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Admission

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  • your application deadline

  • admission requirements

  • which documents to submit

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Available places

20

Required specialization

Bachelor's degree

You must have a bachelor’s degree comparable to a Norwegian bachelor’s degree.

Required specialization and minimum grade requirement

You must have a minimum grade average comparable to a Norwegian C in the required specialization. A Norwegian C is described as a good grade, generally comparable to an American B and a Second Class Upper in the British system. We do not use conversion tables for foreign grades. All foreign education is individually evaluated during the admission process.

Please note that eligible applicants who fulfill the minimum grade requirement will compete for a study place. Please see the section on ranking for more information on selection criteria.

The required specialization consists of 80 ECTS credits, including 20 ECTS credit courses on the advanced level (2000 and 3000 courses at UiO). The following must be included:

  • 10 ECTS credits mathematics or statistics
  • 10 ECTS credits informatics
  • 10 ECTS credits physics or mechanics or chemistry
  • 50 ECTS credits divided in up to three of the following subjects: 
    • Mathematics or statistics
    • Informatics
    • Physics
    • Chemistry

The following Bachelor's programmes at the University of Oslo meet the requirements:

  • Informatics: Robotics and intelligent systems
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Electrical Engineering, Informatics and Technology
  • Geophysics and Climate
  • Geology and Geography
  • Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Mathematics with Informatics
  • Materials Science for Energy and Nanotechnology

Further documentation for this program

If you have completed studies/courses outside the University of Oslo, you must upload course descriptions. The course names and codes on the course descriptions must match the transcript of records.

Ranking of applicants

Selection is based on your academic performance in the required subjects for this programme.

If an applicant has more than 80 ECTS credits in the required specialization, the 80 ECTS credits with the highest grades will form the grade average.