Introduction
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is the second-largest
university in Norway with approximately 20 000 students. NTNU's main
profile is in Technology and Natural Sciences and is the leading university
in Norway for higher education and research in these fields. The seven
faculties at NTNU offer bachelor's, master's and PhD degree programmes
in Engineering, the Natural Sciences, Medicine, the Arts, and the Social
Sciences. The university enjoys high international academic standing
in all subject areas.
This document is for those who are interested in applying for admission
to NTNU's international master's programmes that are taught in English.
NTNU receives thousands of requests for information about admission
from international applicants every year and there is considerable competition
due to the limited number of places on each programme.
Categories
of Applicants
The academic and English-language requirements for all applicants are
specified below. You are advised to consult these sections.
Quota
Scheme
The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research funds the Quota Scheme
that provides loans and scholarships to a limited group of international
students. Eligible applicants are those connected to institutions with
cooperation agreements with NTNU (NTNU's cooperating institutions) which
are located in some developing countries and some countries in Central
and Eastern Europe/ Central Asia. These institutions are listed on the
electronic preliminary application form and in this document. Please
refer to these lists.
There are three categories of applicant to the Quota Scheme: a) permanent
staff, b) temporary staff, and c) students from NTNU's cooperating institutions.
From the academic year 2006-2007, Quota Scheme applicants are to apply
through the electronic preliminary application form on the home page
of the Office of International Relations, NTNU (preliminary applications
on paper are no longer valid).
In terms of the numbers of students involved, the Quota Scheme is Norway's
largest loan and scholarship scheme for financing students from eligible
developing countries and countries in Central and Eastern Europe/ Central
Asia. A total of 1100 students, 800 from developing countries, and 300
from Central and Eastern Europe, are sponsored in the national quota.
The scheme was implemented
by the Norwegian Ministry of Education in 1994 as a Government Assistance
Scheme to promote competence in the students' home countries and encourage
the participation of students from these countries in the internationalization
of higher education. Currently 47 higher educational institutions in
Norway are participating in the scheme.
For the academic years 2005-2006, 2006-2007 and 2007-2008, NTNU has
been granted the largest institutional quota among the higher educational
institutions in Norway: 175 places (155 for developing countries, and
20 for Central and Eastern Europe/ Central Asia). The University of
Bergen and the University of Oslo each have 154 places.
The Quota Scheme covers living expenses while studying in Norway, travel
allowances according to specified national rates at minimum student
price, support to cover field work periods in the students' home country
if this an agreed part of their study in Norway, and additional support
for children when they are living together with the student in Norway.
Most of the financial support in the scheme is a loan that will be waived
once the student has completed the international master's degree at
NTNU and is permanently settled in his or her home country. A small
part of the support is given as a scholarship.
To be considered for financial support under the Quota Scheme, students
must have stayed at least one year in their home country directly prior
to the planned education at the Norwegian university/ University college/
College. Applicants applying directly from another country will not
be considered for financial support.
From the academic
year 2005-2006, the Ministry of Education and Research has changed the
national regulations for the Quota Scheme. This means that individual
applicants from non-cooperating institutions can no longer be considered
for Quota Scheme support. From 1 January 2006, the Norwegian Centre
for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU) has the national
responsibility for the Quota Scheme. You will find some useful information
on SIU's website under 'Scholarship programmes in Norway': www.siu.no.
Norad
Fellowship Programme
There are a limited number of places on some of NTNU's international
master's programmes as part of the Norwegian Agency for Development
Cooperation (Norad) programme. The programmes that are open to Norad
Fellows are:
" MSc programmes
in Petroleum Engineering/ Petroleum Geosciences
" MSc programme in Hydropower Development
" MPhil programme in Developing Studies (specializing in Geography)
" NTNU also offers an MSc programme in Electric Power Engineering
for Norad Fellows in collaboration with Kathmandu University, Nepal.
Students on this programme will study at Kathmandu University, not at
NTNU in Trondheim. There are no places for students on the Quota Scheme
in this MSc programme.
