The project is Norway's follow-up of Eurostudent VI at the national level. The project will be carried out in co-operation with the Eurostudent consortium.Eurostudent VI is a powerful tool for assessing the socio-economic background and living conditions of European higher education students, investigating also international mobility and living conditions. This information helps designing policies for improving higher education systems in Europe, better responding to the student conditions, as well as ensuring sufficient high level supply of skills and competencies. All this aims to bring about higher competitiveness of European business, sustained economic growth and job creation.The new phase of this international survey (Eurostudent VI) should allow to provide reliable and insightful information, permitting the European Commission to identify coherent indicators for monitoring progress in the objectives of the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training ("ET 2020") .