What should I do to work in Norway

Hello babyboom.

Welcome to Expat.com!

I invite you to read the various articles in the Norway participate guide. You could find some useful informations.

Thank you,
Aurélie

Hey,

SINTEF, a public / private research laboratory is hiring many engineer, especially in chemistry. I think they have a plan to recruit 30 new positions next year. You should definitely contact them. They are located in Oslo and Trondheim. Working language is English.

Babyboom: As a general rule it takes 1 year to learn most languages, and yes you could speed up the process a bit if you work hard on it.

Internships in Scandinavian countries will usually be in the local language unless you manage to find some positions that specify English as the spoken language - I suggest you go to www.finn.no and click "Job" or contact companies that you are interested in, but in case you dont know the names of them then try the job search link I gave u above and type in "chemical engineer" or kemi ingeninør and see what companies offer these positions and then email them about internships.

I'm not very sure of your status. But as long as you major in chem. eng. in TOP university, you'll have no problem at all.

If you're going to have bachelor's degree, I would recommend advanced degrees because you'll need to compete with people those get their education for almost free.

As you know well, oil & gas industry in Norway is always in need of person, I believe. Target for that industry if you wouldn't care about specific scope of work. (companies like Statoil, Kongsberg, Aker, SWECO, Framo... whatever!)

If you're not too interested in that field, you'll need to find other information about Norwegian industry where they need people. (I can only tell about O&G field 'cause I'm in that field.)

But I can surely say that advanced degree in highly recognized school will make things easier. Get a M.S.(or ME?) or Ph.D... that'll help you for sure.