Applicants for the
Norad Fellowship Programme should be nominated by their home institutions/
governments and no individual applications will be considered. For information
about the application procedure under the Norad Fellowship Programme,
please see the following web page at the Office of International Relations,
NTNU: http://www.ntnu.no/intersek/Norad/
or contact the nearest Norwegian Embassy/ General Consulate in your
home country.
There is also information on SIU's website: www.siu.no.
NOTE: Applicants
for the Norad Fellowship Programme should not fill in the electronic
preliminary application form, unless they also intend to apply for the
Quota Scheme or can document that they have Individual funding.
Individual Funding
This category of applicant applies to those who are not citizens of
the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) or EFTA countries.
Regulations from the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration state that
all international students who are not citizens of EU/EEA/EFTA countries
need to apply for a residence permit for students in Norway (www.udi.no).
This means that applicants for the international master's programmes
at NTNU under the Individual funding category are to document the source(s)
of funding (minimum NOK 80 000 per academic year) in their application.
Documentation of funding can be confirmation letters from sponsors,
confirmation of scholarships or grants, bank guarantees etc. Applications
without such documentation will not be processed.
Students in the
Individual funding category who are admitted to an international master's
programme will be requested to transfer NOK 80 000 to a Norwegian bank
account at the Student Welfare Organization in Trondheim before their
arrival in Norway. Information about the practical arrangements for
transferring the money to the Norwegian bank account will be given together
with the letter of admission.
EU/EEA/EFTA Citizens
with a non-Norwegian or non-Nordic Degree
Applicants who are citizens of European Union/ European Economic Area/
EFTA countries with a relevant non-Norwegian or non-Nordic degree are
eligible to apply for a place on some of these international master's
programmes. There are two categories of applicants here:
" Norwegian/
Nordic citizens with an international first degree (BA/ BSc/ BEng/ BTech
or equivalent degree).
" EU/EEA/EFTA citizens with an international first degree (BA/BSc/BEng/BTech
or equivalent degree)
Applicants with a Norwegian or Nordic Degree
Applicants with relevant Norwegian or Nordic higher education (first-degree
level) are eligible to apply for a place on some of these international
master's programmes. Here there are two categories of applicants:
" Norwegian
and Nordic citizens with a relevant first degree from Norway or a Nordic
country
" Citizens of other countries with a relevant first degree from
Norway or a Nordic country
Applicants are to
apply to the individual master's programme directly. Not all of them
are open to these categories of applicant.
International Master´s Programmes
NTNU offers 23 international master's programmes taught in English.
The MSc/MPhil programmes extend over 2 academic years (4 semesters)
and are mainly intended for international students. The number of places
on each master's programme is limited and majority of places are reserved
for students with funding under the Quota Scheme or the Norad Fellowship
Programme (3 programmes). Not all international master's programmes
have places for students in the Quota Scheme.
Most international
master's programmes are also open to applicants with individual funding,
mainly students from industrialized countries in Europe/ USA/ Canada/
Japan/ Australia. All the international master's programmes are open
for a limited number of students with a relevant first degree from Norway
or another Nordic country. All the master's programmes begin in mid-August.
The following international
master's programmes are offered at NTNU:
MSc Programmes in Engineering/Architecture/Natural Sciences and Medicine:
* MSc in Hydropower
Development
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme, Norad Fellows, and a limited
number of international students with individual funding)
* MSc in Marine
Technology - 4 specializations within Marine Structures, Marine System
Engineering, Marine Control Systems or Nautical Science.
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme and international students with
individual funding).
* MSc in Petroleum
Engineering/ MSc in Petroleum Geosciences
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme, Norad Fellows, and international
students with individual funding)
* MSc in Light Metals
Production
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme, and international students with
individual funding).
* MSc in Coastal
and Marine Civil Engineering
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme, and international students with
individual funding)
* MSc in Geotechnics
and Geohazards
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme and international students with
individual funding).
* MSc in Industrial
Ecology
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme and international students with
individual funding)
* MSc in Information Systems
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme and international students with
individual funding)
* MSc in Electric
Power Engineering (Held at NTNU, not at Kathmandu, Nepal)
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme and international students with
individual funding).
