VMSIAKH4190 – Master's thesis in Viking and Medieval Studies

The theme of the master`s thesis in Viking and Medieval Studies is chosen in collaboration with, and must be approved by, the thesis supervisor. The thesis must represent a piece of independent research work and must be an interdisciplinary study within the field of Viking and/or medieval studies.

The emphasis may be placed on one of the following disciplines:

• Old Norse philology
• Irish philology
• Archaeology or/and history combined with Old Norse philology
• Old Norse philology combined with Irish philology
• Old Norse philology and Irish philology combined with archaeology or/and history
• History combined with archaeology

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

To be eligible for this course, you must be enrolled in one of the following master's programs:

• Viking and Medieval Studies (master)

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

Supervision in connection with writing the master`s thesis is obligatory.

In order to be assigned a supervisor, students must agree to and sign a supervision agreement for masters students enrolled in the Department. The Department appoints a supervisor and the supervision agreement will be sent to the student by the student advisor.

Each student is entitled to up to 15 hours of supervision

The master's thesis is submitted in the last semester after the other courses in the degree have been completed. The submission deadlines are 15 May in the spring semester and 15 November in the autumn semester.

Formal requirements and templates for the master's thesis can be found here.

The assignment must be up to 100 pages (2,300 characters each without spaces). The assignment must be written in English or any of the Scandinavian Languages. The master's thesis is assessed with letter grades (A-F) by an internal and an external examiner.

It is mandatory to submit the master's thesis in full text in Inspera. Read more about submitting the master's thesis in Inspera.

This Certificate form must be submitted together with the master's thesis:

Certificate form in Norwegian

Certificate form in English

On the master's thesis pages of ILN you will find more information about supervision, formal requirements, deadlines, submission of master's, examination and diploma.

Oral exam

Before the final grading there will be an oral examination of approximately one hour - a discussion between the student and two examiners about the thesis. The supervisor will not be a member of this panel. The thesis is assessed and graded by a subject teacher and an external sensor. The final grade will be given after this oral examination.

Guidelines on format and structure can be found here.