International doctors Fagprøve
Fagprøve for doctors, University of OsloThree exams on three days, all in Norwegian. The last hurdle before Norwegian authorisation for doctors trained outside the EU/EEA. Here is what each part tests, how to get a place, and how to prepare.
Next written exam: 24 November 2026, 09:00 to 13:00. Checked against UiO's pages on 8 October 2026. Need the whole route first? See the authorisation guide.
A written exam, a clinical oral exam and an OSKE, on three separate days. You can take them one at a time.
Every part is held in Norwegian. You need B2 documented, oral and written, to be admitted.
For all three parts (spring 2026). NOK 7,500 per part if you take only one or two.
Apply by 9 January for spring or 5 August for autumn. You have three attempts inside your three-year deadline.
It is the same written exam as nasjonal deleksamen: one digital paper, held on the same day, 24 November 2026, 09:00 to 13:00. UiO's fagprøve page points to the national exam's information page for this part.
Every question is a short clinical vignette with one best answer and three distractors. No aids are allowed. Questions are grouped by field, without telling you which, and the level is that of a newly qualified LIS1 doctor.
General practice questions can come from any clinical field, such as gynaecology and obstetrics, dermatology, paediatrics and ophthalmology. UiO sets no pass mark before the exam: the committee reviews the questions and the results first and then fixes the pass mark. Details on UiO's written exam page.
Both are held in Norwegian, with no aids, and both test how you work with a patient, not what you can recall.
One 30-minute station.
Ten stations, seven minutes each, one minute between.
Assessed as pass or fail. All three parts must be passed, but not in the same attempt.
UiO explains the OSKE, with an information film, on its OSKE page.
Your three-year deadline must still be valid from admission until the last exam date. A retake means a new fee for that part. Source: UiO's fagprøve page.
Held in Norwegian. No aids. No phones, watches or electronic devices. Show your passport at each exam.
Written: Silurveien 2. OSKE: Rikshospitalet. Oral: Domus Medica tilbygg. Check your admission letter.
Written 24 November, oral 25 November, OSKE 1 December. Spring dates come when applications open.
All three parts must be passed. You retake only the part you failed, with a new fee for it.
A new attempt is held at the next ordinary fagprøve.
Before the payment deadline you get a refund minus NOK 1,000. After it, the fee is not refunded, but it does not count as an attempt.
Need accommodation for illness or a disability? See UiO's pages on exam accommodation and illness and postponed exams.
UiO says marks advice from UiO itself. We suggest marks our own ideas, based on the exam format.
The rest of the route: the step-by-step authorisation guide, the course in national subjects and Norskprøven.
MedEksamen is exam practice for Norway's national written exam. Since the written fagprøve is that same exam, everything below applies to Day 1. Everything on the site is in Norwegian, like the exam.
What we do not do. Our OSKE and oral training is built around the Norwegian student programmes, so it is not a fagprøve product. We cannot guarantee a pass, and we are not affiliated with UiO, Helsedirektoratet or any faculty. Price: 1,249 NOK including VAT for six months, renewing automatically, cancel any time.
Three days: a four-hour digital written exam, a clinical oral exam of 30 minutes, and an OSKE of ten seven-minute stations.
Yes. It is the same written exam as nasjonal deleksamen, held on the same day and time (24 November 2026, 09:00 to 13:00), and UiO's fagprøve page refers to the national exam's information page for it.
You must pass all three parts. On the OSKE you must pass 7 of the 10 stations. For the written part UiO sets no pass mark before the exam, and fixes it after the committee has reviewed the questions and results.
No. The exams are held in Norwegian, and you need B2 Norwegian documented to be admitted.
NOK 22,500 for all three parts in spring 2026, or NOK 7,500 per part. A retake means a new fee for the part you retake.
Yes. UiO has allowed applications for single parts since spring 2025. All three must still be passed.
9 January for the spring sitting and 5 August for the autumn sitting. Applications go through EVUweb, which opens about two months before the deadline.
Three attempts, inside the three-year deadline for the additional requirements. There is no resit in the same semester.
On UiO's page for previous fagprøve papers, with revised answer keys for each sitting from 2021, plus example OSKE tasks.
For the written exam, yes: it is the national exam we train for. We have no material for the oral exam or the OSKE aimed at fagprøve candidates.
Take the full V26 paper under time and see where you stand. You only need an account.