Admission
This programme option no longer admits students. Applicants interested in these topics may wish to consider the programme option Space Physics and Space Technology.
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
You are qualified for admission to this masters program if you have Bachelor degree, and in addition have passed exams in the following subjects (or equivalent) with an average of C or better:
- FYS-MEK1110 - Mechanics ,
- FYS1120 - Electromagnetism ,
- FYS2130 - Oscillations and Waves ,
- FYS2140 - Quantum Physics ,
- either FYS1210 - Elementary Electronics with Project Work or FYS2150 - Experimental Physics ,
- FYS2160 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics ,
- and 20ECTS physics course at advanced bachelor level.
Courses similar to either FYS3610 - Space Physics or the course AGF210 "The Middle Polar Atmosphere" at The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS). are highly recommended from the bachelor degree.
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.