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
Applicants without a degree in Informatics must have at least 80 ECTS credits within Informatics (of which 10 credits can be mathematics).
It is necessary for applicants to document insight in the following areas of expertise:
- Basic Mathematics (minimum 10 ECTS) Applicants should have one or more basic mathematics courses. Relevant areas are simple differentiation, integration, linear algebra and discrete mathematics.
- Operating systems (10-ECTS) A standard course in basic operating system concepts.
- At least 20 ECTS programming courses covering basic programming principles.
Documentation
You have to upload all required documents in UiO online application system.
If you have completed studies/courses outside Norway, you must also upload course descriptions. The course names and codes on the course descriptions must match the course names and codes on the transcript, and not come from previous curricula.
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.