Norway
OsloMet Put Its Haifa Exchange Agreement on Hold
The board paused a student exchange while preserving individual research collaboration.
On February 13, 2024, OsloMet’s university board decided to put its University of Haifa exchange agreement on hold and refrain from entering new general cooperation agreements with Israeli universities. OsloMet explicitly excluded collaboration between individual researchers and academic groups from the decision.
The case identifies a specific programme affected by a board decision. It also shows why comparing policies requires looking at their scope. Student mobility, new institutional agreements and investigator-led work were treated separately. Exchange participation records would be needed to measure how many students were affected.