All public buildings in Norway are by law non-smoking. This law is put keenly into practice in all University buildings. Students wishing to smoke must do this outside the physical premises. The Parliament elects representatives to the Board and influences the size of the semester fee and how these fees should be distributed. The Foreign Students Union is an organization that caters to the social, cultural and economic interests of foreign students.
Membership is automatic for international students.
Representatives are elected to the Board and its various committees at the general assembly that is held at the beginning of each semester. Universitas is Norway's largest student newspaper. It is published every week during the semester. Radio Nova is the local radio station run by students in Oslo. It can be picked up on 107,7 MHz.