Admission
Admission requirements 2017
Admission requirements
Admission to this master's degree programme / study option 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 specialisation defined by the programme/study option
- a minimum grade average of C (in the Norwegian grading scale) or equivalent from the specialisation in your degree.
- Norwegian and English language requirement OR special enhanced requirement in English specified below:
a) Passed examination in English foundation course (140 hours/5 periods per week) with a minimum grade of 4 in Norwegian upper secondary school (or an equivalent grade from a Nordic upper secondary school) or passed examination in English from second and/or third school year in Norwegian upper secondary school, or
b) An internationally recognised English language proficiency test.
Required specialization
A minimum of 80 ECTS informatics credits including 30 credits on beginner level (1000 - courses) and 20 credits on advanced level (2000- and 3000-courses).
Note: This programme requires that you also have som background in mathematics.
Required specialization autumn 2017
Autumn 2017 the study program Informatics: technical and scientific applications will have two programme options with different requirements:
1) Computational science:
- A minimum of 80 ECTS informatics credits including 30 credits on beginner level (1000 - courses) and 20 credits on advanced level (2000- and 3000-courses)
Note: This programme requires that you also have som background in mathematics.
2) Imaging and biomedical computing:
Admission to the programme option Imaging and biomedical computing, requires a Bachelor’s degree with the following courses, or the equivalent from an external institution:
- INF1000 - Introduction to object-oriented programming/INF1100 - Introduction to programming with scientific applications
- INF1010 - Object-oriented programming
- MAT1100 - Calculus
- MAT1110 - Calculus and Linear Algebra
- MAT1120 - Linear Algebra
- 30 ECTS in informatics, mathematics or statistics
- 40 ECTS in other scientific courses
Documentation
You have to upload all required documents in UiO's online application portal.
If you have completed studies/courses outside the University of Oslo, you must also upload course descriptions. The course names and codes on the course descriptions must match the transcript of records.
Export control
This programme is covered by the regulations on export control. Export controls are applied to countries where there is suspicion about development and use of weapons of mass destruction. UiO will therefore conduct a specific evaluation of these applicants.
Ranking of applicants
Applicants are ranked according to their grade average in the specialization of their degree. Applicants who cannot be ranked according to their grade average, will be ranked on the basis of an individual assessment.
You normally cannot be admitted to a master's degree programme or study option within the same subject area as a previously completed master's degree at the University of Oslo.