Linguistics (master)
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Admission

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Available places

18 in total, including both the English and the Norwegian version.

Required specialization

Bachelor's degree

You must have a bachelor’s degree comparable to a Norwegian bachelor’s degree.

Required specialisation and minimum grade requirement

You must have a specialisation of at least 80 ECTS credits required by the programme and a minimum grade average comparable to a Norwegian C. A Norwegian C is described as a good grade, generally comparable to an American B and a Second Class Upper in the British system. We do not use conversion tables for foreign grades. All foreign education is individually evaluated during the admission process.

Please note that eligible applicants who fulfill the minimum grade requirement will compete for a study place. Please see the section on ranking below for more information on which subjects are calculated to determine the minimum grade average.

In order to qualify for admission, you must fulfill one of the following requirements:

  1. A specialisation of at least 80 ECTS credits within general linguistics (including a minimum of 40 ECTS credits in core areas, such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics or pragmatics). 
  2. At least 40 ECTS credits in general linguistics (in core areas, such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics or pragmatics) combined with a specialisation of at least 80 ECTS credits in any language (e.g. English, German, Japanese or Latin) 

Students from the University of Oslo will qualify with the following specialisations:

  1. A specialisation in general linguistics amounting to at least 80 ECTS credits (80-gruppe i Lingvistikk - only in Norwegian)
  2. At least 40 ECTS credits in general linguistics - (40-gruppe i Lingvistikk, with LING1100, LING1111, LING1112 - only in Norwegian) AND a specialisation in any language amounting to at least 80 ECTS credits, such as:

Ranking of applicants

Selection is based on your academic performance in the required subjects for this programme.

If you meet the requirements under specialisation number 1, you will be ranked by the grade average in your specialisation.

If you meet requirement under specialisation number 2, you will be ranked by the grade average in 

  • the best grades in general linguistics, amounting to 40 ETCS credits, and
  • the best grades from your specialisation within one language, amounting to 40 ECTS credits.
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