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Required specialization
Bachelor's degree
You must have a bachelor’s degree comparable to a Norwegian bachelor’s degree.
Required specialization and minimum grade requirement
You must have a minimum grade average comparable to a Norwegian C in the required specialization. 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 for more information on selection criteria.
Required specialization:
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60 ECTS credits at bachelor level, which includes the subject areas mechanics, electromagnetism, oscillations and waves, quantum physics, experimental physics, and thermodynamics and statistical physics. At the University of Oslo, this corresponds to the following courses:
- Either FYS1100 – Mechanics and Modelling (Norwegian only), FYS1105 – Classical Mechanics or FYS-MEK1110 – Mechanics
- FYS1120 – Electromagnetism
- FYS2130 – Waves and oscillations
- Either FYS2140 – Quantum physics or FYS3110 – Quantum mechanics
- Either FYS2150 – Experimental physics, AST2210 – Observational Astronomy or FYS3506 - Methods and instrumentation in nuclear physics (new course autumn 2025)
- FYS2160 – Thermodynamics and statistical physics
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At least 20 ECTS credits natural sciences on advanced bachelor level.
New admission requirements from 2025
From autumn 2025, the required specialization is as follows:
Required specialization:
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60 ECTS credits at bachelor level, which includes the subject areas mechanics, electromagnetism, oscillations and waves, quantum physics, experimental physics, and thermodynamics and statistical physics. At the University of Oslo, this corresponds to the following courses:
- Either FYS1100 – Mechanics and Modelling (Norwegian only), FYS1105 – Classical Mechanics or FYS-MEK1110 – Mechanics
- FYS1120 – Electromagnetism
- FYS2130 – Waves and oscillations
- Either FYS2140 – Quantum physics or FYS3110 – Quantum mechanics
- Either FYS2150 – Experimental physics, AST2210 – Observational Astronomy or FYS3506 - Methods and Instrumentation in Nuclear Physics (new course autumn 2025)
- FYS2160 – Thermodynamics and statistical physics
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At least 20 ECTS credits natural sciences on advanced bachelor level.
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At least 5 ECTS credits programming from languages such as C/C++/Java/Python/Matlab
When calculating the average for the required specialization, only 60 credits in physics and 20 credits in natural sciences are counted.
For this programme option it is recommended that you have passed some of the following, or similar courses from other universities: FYS3700 – Biological and medical physics, FYS3110 – Quantum mechanics, FYS3150 – Computational physics, FYS3140 – Mathematical methods in physics, FYS3231 – Sensors and measurement technology, FYS3240 – Data acquisition and control , UNIK3480 – Optics and light.
Further documentation for this program
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.
Ranking of applicants
Selection is based on your academic performance in the required subjects for this programme.
If an applicant has more than 80 ECTS credits in the required specialization, the 80 ECTS credits with the highest grades will form the grade average.