Find a place you can call home at ISS!
- During the summer school weeks, we offer safe, affordable, and enjoyable housing with other ISS students at R?nningen dormitory in Oslo.
- Nice indoor furnishings, with lots of spaces to socialize with fellow students including a gym, work-out rooms, a game room and more.
- Extracurricular events will take place at R?nningen throughout the summer: sports, films and cultural events. Find out more about the summer events.
- Espresso coffee is available for purchase. Enjoy a latte, cappuccino, or mocha in R?nningen’s coffee bar.
- Oslo's beautiful woods and nature experiences are at your doorstep. Right outside of the dorms is the protected Nordmarka nature area.
Room and board included
- The rooms are modernized, to provide a clean and convenient place to stay.
- Meals and bedding are included in the price. Enjoy good meals with fellow students.
- Rooms are competitively priced compared to housing in Oslo. Most rooms are double and triple, which means that a room is shared by two or three students.
- For the sake of safety, R?nningen is a substance-free campus.
- The ISS housing at R?nningen has a 24-hour staffed reception.
- Located on a hillside, R?nningen offers magnificent view of Oslo and the Oslo fjord. Despite being only a 20-minute journey from the city center, R?nningen is surrounded by beautiful nature. Find R?nningen on Google maps.
Travel to and from Blindern campus
- The commute from R?nningen to Blindern campus takes approximately 30 minutes.
- An Oslo travel card is included in the ISS housing price.
- Being located along a hillside slope, the trip requires a basic level of health and mobility to reach. Students should be prepared to walk downhill/ uphill about 5 minutes to the nearest bus stop and 15 minutes to the nearest tram stop.
- Blindern campus is easily accessible by public transportation. It is easy to get to the ISS classes with the public transportation: There is a direct bus line from Grefsen stadion to Blindern campus. There are also other travel options: tram/bus + metro from Storo.
- ISS offers the Oslo travel card to the students who choose the ISS housing at R?nningen. If any student cannot travel by the public transportation, he/she needs to find an alternative transportation himself/herself.