* MSc in Reliability,
Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS)
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme and international students with
individual funding).
* MSc in Project
Management
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme and international students with
individual funding).
* MSc in Urban Ecological
Planning
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme, and a limited number of international
students with individual funding. No admission in 2006. Next admission
will be in 2007)
* MSc in Mathematics
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme and international students with
individual funding)
* MSc in Condensed Matter Physics and Biophysics
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme and international students with
individual funding)
* MSc in Exercise
Physiology/ Sports Sciences
(Open for international students with individual funding)
* MSc in Medical
Technology
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme and international students with
individual funding).
MPhil Programmes in Arts/Social Sciences:
* MPhil in Linguistics
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme, and a limited number of international
students with individual funding)
* MPhil in English
Language and Linguistics
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme, and a limited number of international
students with individual funding)
* MPhil in Maritime Archaeology
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme and international students with
individual funding)
* MPhil in Development
Studies (Specialising in Geography)
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme, and Norad Fellows)
* MPhil in Human
Development
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme and international students with
individual funding).
* MPhil in Childhood
Studies
(Open for students on the Quota Scheme and international students with
individual funding).
Admission Requirements
General requirements: Admission to NTNU's international master's programmes
is highly competitive. Priority in admission will be given to applicants
who have completed their first degree within a relevant academic area,
and who have obtained an average grade of First Class Division or Second
Class Upper Division.
Applicants with a Second Class Lower Division or Third Class Division
from their first degree will not receive the final application package.
For some master's programmes relevant work experience is also required
for admission. In addition, applicants must fulfil the English-language
requirement mentioned below, and must submit the English test results
(IELTS or TOEFL) to NTNU with the final application form or at latest
by 1 March 2006. Applicants need to prepare to sit for such a test well
before the final application deadline of 1 February 2006.
Academic Requirements
MSc programmes within Engineering/ Architecture/ Natural Sciences and
Medicine:
* MSc in Hydropower
Development:
BSc/BEng degree in Civil Engineering, and 2 to 5 years of work experience
within planning, design and/or construction of hydraulic works.
* MSc in Marine Technology:
BSc/BEng degree or equivalent in Coastal or Harbour Engineering, Ocean
Engineering, Offshore Engineering, Marine Technology or Naval Architecture.
Following evaluation of their first degree, these applicants may be
exempted from the first semester of studies (summer 2006), and start
their studies in mid-August 2006. Applicants will have to choose one
out of the four specializations when filling in the final application
form:
" Marine Structures
" Marine System Engineering
" Marine Control Systems
" Nautical Sciences
More information
about the specializations will be provided with the final application
form. Applicants should not indicate specialization when filling in
the preliminary application form.
* MSc in Petroleum
Engineering / MSc in Petroleum Geosciences:
BSc/BEng degree or equivalent in Petroleum Engineering or Applied Geosciences.
Applicants with a BSc/BEng degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering
may also be considered for admission if they have relevant work experience
from the petroleum sector.
* MSc in Light Metals
Production:
BSc/BEng degree or equivalent in Materials Science, Metallurgy, Chemical
Engineering or Chemistry. Relevant work experience is also considered
important for admission.
* MSc in Coastal
and Marine Civil Engineering:
BSc/BEng degree in Civil Engineering, Coastal Engineering or Harbour
Engineering. Applicants with an equivalent BSc/BEng degree in Engineering
may also be considered if they have 2 to 3 years of relevant work experience
within port and coastal works.
* MSc in Geotechnics
and Geohazards:
BSc/BEng in Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Structural
Engineering or Engineering Geology.
* MSc in Industrial
Ecology:
BSc/ BEng degree within Engineering, Natural Sciences or Social Sciences.
* MSc in Information
Systems:
BSc/ BEng degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Information
System.
