How to apply?

1. For international applicants:

Admission to the programme is based on a Bachelor's degree in Economics (180 ECTS ), or equivalent (i.e a university degree of at least three years of study beyond Norwegian minimum requirements for matriculation to UiO ).

At least one and a half years (90 ECTS-credits) of your three-year bachelor studies must be in economics including mathematics as well as fundamentals of probability calculus and statistics. You must possess a bachelor's degree which includes the following requirements:

• 6 ECTS-credits in mathematics
• 10 ECTS-credits in statistics and methods
• At least 67 ECTS-credits in economics, but the total amount
  of courses in economics, mathematics and statistics and methods must amount to
  90 ECTS-credits. Among the courses in economics, at least 48 ECTS-credits must
  be within microeconomics and macroeconomics, with at least 20 ECTS-credits in
  each of these categories
• You must also provide an official explanation about the
  grading and credit system at your university. Preferably your credits should be
  translated into ECTS-credits. Moreover, you must also provide us with an
  overview of your score compared to your peers at your university; i.e. are you
  among the 30% best of your peer graduates, or among the 50% best etc.?
  

When considering applications from international students, the admission committee will look for applicants that meet these requirements as closely as possible.

Note that accounting, auditing, marketing or management do not count as economics.

English language requirements :

International students who are not native speakers of English must document their proficiency in the English language prior to admission.

For further information about admission requirements, application forms and admission procedures for international applicants, please visit our website Admission to the University of Oslo

Application deadlines

November 1: for the Pre-application form for Quota Programme applicants

November 1: for the Pre-application form for self-financing international applicants

December 1: Application deadline including all documents

Start of study

August

2. For Norwegian/Nordic applicants:

Admission criteria for Norwegian/Nordic applicants