Find your place in
higher education
We're an independent studio in Bergen building tools that help students choose, navigate, and thrive in higher education — starting with SchoolAdvisor, and a few side projects on the way.
Principles
How we think about every product we build.
Student-first
Every decision starts with the student. If a feature doesn't make someone's life clearer, it doesn't ship.
Independent
No paid placements, no hidden rankings. Institutions don't pay for visibility — students get the full picture.
Always free
Quality guidance shouldn't depend on what you can afford. Our student-facing tools are free, always.
Built in Norway
We know UiO from BI, fagskole from høgskole, samordna opptak from direct admission — and design accordingly.
Products
One flagship product, more on the way.
Higher education is our focus, but it's not our only one. SchoolAdvisor leads, and we're building outward from there.
SchoolAdvisor
An independent guide to studying in Norway. Match programmes to your goals, compare institutions on what actually matters, and apply with clarity — all in one place, free.
- Match programmes to your goals — not just your grades
- Compare institutions side-by-side on what actually matters
- Bilingual: full support in Norwegian and English
- Free for students, forever
- Independent — no paid placements or sponsored listings
- Updated continuously as admissions data changes
Side projects & experiments
Alongside SchoolAdvisor, we're prototyping smaller tools — some adjacent to higher education, some not. We'll surface them here when they're ready to meet people.
- Tools for navigating life after admission
- Smaller utilities we wished existed
- Research and prototypes shared in the open
Inside SchoolAdvisor
Three steps to a programme that actually fits.
Step 01
Tell us about yourself
Share your interests, academic background, location preferences, and ambitions. The more context, the sharper the matches.
Step 02
Explore your matches
See programmes and institutions ranked by fit — admission requirements, location, format, focus area — not just prestige.
Step 03
Compare and decide
Put programmes side-by-side with unbiased data. Apply with the confidence that comes from actually understanding your options.
Why we exist
Choosing where to study shouldn't feel like guesswork.
The problem
Information is everywhere, clarity is nowhere.
Norway has dozens of higher-education institutions and thousands of programmes. Students piece together decisions from outdated brochures, university homepages, and forum threads.
Our role
An independent layer of guidance.
We collect the data students need, structure it around their goals, and present it without spin. We don't sell rankings. We don't pretend prestige equals fit.
Beyond education
Adjacent problems get our attention too.
Higher education is our focus, but it isn't a wall. When we spot small, useful tools worth building — in or outside our core — we build them and ship them here.
About Santeo
A small studio with a clear focus.
Santeo AS is a Norwegian limited company based in Bergen. We build for students first, ship slowly enough to get it right, and stay independent so we can mean what we say.
Mission
Build clear, honest tools that help students make the higher-education decisions that shape the next ten years of their lives.
Vision
A Norway where every student — regardless of background — can see the full landscape of options and choose with confidence.
Approach
Small team, focused work, independent funding. We’d rather build one product well than ten products half-finished.
FAQ
Common questions.
Build, partner, or just say hi.
Student, institution, journalist, fellow builder — whatever brought you here, we'd love to hear from you.