Norway: Record levels of foreign citizens among new PhDs A total of 1,601 new PhDs were completed at Norwegian universities and university colleges last year. Almost 700 of them were foreign citizens, according to figures from Statistics Norway.
Huge increase in international students doing their PhD in Norway 40 per cent of the people who get doctorates in Norway are foreign citizens. Half of them leave when they are done. Is Norway investing in lost knowledge?
Norwegian PhD candidates are content Postgraduate doctoral degree candidates are more satisfied with their educational and future prospects than they were a few years ago.
African agronomists keep ties to Norway Norway has played a key role in agricultural research in Tanzania. Two Norwegian government ministers visited the country this week.
Three out of four Africans get their doctorates and go home Most African doctoral candidates in Norway have to leave the country immediately after defending their dissertations.