In Norway, the government instituted a Plan of Action for Disabled Persons in 1990 and has been improving on it since. Typically in the past, OSLO has hosted students with partial hearing loss, blindness, and learning disabilities. In 1999, the University of OSLO was awarded the Nordic Handicap-Political Councils accessibility prize in the category of higher education for its plan of action for disabled students. It is open during the academic year for OYP students.
Services provided include counseling and lending a range of equipment.
This will vary depending on the class. In the OYP program, students typically spend 12 - 15 hours per week in class. Students are expected to learn course material from lectures, readings, participation in class, excursions, discussion, presentation, and language lab. Active class participation is expected. Homework assignments may be either handwritten or typed.