Activities during the study start
Welcome to all new students at the master programme in Geosciences!
On this web page you will find important information about the activities at the Department of Geosciences during the first weeks of the semester. Please note that the activities are mandatory.
Note: The programme might be subject to changes and be updated.
Tuesday 11 August – Information meeting and introduction programme for new master students (mandatory)
- PP slides from the meeting: Welcome to the MSc programme in Geosciences and to the Department of Geosciences (pdf)
You are welcome Tuesday August 11 at 12:00 PM, place: Aud 1, Geology Building, Sem Sælands vei 1, Blindern, to a mandatory information meeting and introduction programme for all new master students at the MSc programme Geosciences (master's two years).
The meeting will be held in Auditorium 1 in the Geology building. Information will be given about:
- Important rules and deadlines for master students at the Department of Geosciences
- Information about mandatory courses in Health, Safety and Environment (HSE)
- How to get a student card and pay the semester fee
- How to register for courses in StudentWeb
- You’ll get to meet the head of the Department, the master programme coordinators and the student Advisors
There will also be a presentation from the Science Library on how to search for literature, how to write a Master's thesis, etc.
The information meeting and the subsequent lectures are mandatory for all new master students. If you have problems making it to Oslo in time, you must contact us at studieinfo (at) geo.uio.no or phone: +47 22 85 66 49 and let us know.
If we do not hear from you, and you do not show up for the meeting, you will lose your study right at the programme.
The mandatory introduction programme will end ca 16.00.
Thursday 13 August – Information meeting - MN-faculty
All new MSc students at the MN-faculty - Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - are invited to an information meeting from 10:00 about relevant topics for new MSc students. Time and place for the meeting will announced later.
Thursday 13 August - Main deadline for course registration
This is the deadline for signing up for courses and exams for the semester. You sign up online using the StudentWeb.
Are you not sure which courses to sign up for?
See “Programme structure” for the programme option you are assigned to, on your master programme’s web page, or contact the master programme coordinator for your study discipline:
- Meteorology and oceanography: Frode Stordal (frode.stordal (at) geo.uio.no)
- Environmental geology and geohazards: Elisabeth Alve (elisabeth.alve (at) geo.uio.no)
- Physical geography, hydrology and geomatics: Bernd Etzelmüller (bernd.etzelmuller (at) geo.uio.no)
- Petroleum geology and petroleum geophysics: Jan Inge Faleide (j.i.faleide (at) geo.uio.no)
- Geophysics: Valerie Maupin (valerie.maupin (at) geo.uio.no)
- Geology: MD Nazmul Haque Mondol (nazmul.haque (at) geo.uio.no)
The list of coordinators may change from time to time, see main webpage for the list.
Friday 14 August - HSE course Fire saftey (mandatory)
All new Geosciences students must follow the MN Faculty's HSE courses (Health, Safety and Environment). The courses include an introduction to the HSE system at UiO, as well as laboratory safety, field safety course and a course in fire safety.
Most of the HSE courses are given as modules in a E-learning programme which can be taken without attending a lecture.
However the fire safety cours requires attandance in a lecture, and the mandatory lecture for GEO-students is Friday August 14, 13.15 - 16.00. Place: Kristine Bonnevies hus, Auditorium 1.
Week 34/35 - Lectures commence
During these weeks, the lectures in most of the courses start up. See the course semester page for time and place for the first lecture. All courses at the Department of Geosciences have mandatory attendance on the first lecture.
If you have problems making it to the first lecture, you must give notice to the Studies administration at studieinfo (at) geo.uio.no ahead of time.
Tuesday 18 August - Courses with vacant places open for further registration
If you yet haven’t signed up for courses for the semester, you can register for applicable courses among those that still have vacant slots from August 18 from 9.00 AM through September 1.
Notice! The vacant slots will be filled up after "first come first serve" principle.
Saturday September 1 – The deadline day!
This date is the deadline for many important registrations. These deadlines will be strictly enforced, so make sure you have completed all the requirements below:
- Semester registration, including registration for courses and exams and confirming your study plan (if applicable). All this is done in StudentWeb.
- Application for special facilities for your exams (if applicable)
- Choose exam languages in StudentWeb
- Payment of the semester fee.
- Contacting the Department about using a dictionary for your exams
- Handing in the MSc pre-agreement form (pre-study plan) to the Studies administration*
* Note - Master students in the 2. semester of the MSc study have to hand in the master study plan by March 1 to the Studies administration.
Contact if questions
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the Studies administration; studieinfo (at) geo.uio.no or phone 22 85 66 49 / 22 85 66 73.
For academic questions, please refer to your contact person at the study discipline.
The Department of Geosciences wishes you a good study start!