How to apply?

The master's degree is based on a successfully completed bachelor's degree of at least 3 years' duration beyond the minimum requirements for matriculation at a Norwegian institution of higher education. In addition applicants must document their proficiency in the English language.

For general information about admission requirements and admission procedures for international applicants, please see our web pages about admission to the University of Oslo.

International applicants

International applicants must first submit the Request for Application Form for Master's Degree studies. Please note that the deadline for submitting this form is 1 November every year.

All international applicants, both Self financed and Quota applicants, must follow the application procedures stated here

Norwegian applicants (this also applies to non-Norwegian applicants holding a permanent Norwegian residence permit)

Before you apply for admission to master studies at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences you must read Opptak til masterstudiet (Norwegian applicants) or Admission requirements (applicants with academic background from abroad) and do what applies to you.

Applicants holding a Norwegian identity number ("personnummer", 11 digits) apply for the master programme in Geosciences via SøknadsWeb. When applying for more than one programme or study discipline, through SøknadsWeb, all application alternatives must be listed in SøknadsWeb. If you do not have access to SøknadsWeb, you may submit your application on paper;

These paper application forms are only to be used by Norwegian applicants, not by international applicants:

• Application form in English (pdf)
• Application form in Norwegian (pdf)

Applicants with academic background from abroad must also send the Basic qualifications form (pdf) and Evaluation of external education

You must fill in one form for each programme and for each study discipline, and send the application(s) to the relevant programme board(s). (You will find the address on the application form).

English language skills have to be documented by: either TOEFL test (min. 550 points) or IELTS band 6.0. Candidates from countries where English is the language of instruction in higher education are exempted from documenting English skills, see information concerning English tests. Documentation of background for exemption must be attached to the application.

Application deadlines:

• Norwegian applicants (and non-Norwegian applicants holding a permanent Norwegian residence permit): April 15 for starting in the autumn semester and October 15 for starting in the spring semester

For students from EU/EFTA-countries and Switzerland special rules may be applicable, please contact the International Education Office

Additional admission requirements:

The following demands apply from the academic year of 2006/2007:(jf The regulations for admission to the 1 and 2 year master programmes at the University of Oslo
www.uio.no/admhb/reglhb/studier/opptak/opptak-master-1-2.xml)

• The scientific minimum demand is a grade 2.7 for applicants with numerical grades
• The scientific minimum demand is grade C for applicants with letter grades

The bases for calculations concerning the scientific minimum demand are the courses that are a part of the scientific basis for admission to the masters program. The scientific basis for each study discipline consists of courses, totally 80 "study points"/ECTS, as listed below:

• Scientific basis for admission to "Environmental geology and geohazards":
  EITHER:
  GEO1020(GEO1011), GEO1010(GEO1021), GEO1030, FYS1000, one of the courses MAT1000/MAT1100, one of the courses GEG1240/KJM1000, one of the courses GEL2110/GEL2120, and one of the courses HYD2010/GEO3020(HYD2020)/MAT-INF1100/INF1000/STK1000/GEG2120.
  OR:
  NAM1000, NAM1010, NAM1020, FYS1000, GEO1020(GEO1011), one of the courses MAT1000/MAT1100, one of the courses GEO1010(GEO1021)/KJM1000, and one of the courses GEO1030/STK1000/INF1000/MAT-INF1100/GEG1240/HYD2010/GEO3020(HYD2020)/GEL2110/GEL2120/GEG2120.

• Scientific basis for admission to "Meteorology and oceanography":
  INF1000, MAT1100/MAT1000, MAT1110, MEK1100, MEK2300/MEK1300, GEF2200 and
  either: GEF2210 and GEF2220 (Meteorology)
  or: GEF1600 and GEF2600 (Oceanography).

• Scientific basis for admission to "Physical geography, Hydrology and Geomatics":
  EITHER:
  GEO1020(GEO1011), GEO1010(GEO1021), GEO1030, one of the courses MAT1000/INF1000/FYS1000/GEG1240, one of the courses GEG2110/GEG2210/HYD2010, one of the courses GEG2120/GEG2240(GEG2220)/GEO3020(HYD2020), one of the courses GEG2130/GEG2230/MAT-INF1100, and GEG2340.
  OR:
  NAM1000, NAM1010, one of the courses NAM1020/GEO1010(GEO1021), one of the courses STK1000/FYS1000, one of the courses GEG2110/GEG2210/HYD2010, one of the courses GEG2120/GEG2240(GEG2220)/GEO3020(HYD2020), one of the courses GEG2130/GEG2230/MAT-INF1100, and GEG2340.

• Scientific basis for admission to "Petroleum geology and Geophysics":
  EITHER:
  GEO1020(GEO1011), INF1000, one of the courses MAT1000/MAT1100, one of the courses KJM1000/FYS1000 and GEL2120, GEL2130, GEL2140 and GEL2150.
  OR (for applicants to the "Geophysics" part):
  INF1000, MAT1100, MAT1110, MAT1120, FYS2130, GEL2140, and two of these courses: FYS-MEK1110/MEK1100/MEK1300(MEK2300).

• Scientific basis for admission to "Stratigraphy and Paleontology":
  GEO1020(GEO1011), GEO1010(GEO1021), GEL2110, GEL2120, GEL2150, KJM1000, STK1000 og MAT1000.

• Scientific basis for admission to "Tectonics, Petrology and Geochemistry"
  GEO1020(GEO1011), GEO1010(GEO1021), GEL2110, GEL2120, GEL2130, GEL2140, GEL2150, and one of these courses: KJM1000/GEG1240/FYS1000.

Course descriptions for all courses given at the University of Oslo can be found here

Scientific backgrounds for applicants from other norwegian institutions than UiO or foreign institutions will be handled on an individual basis, but the requirements for a scientific basis for the actual study discipline must be met with.

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