* MSc in Electric Power Engineering:
BSc/ BEng degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Power Engineering,
Electronics, Automation, Cybernetics or Applied Physics. Please note
that this MSc programme is taught at NTNU, and is a different programme
than the MSc programme in Electric Power Engineering held only for Norad
fellows at Kathmandu University in Nepal.
* MSc in Reliability,
Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS):
BSc/ BEng preferably within Mechanical Engineering, Process Engineering,
Civil Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, Electronic Engineering or
Electric Power Engineering. Applicants with a BSc/BEng in other engineering
disciplines may also be considered for admission. Courses within Mathematics,
Probability Theory and Statistics must be covered within the BSc/ BEng
degree.
* MSc in Project
Management:
BSc/ BEng degree, preferably within an engineering discipline. Applicants
with a BSc degree in Natural Sciences may also be considered for admission.
* MSc in Urban Ecological
Planning:
BSc/BEng/BA degree preferably in Urban Planning, Architecture or Civil
Engineering. Relevant work experience is also considered important for
admission. Applicants with a BA degree in Social Sciences (e.g. Planning)
may be considered if the applicant has 2 to 5 years of relevant work
experience within Urban Planning.
* MSc in Mathematics:
BSc degree in Mathematics, consisting of a minimum of 1.5 years of university
studies in Mathematics.
* MSc in Condensed
Matter Physics and Biophysics:
BSc degree in Physics, consisting of a minimum of 1.5 years of Physics,
and one year of Mathematics and Statistics.
* MSc in Medical
Technology- Specialization in Biophysics and Medical Physics:
BSc in Physics, consisting of a minimum of 70 credits of Physics, 20
credits of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 40 credits of Mathematics
and Statistics, and 30 credits of Instrumentation and Informatics. One
year of study at NTNU is 60 credits.
* MSc in Medical
Technology - Specialization in Medical Imaging:
BSc/BEng in Control Engineering; Signal Processing, Image Processing,
Electronics; Computer Science, Physics or Mathematics. A fundamental
knowledge of Control Theory and Signal Processing is a prerequisite.
* MSc in Medical
Technology - Specialization in Healthcare Informatics: BSc/BEng in Computer
Science or Informatics. Preferably work experience from health care/
health care information.
* MSc in Medical Technology - Specialization in Bioinformatics:
BSc/ BEng in Computer Science or Informatics consisting of a minimum
of 80 credits of Computer Science/ Informatics, and 30 credits of mathematics.
One year of study at NTNU is 60 credits.
* MSc in Medical
Technology - Specialization in Medical Biotechnology:
BSc in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology or Biotechnology with emphasis
on Molecular Biology.
* MSc in Exercise
Physiology/ Sports Sciences:
BSc/BA degree or equivalent university education preferably within Exercise
Physiology/ Sports Sciences, Exercise Sciences, Biology, Physiotherapy,
Nursing, Biochemistry, Occupational Therapy or similar fields. A firm
foundation in Human Biology is required within the first degree.
Academic requirements: MPhil programmes within the Arts and Social
Sciences
* MPhil in English
Language and Linguistics:
BA in English, BA in Linguistics or equivalent, consisting of a minimum
of 3 courses within English Language and Linguistics.
* MPhil in Linguistics:
BA degree in Linguistics. BA degree in related subject areas may also
be considered if a minimum of 1.5 years of university studies in Linguistics
has been completed as part of the degree.
* MPhil in Maritime
Archaeology:
BA in Archaeology. Applicants with an equivalent BA degree in Arts/
Social Sciences can also apply if a satisfactory number of courses in
Archaeology have been completed as part of the first degree.
* MPhil in Developing
Studies (specialising in Geography):
BA degree, preferably in Geography. BA degree in other Social Sciences
may also be considered for admission if at least 1.5 years of university
studies in Geography or Development Studies has been completed as part
of the first degree.
* MPhil in Human
Development:
BA degree in Psychology or an equivalent degree with a major in Psychology.
Approximately 1.5 years of university studies within Psychology and
courses within Research Methods and Theory of Science must be covered
within the first degree.
* MPhil in Childhood
Studies:
BA degree in Social Sciences or Humanities/ Arts or an equivalent university/
college degree.
