If you have the confirmation email, you are properly registered in our systems. 

Most likely we haven’t found a suitable buddy for you yet. We strive to match you with other students that we think will fit, and sometimes that means that it does take a bit longer to find a buddy. 

If you get a confirmation mail or not depends on whether you signed up using Google sign-in or not. If you made an account using you email and not Google sign-in you will get a confirmation email. If you used Google sign-in you will not get one. 

- Check your spam folder first if you cannot find a confirmation email if you did not use Google sign-in. 

There is no set deadline. We do the first matching session about two-three weeks after the semester has started. After that we match buddies continuously throughout the semester. We have matching sessions roughly week, more if the need arises. We do however stop matching about six weeks before the semester ends. You are however more likely to get a buddy if you sign up early.

Yes, all international students are welcome at all of our buddy events. We’d love to see you there. 

If you are a Norwegian buddy, you need to have a buddy this semester to join events that require signing up prior to the event. Events like that are meant for international students and active buddies only. You are still welcome to join other events, like quizzes, hiking trips, parties and games.

Yes. All international students are welcome at all of our events, including the buddy programme.

Our first matching session (and the biggest) is after about two weeks of classes. After that we match buddies continuously throughout the semester, roughly once a week.

Yes. We match and assign buddies continuously throughout the semester. We match roughly once a week, more if the need arises.

We need enough Norwegian applicants before we can start matching. In our experience most Norwegians sign up after the semester has started, whereas most international students sign up prior to the semester has started.

No, please only sign up once. Fewer Norwegian students sign up than international students, and we want to cover as many international students as possible.

Yes. Specify how many buddies you want in the sign up form. If you have already signed up, but want more buddies, send us an email. There are always fewer Norwegian students signing up than international students, so we need all the help we can get to cover as many as possible. Please note that you will not get more than one buddy in the first matching round. This is to secure that everyone gets at least one buddy that matches their wishes. Also note that how many buddies you end up having depends on how many are available. You will never be assigned more than your max number.

Please note that not everyone will get a buddy. While we do our best to cover as many as possible, there’s simply not enough Norwegian students to cover everyone. 

Most buddies are assigned after about three weeks after the semester have started, after that we do matching sessions roughly once a week.

No, we are sadly not able to offer any guarantees. We strive to match as many buddies as possible, but the sad truth is that there are simply not enough Norwegian applicants to cover everyone.