Information about Covid-19

Information about how our services are affected by the coronavirus

Updated: 22.09.2020

Cafeterias

We have reopened several of our cafeterias. To do this, we must ask all our guests to take certain precautions.

When seated, keep a 1 metre distance from those you sit with unless you already live together.
Keep a 1 metre distance, especially when in line.
We will leave hand disinfectant at entrances and other convenient locations, and ask that you use these
Follow the guidelines from FHI, and stay home if you experience symptoms of an airway infection.

Find our cafeteria opening hours and menus here.

Counselling - for when you need someone to talk to

You can book an appointment by calling us by phone: 77 64 90 50, or book an appointment online. NOTE! To book an online appointment, you need a Norwegian phone number.

You can talk with us no matter where you are in the world, free of charge, as long as you're a student at UiT. If you want an in-person appointment, this must be booked via phone.

Housing

The semester is well on its way, and The Arctic Student Welfare Organisation wishes to praise all students living with us. The vast majority have behaved exemplary, taken transmission control seriously, stayed in small groups and kept a one metre distance. We have luckily not had any confirmed cases in our student housing, and we are very happy to see our tenants being responsible to prevent transmission.

The regulations around preventing infection are strict in Norway, and we are consequently very concerned that we as the landlord and you as tenant are doing what we can together to prevent infection. Based on this, we ask you to comply with the following:

Keep updated on the official regulations from the public health authorities. These change frequently, and we encourage you to check daily (www.fhi.no/en)
If you suspect infection, we ask that you seek medical help in line with FHI’s guidelines.
If confirmed infected, we ask that you contact us by phone at (+47) 992 23 152.
Everyone has a responsibility to keep their own room, communal kitchen and other communal facilities clean daily. Cleaning duty lists have been hung in all communal kitchens.
We encourage tenants to keep particularly focus on hand hygiene, social distance and stay at home if you have symptoms.

Guidelines for social gatherings

You are permitted to host social gatherings in communal areas under the condition that they comply with FHI’s regulations for events, gatherings and activities regarding number of attendants and distance.
We recommend that only those who live together use the communal areas such as the kitchen and living room.
We recommend that visits in communal areas are kept to a minimum.
Gatherings or parties that violate our normal rules stated in the lease are not permitted*

For you entering/currently in quarantine

If you come from a country where quarantine is required upon arrival in Norway, you must quarantine as you arrive at your place of study (www.fhi.no). Quarantine is currently 10 days. Check FHI’s site for more information. The regulations change frequently, and it’s therefore important to keep up to date.
If you are required to quarantine, and arrived at your place of study in either Harstad, Tromsø, Narvik or Alta after 13.08.2020, you must stay in “quarantine housing” acquired by the Arctic Student Welfare Organisation. After completed quarantine, you will move into your permanent student housing.

The Arctic Student Welfare Organisation, in consultation with public health authorities, has implemented the following measures until further notice:

Increased cleaning in communal areas with a special focus on preventing transmission
Separate quarantine housing for tenants (required to quarantine) arriving to their place of study as of 13.08.2020. This is for Tromsø, Alta, Harstad and Narvik.
Closing some of the communal areas.
Providing communal kitchens with extra soap and paper towels.

Information about Covid-19

Cafeterias

Counselling - for when you need someone to talk to

Housing

Guidelines for social gatherings

For you entering/currently in quarantine

The Arctic Student Welfare Organisation, in consultation with public health authorities, has implemented the following measures until further notice:

Important links

Smittevernstiltak på Kraft

FHIs Covid-19 informasjon

Smittetiltak på UiT