Application procedure for Nordic citizens and applicants residing in Norway

You must have obtained a bachelor's degree or equivalent.  Find specific requirements for your home country in our country list. 

Your degree must include courses equalling at least 80 ECTS (approximately 1.5 years of full-time studies) in a subject relevant to the programme you apply for. Please find detailed information in the program descriptions.

• You must have obtained a minimum average grade of Norwegian grade C or the equivalent, to compete for admission. The Norwegian grade C equals to the grade C in the ECTS system or to the US grade B. 
• Please note that meeting the minimum average grade requirement does not guarantee admission, since the admission process is competitive. 

• For admission to master's programmes taught in Norwegian, you must document both Norwegian and English language proficiency.
• For admission to master's programmes taught in English, you must only document English language proficiency. 

Check the specific requirements for the master's programmes you will apply for in the programme descriptions. 

• Applicants residing in Norway: Apply on Søknadsweb using your Norwegian ID number. If you do not have a Norwegian ID-number, you must contact your local tax office to apply for one. You will find more information regarding how to apply Norwegian identification numbers on the Nordic Co-operation website If you do not receive your ID number in time to apply, please contact us by submitting a query to the admission's office.  
• Nordic citizens: Apply on Søknadsweb following the instructions for "international applicants", using your e-mail address and creating a password.

• You are responsible for uploading all the required documents within the deadline. 
• Applications with no supporting documents will be rejected. 
• Refrain from uploading more documents than required. 
• Give your documents simple and logical names (bachelor transcript, bachelor diploma, IELTS, etc.) 

• You can apply for a maximum of 2 master's programmes at Søknadsweb. These will be in a prioritised order. 
• You can change your priority until 1 July (or 1 December for the spring admission) 
• If you are offered admission to the programme with the highest priority, the other programmes will automatically be disregarded. 

1. Secondary school certificate.
2. University degree certificate(s)/diploma(s), including a diploma supplement or grading scale explanation (all pages).
3. Transcript of records (an official statement listing courses/subjects you have completed at your university).
4. Course descriptions and syllabi for all relevant courses.
5. Documentation of English language proficiency.
6. Copy of your passport or picture ID showing full name, date of birth and gender, if you are not applying with a Norwegian ID number.
7. Check if the master's programme you wish to apply for has any additional requirements. Note specifically that the master's programme in English has a higher English requirement.
8. Documentation of eligibility for an early response, if applicable. This can be a work contract, certificate from the tax office of your business, doctor's certificate, etc. 

We require all documents to be scanned from original documentation. 

If the original language of your documents is not English or a Scandinavian language, officially certified copies of a translation to one of these languages must accompany certified copies of your documents in the original language. 

Documents must be uploaded as PDF files of good quality. 

You may be asked to hand in your original documents at the start of your first semester at UiB, for a routine inspection. Students that can't present approved documentation may loose their right to study at UiB. 

 You can apply for an early response if you: 

• Will have to resign from a job to which you are required to give at least two months' notice, or you will have to apply for study leave. 
• Are self-employed and will need to liquidate your business. 
• Will have to move with your family and this means that you must resign from your job and your kids must change schools or kindergarten. 
• Will need UiB to make arrangements to accommodate special needs (dyslexia not included). 
• Will need to apply for a study permit/renew your residence permit 

You must be qualified for a master’s programme to get an early response: 

• You must meet the necessary admission requirements within 1 March to qualify for an early response. If you complete your bachelor's degree (or any other education relevant for the admission) after 1 March, you will not qualify for an early response. 
• In addition, you must have an average grade score that would have placed you in the top half among the admitted applicants to the master's programme last year. Typically, you cannot receive an early response if we are unable to calculate your average grade score. 

Not all master's programmes can provide an early reply. New master's programmes have no previous score threshold to compare applicants against. Therefore, you typically will not receive early responses for new master's programs. 

If your reason for applying for an early reply is not approved or your average grade is not high enough to compete with the other applicants eligible for an early reply, your application will be processed in the regular admission cycle.