Admission
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Available places
77
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.
Information for applicants with Norwegian higher education (in Norwegian)
You need to meet the following specialised academic admission requirements:
- 60 ECTS mathematics/statistics/microeconomics/macroeconomics, of which:
- at least 15 ECTS in microeconomics
- at least 15 ECTS in macroeconomics
- at least 7.5 ECTS in mathematics
- at least 7.5 ECTS in statistics & quantitative methods
- 30 ECTS additional economics.
This amounts to a total of 90 ECTS credits.
Please note that fields such as auditing, marketing, or management, etc. do not qualify as economics.
Test requirement – GRE/GMAT test
You must also submit a GRE or GMAT test.
- GRE Revised General Test (GRE) with at least 152 points in the Quantitative Reasoning section.
- The GMAT Exam (Focus Edition) with at least 565 Points. If you have taken the previous GMAT exam (10th edition), you must have at least 600 Points.
You are exempt from submitting a test if you have at least 30 ECTS in economics and/or mathematics from an institution within the EU/EEA or Switzerland.
Further documentation for this program
GRE/GMAT
You are exempt from submitting a test if you have at least 30 ECTS in economics and/or mathematics from a