsamskipnaden i Stavanger (SiS)
- Studentsamskipnaden i Sørøst-Norge (SSN)
- Studentsamskipnaden i Volda (SiVolda)
- Studentsamskipnaden i Østfold (SiØ)
- Studentsamskipnaden i Ås (SiÅs)
- Studentsamskipnaden på Vestlandet (Sammen)