Admission
This study programme starts in August.
Application deadlines
- 1 March: EU/EEA/Swiss applicants – application procedure
- 1 March/15 April: Nordic citizens and applicants with a permanent or renewable residence permit in Norway – application procedure
- 1 December: Non-EU/EEA applicants – application procedure
Admission requirements
Admission to master's degree studies requires:
- Higher Education Entrance Qualification and a completed bachelor's degree comparable to a Norwegian bachelor's degree. Applicants with foreign education, please refer to the country list.
- a specialization defined by the programme
- a minimum grade average of C (in Norwegian scale) or equivalent from the specialization in your degree.
- a language requirement documented by one of the tests/exams below:
a) Passed examination in English foundation course (140 hours/5 periods per week) in Norwegian upper secondary school with a minimum grade of 4 (or an equivalent grade from a Nordic upper secondary school) or alternatively passed examination in English from second and/or third school year, or
b) An internationally recognised English language proficiency test.
Required specialization
Prerequisite knowledge of neuroscience and cognitive psychology:
This programme requires that you have studied minimum 10 credit points (ECTS) of cognitive psychology or neuroscience in your bachelor's degree.
Applicants to the master's degree programme in psychology must have a minimum of 80 credit points (ECTS) in psychology in their bachelor degree, consisting of:
- 20 ECTS Methodology (research methods and statistics):
Knowledge and experience in quantitative and qualitative psychological method from university/higher educational level. It is a prerequisite for successful studies of our master programme that you have a good knowledge of and experience with the use of methods since this is a prerequisite for success in the writing of the master thesis. - A minimum of total of 30 ECTS within 3 of the 4 areas listed below. Each area must have a minimum of 5 ECTS to be considered:
- Social Psychology
- Personality Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- Specialization course at a higher level of minimum 10 ECTS:
The discipline in Cognitive Neuroscience requires one course on advanced level within cognitive psychology/neuroscience (does not include courses taken 1st year of the bachelor's degree).
Documentation
You have to upload all required documents in UiO online application system.
Ranking of applicants
Applicants are ranked according to their grade average in the specialization of their degree. Applicants who can not be ranked according to their grade average, will be ranked on the basis of an individual assessment.
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