Admission
Key facts for this certificate
- Application portal opens: 15 September
- Application deadline: 15 October
- Start of studies: January
Available places
Price
- Students enrolled at a Circle U. university are exempt from tuition fees. This applies even if you do not have EU, EEA or Swiss citizenship.
- Students who are liable to pay at other educational institutions in Norway must pay tuition fees.
Admission requirements
To be eligible for admission to the Honours Certificate in Education for Sustainable Health you must:
- be currently enrolled in a master's programme, integrated master's programme or programme of professional study;
- have bachelor's degree with av 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 fulfil the minimum grade requirement will compete for a study place. Please see the section on ranking for more information on selection criteria.
Application procedure for students enrolled at the University of Oslo or at other Norwegian universities or university colleges
Time of application
The Honours Certificate runs in parallel with your main master’s programme, and therefore we only accept applications from students in the following semesters:
Students admitted to a master’s programme (1 1/2 years):
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Students can apply in their 1st semester
Students admitted to a master’s programme (2 years):
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For master’s programmes starting in the autumn semester: students can apply in their 1st semester
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For master’s programmes starting in the spring semester: students can apply in their 2nd semester
Students admitted to an integrated master’s programme (5 years) or a programme of professional studies (5-6 years):
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For programmes starting in the autumn semester: students can apply in their 7th semester and 9th semester
- For programmes starting in the spring semester: students can apply in their 8th semester
Students apply in the application portal S?knadsweb.
Application procedure for students enrolled at universities in the Circle U. Alliance
Applicants from the Circle U. Alliance must have minimum 3 semesters of their master's programme left when they start the honours certificate.
Applicants from Circle U. are themselves responsible for having agreed approval at their own institution (pre-approval).
Students from Circle U. apply in the online form below.
Documentation
All documentation must be submitted by the application deadline.
Documentation requirements:
- Official certificate of enrolment in a master's programme which includes information about the length of the programme and which semester you are currently in (UiO students are exempt from this)
- Official final bachelor's degree certificate
- Official transcript of records for your bachelor's degree
Ranking of applicants
Qualified applicants are ranked by their grade point average in the required specialisation (bachelor’s degree).
For students in integrated master's programmes and programmes of professional studies, the grade point average will be determined by results in courses from the first three years of study.
Based on their ranking, qualified applicants will compete for a study place within their quota (see below).
Quota
Admission to the honours certificate is organised in three quotas, with each quota comprising 10 study places.
- 10 study places available for students enrolled in a master’s programme at the University of Oslo
- 10 study places available for students enrolled in a master’s programme at other universities or university colleges in Norway
- 10 study places available for students enrolled in a master’s programme at universities in the Circle U. Alliance
The purpose of these quotas is to secure a diverse and interdisciplinary student group, which is essential to the learning outcomes of the honours certificate.