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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.
The required specialisation consists of?80 ECTS credits?where the?following,?or equivalent, courses are included:
- 60?ECTS credits?of chemistry courses with laboratory, including:
KJM1101 – Generell kjemi KJM1111 – Organic Chemistry I KJM1121 – Inorganic Chemistry KJM1130 – Physical Chemistry I - Thermodynamics and Kinetics - 20 ECTS credits?within chemistry or material science at advanced undergraduate level (3000 level). The course FYS-KJM3506 – Nuclear methods and instrumentation?may also be included. If the course?KJM3900 – Radioactivity or its equivalent?is not included in your bachelor's degree, the course KJM4900 – Radioactivity?must be taken as part of the theoretical curriculum for the master's degree.
- 10 ECTS credits within?mathematics
- 10 ECTS credits within?physics
Transitional arrangement for applicants that fulfil former admission requirements
If you have the specialisation required for admission to the programme option Atmospheric Chemistry and Nuclear Chemistry in the autumn of 2025, you will qualify for admission to this programme option up until and including the autumn of 2027.
Further documentation for this program
If you have completed studies/courses outside the University of Oslo, you must upload?course descriptions. The course names and codes on the course descriptions must match the transcript of records.
Ranking of applicants
Applicants are ranked according to their grade average in the required specialisation. If an applicant has more than 80 ECTS credits in the required specialisation, the 80 ECTS credits with the highest grades will form the grade average.