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
100 ECTS credits from the following course combination:
Programme option Biochemistry:
FYS1000 - Physics- the foundation of natural sciences and medicine
MBV1010 - Cell Biology and Genetics
MBV1020 - Physiology
MBV1050 - Biochemistry I
MBV2050 - Biochemistry II
MBV2010 - Molecular Biology
MBV2020 - Laboratory course
KJM1120 - Inorganic Chemistry or KJM1130 - Physical Chemistry
+ 20 ECTS credits from the following courses:
KJM1050 - Physical and Analytical Chemistry II
KJM2400 - Analytical Chemistry
MBV3010 - Advanced Cell Biology
MBV3060 - General Microbiology
MBV3070 - Bioinformatics
Courses that formed the basis for admission cannot be included in your future Master’s degree.
Please note that some bachelor degrees from university colleges may not fully cover the academic admission requirements. This means that many applicants have to take additional MBVXXX courses (10 -30 credits) at UIO before they qualify for admission. If you do not have physics in your bachelor's degree must in addition take FYS1000.
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.