English Language Requirements
Applicants to the international MSc programmes must pass either the
TOEFL with a minimum paper score of 500 (170 computer-based test) or
IELTS with a minimum score of 5.0.
For admission to the MPhil programmes the minimum paper score for TOEFL
is 550 (213 computer-based test) or IELTS with 6.0 or better. Citizens
from Ireland, the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand do not
have to submit TOEFL/IELTS test results. This is also the case for applicants
who have spent at least one year in any of these countries, attending
upper secondary school or university. Exempted are also applicants from
African countries with a BA/BSc/BEng degree where the language of instruction
has been English and those who have passed English as a subject at GCE
A-level with grade C or better.
Applicants with a university degree in the English language (BA in English)
are also exempted from the language requirement. Please note that applicants
from Asian countries (such as Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri
Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam) with a BA/ BSc/ BEng degree where the
language of instruction has been English are not exempted from the English-language
requirements. The exception is applicants holding a BA degree in English.
Norwegian applicants to the international master's programmes must have
passed the required examinations in the English language ("Engelsk
grunnkurs") from the Norwegian Upper Secondary School. Applicants
from European or other industrialized countries, having ratified the
Lisbon Convention, should document a minimum of 7 years of English study
from their primary and secondary schools when submitting the final application
form.
Applicants from some of these countries, who have less than 7 years
of English from primary and secondary school, must however satisfy the
English test requirements (TOEFL/ IELTS test with satisfactory score)
mentioned above.
Please give the
name and address of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
(NTNU) to the TOEFL/ IELTS test centre. NTNU's TOEFL code is 9652.
The TOEFL/ IELTS test score should preferably be submitted together
with the final application form within the final application deadline
of 1 February 2006.
Deadline for submitting TOEFL/ IELTS test results: 1 March 2006
Application Procedure
All applicants should note the Admission requirements.
Where the English-language requirements apply, the deadline for submitting
the TOEFL/ IELTS test results is 1 March 2006.
All applicants are to refer to the website of the Norwegian Directorate
of Immigration which explains the residence permit regulations www.udi.no
Quota Scheme
Preliminary application
deadline: 15 December 2005
Final application deadline: 1 February 2006
The electronic preliminary application form is available on the home
page for the Office of International Relations: http://www.intersek.ntnu.no/prelim.
For admission in 2006, there is no paper version of the preliminary
application form. Applicants for admission in the academic year 2006
will be informed about the distribution of Quota Scheme places on the
different international master's programmes once the preliminary applications
have been processed. This decision will be made well before the final
application deadline of 1 February 2006.
The evaluation of the applicants is based on the information given on
the preliminary application form and it is important to give accurate
information. The final application form is paper-based and is only sent
to applicants who have passed the preliminary application screening.
NTNU rejects applications when the information given in the two application
forms does not correspond.
Individual funding
Preliminary application deadline: 15 December
2005
Final application deadline: 1 February 2006
As the number of places on these programmes is limited, applicants in
the Individual funding category are strongly recommended to apply on
the electronic preliminary application form by the deadline of 1 December
2005. Applicants are to complete the electronic preliminary application
form, print it out, sign it and post together with the documentation
of funding to the Office of International Relations, NTNU. Applicants
who have missed the preliminary application deadline of 1 December 2005
can still contact the Office of International Relations at NTNU to obtain
the final application form. This should be well before the final application
deadline of 1 February 2006. Please observe the requirement for financial
documentation.
EU/EEA/EFTA citizens
with a non-Norwegian or non-Nordic degree
Final application deadline: 1 February 2006
Applicants in this category are to contact the Office of International
Relations at NTNU to obtain the final application form. This should
be well before the application deadline of 1 February 2006.
Applicants with
a Norwegian or Nordic degree
Application deadline: 15 May 2006
Applicants with a Norwegian personal identity number should apply online
on NTNU's "studweb".
Other applicants in this category are to contact the Office of International
Relations at NTNU to obtain the application form. This should be well
before the application deadline of 15 May 2006.
