Admission
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Available places
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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 90 ECTS credits?where the?following,?or equivalent, courses are included:
MAT1105 – Linear algebra and numerical methods ?or?MAT-INF1100 – Modelling and Computations (discontinued)MAT1110 – Calculus and Linear Algebra MAT1125 – Advanced linear algebra ?or?MAT1120 – Linear AlgebraSTK1100 – Probability and Statistical Modelling MAT2100 – Elementary Real Analysis ?or?MAT2400 – Real AnalysisIN1900 – Introduction to Programming with Scientific Applications ?or?IN1000 – Introduction to Object-oriented ProgrammingIN1910 – Programming with Scientific Applications ?or?IN1010 – Object-oriented Programming- Two of the following courses:
MAT3100 – Linear optimization MAT3110 – Introduction to Numerical Analysis MAT3360 – Introduction to Partial Differential Equations MAT3440 – Dynamical systems IN3110 – Problem Solving with High-Level Languages (discontinued) STK2130 – Modelling by Stochastic Processes STK3405 – Introduction to Risk and Reliability Analysis
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 90 ECTS credits in the required specialisation, the 90 ECTS credits with the highest grades will form the grade average.