Application for licence
Students at Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
If you are studying at NMBU, you must have passed all exams before applying for a license. The exception is the clinical exams. You must document that both internal and external clinical training has been passed.
The remaining parts of the study program at NMBU when applying for a license may include the elective part of the program, a 1–2-week course in leadership, infection control, thesis writing, and the exam in public veterinary medicine.
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) will always request confirmation from NMBU that the applicant has progressed sufficiently in their education to be eligible for a license.
You apply via Altinn - Authorisation of veterinarian
Attachments to the application:
- Declaration from the responsible veterinarian for the veterinary assistant license.
- Documentation showing date of birth and national identity number, any name changes, and citizenship.
- Declaration by the Responsible Veterinarian in Support of the License for Veterinary Assistant Services
Students studying abroad
You must document, with passed exams, that you have sufficient academic breadth and depth in the theoretical parts of the following subjects: Food safety, animal welfare, pathology, internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, reproduction, and preventive health work. If you intend to work with aquatic medicine, you must also have passed an exam in that subject.
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority requires that you have academic breadth and depth in active clinical training equivalent to the requirements described in the curriculum at NMBU. This means you must have passed all mandatory clinical practice, both internal and external, at your veterinary school.
By 'active clinical training', we mean that you have taken on a 'veterinarian role' under the supervision of a veterinarian. This requirement applies to clinical practice with production animals, horses, and small animals at the university's clinics, ambulatory services under the supervision of the university's veterinarians, and mandatory external practice. You must have completed such practice with all animal species to ensure comparative learning. The practice must be as continuous as possible.
You must also have passed meat inspection in order to work with production animals and equine medicine.
You apply via Altinn - Authorisation of veterinarian
Attachments to the application:
- Declaration from the responsible veterinarian for the veterinary assistant license.
- Documentation showing date of birth and national identity number, any name changes, and citizenship.
- Proof of completion of the online course 'Correct Use of Antibiotics in Animals'. This is an online course with registration. The course certificate will be made available in the Diploma Portal, usually within 14 days after completion and passing.
- Declaration by the Responsible Veterinarian in Support of the License for Veterinary Assistant Services
- Online course: Correct Use of Antibiotics in Animals (Antimikrobiell resistens (AMR) (nmbu.no)
Documents to be sent directly by the University to the Norwegian Food Safety Authority:
- Transcript of records documenting whether the subject has been passed, if it is to be included in the assessment.
- Confirmation describing the active clinical training with the number of hours for each animal species.
- Confirmation of which mandatory subjects have not been passed, and which subjects and exams remain before you receive your diploma, including the expected date of graduation.
- Curriculum with subject descriptions that correspond with the transcript of records (required if you are applying from a university where no Norwegian students have previously studied).