Admission
Admission takes place during the spring semester every year, and the MSc program in Sustainable Energy Logistics starts in the middle of August. The program is open for both Norwegian and international applicants who fulfil all the admission requirements, and where applicants from countries outside EU/EEA and Switzerland must document a minimum of NOK 137 907 per academic year to cover their own living expenses for their planned MSc studies. Admitted international students from countries outside EU/EEA and Switzerland will be requested to transfer a minimum of NOK 137 907 to our Deposit Account for International Students within a deadline first stated in the letter of admission. Applicants from these countries must also document the same amount when they forward their online application for admission. In addition, admitted students from these countries will need to pay full tuition fee of NOK 197 000 for the first academic year (2024/2025). For further information see under “Application Procedures”.
All admitted students have to pay a minor semester fee of NOK 745 per semester.
Applicants should have completed a recognized bachelor’s degree equivalent to a minimum of 180 ECTS credits within relevant academic areas: Logistics, Economics, Business Administration, Petroleum Logistics, Oil and Gas Logistics, Applied Geosciences, or relevant Engineering disciplines like e.g. Petroleum Engineering, Oil and Gas Engineering, and Industrial Engineering. Academic areas like Optimization, Operation Management/ Research, Mathematics, Mathematical Modelling, Information Technology/ Computer Science are also relevant.
Admission to the international MSc programs at HiMolde is highly competitive when it comes to grades. Applicants should preferably have an average grade of First Class/First Division or Second Class Upper Division or equivalent grades from their recognized bachelor’s degree/ or from a combination of their bachelor’s and master’s degrees to be considered for admission. Applicants who have completed only a HND (Higher National Diploma) or similar Diploma/Advanced Diploma Educations do not qualify to apply for admission.
International applicants from some countries will be required to fulfil the formal English language requirements by completing a recognized English test with a sufficient score result: (TOEFL (ITB): minimum score of 79, TOEFL (Computer based test): minimum score of 213 or TOEFL (Paper based test):minimum score of 550, IELTS: Minimum score of 6.0 or Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) with a minimum score of 53. For further information about the admission requirements for different countries, please see the information under application procedures and the country list.
Application deadlines:
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15 January 2024: International applicants who are citizens of a country outside EU/EEA and Switzerland, including applicants applying directly from abroad and applicants who have a temporary residence permit in Norway.
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15 April 2024: Applicants who are citizens of Norway or a country within Norden (Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Iceland). Applicants who are citizens of a country within EU/EEA and Switzerland, and applicants who have a permanent residence permit in Norway.
Administrative Contact Person International applicants:
Ragnhild Brakstad, Senior Adviser/International Coordinator MSc studies
email:ragnhild.brakstad@himolde.no
Phone: +47 71 21 41 08