Northern Arizona University (NAU)

General guidelines for study levels in USA

First year courses are often adapted to those newly admitted to the university. Therefore, students are recommended to choose higher-level courses. For more information, please visit the university's website.

Available places: 2 semester places for academic year 2025/2026

Established: 1899
Number of students: 30,000
Campus: The main campus Flagstaff Mountain Campus is situated 2,000 metres above sea level, surrounded by the largest pine tree forest in the world. Exchange students should apply to this campus.
Student life: There are over 300 student clubs with focus on culture, religion and sports. The university has a recreation centre offering indoor track, a climbing wall, a gym, volleyball, basketball, and racquetball courts, and a swimming pool. There are 15 athletic teams and all students at NAU get free entrance to sports events on home-ground.

About Flagstaff

Approximately 67,000 people live in Flagstaff. The total number in the metropolitan area is close to 140,000. Flagstaff offers an active culture life: concerts, theatre performances and music and book festivals are organised. Flagstaff Festival of Science has been arranged annually for 20 years and includes lectures, museum activities, excursions and archaeological excavations.

Arizona Snowbowl is an alpine ski resort close to San Francisco Peaks, 11 kilometres from Flagstaff.

University of British Columbia's Vancouver School of Economics appointed Flagstaff one of the happiest cities in USA 2014. In 2018, Flagstaff was ranked number 3 on the list of The Best College Towns in America by American Institute of Economic Research. The list took economic, demographic and quality-of-life aspects in to account

Information from Northern Arizona University

Restrictions

Closed programmes/ Closed departments/closed subject areas
Dental hygiene
Nursing
Music

Exchange students at NAU must enroll in in-person programs.

Limited access
Courses on graduate level*
Courses at the faculty of law.
Visual communication and graphic design

*Undergraduate diploma needed
Students will have to complete a bachelor's degree to apply for graduate courses (500–799 level courses). Exchange students who are coming NAU as graduate-level students will be admitted as undergraduate students. They will still be able to enroll in graduate-level courses. Undergraduate-level students coming to NAU will not be able to enroll in graduate-level courses.

Courses

Course levels:
100–299 Lower-division courses (freshmen and sophomore students)
300–499 Upper-division courses (undergraduate juniors and seniors)
500–799 Graduate and doctoral level.

Course information:
Course Search
Course information On this website you can filter by Flagstaff Mountain Campus to see the programs offered at the Flagstaff campus.

Full time studies (corresponding to 30 hp):

Undergraduate: 15 credits
Graduate studies: 12 credits

Academic year

Autumn term: Aug–Dec
Spring term: Jan–May

Additional costs

As an exchange student, you do not need to pay tuition fees. However, additional costs may incur.
Mandatory Student Fees: approx: $776 for one semester
Mandatory Health Insurance: $1,088 for the fall semester; $1,788 for the spring semester.

For other fees, please see website: Additional Fee Descriptions

This is the costs for the academic year 2024/2025; it can be ~3% higher next academic year

Accommodation

On-Campus: a variety of residence halls for NAU students.

NAU International House - a living and learning community for international and American students. Nearly all exchange students live at the International House on campus. Read more

Costs to live at the International House: a full academic year costs averages $7,301. A student who comes for one semester pays 60% of the full-year cost. The cost of housing goes up approximately 3% a year.

Off-campus: students will need secure their housing independently in that case.

Additional information

To register for classes and to help ensure the health of the entire student population, NAU requires verification of measles (rubeola) immunizations for all students. More information on NAU’s vaccination requirements, as well as the required vaccination form can be found here: NAU website

Center for International Education

Student support

Study with disabilities (umu.se)
Disability resources

Student grants and loans for studies outside of Sweden

You may be entitled to student grants and loans from CSN when studying abroad.

As the cost of living and accommodation may be higher abroad, you can apply for an extra loan known as an additional loan for studies abroad.

You can also apply for an additional loan to cover additional costs, i.e. travel and insurance costs.

Latest update: 2024-10-09