Programme structure for students starting in autumn 2026
In the first and second semester, all students will have mandatory courses with a total of 40 ECTS. You will complete an internship within a research?project (internally at the Department or with an external research- collaborator)?throughout the first two semesters.?You can read more about the internship on this webpage.?You will also?choose 20?ECTS?electives?in the first?and second semester.
In the third and fourth semester, you will be writing your master thesis under supervision. There will be activities like research seminars and writing seminars in these two semesters, in addition to individual supervision.
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Elective courses
1. semester (10 ECTS in the autumn semester):
- PSY4303B – Vision and the Brain?(5 ECTS)
- PSY4313 – Music Cognition?(5 ECTS)
- PSY4314 – Research communication in cognitive neuroscience?(5 ECTS)
2. semester (10 ECTS in the spring semester):
- PSY4316 – Visual curiosity and Learning?(5 ECTS)
- PSY4206 – Language Acquisition?(5 ECTS)
- PSY4312 – Cognitive Control in Action?(5 ECTS)
- PSY4311 – Peer reviewing and open science practices?(5 ECTS) - Not offered in the spring 2026
- PSY4301B – Decisions, judgments, and social cognition?(5 ECTS) - Not offered in the spring 2026
PSY4315 – Rettspsykologi ?(10 ECTS) - Course offered only in Norwegian?
Programme structure for students who started in 2024 and 2025
Discover Your Future
Through the master's degree, you will be offered a complete programme to make it easier for you to discover your opportunities along the way and to make way for good choices later. Discover your future consists of four courses, one for each semester of the master's degree. The courses consist of a combination of four e-learning modules in Canvas, which you can take as you see fit, as well as some physical workshops where you get the opportunity to work on the various topics.?Read more
Honours certificate
Are you academically ambitious? It is possible to supplement your master`s degree with an?honours certificate?worth 20 credits. You take the certificate concurrently with the masters`degree.?
Study quality
Information about?Study Quality at the Department of Psychology?can be found here.