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Admission

The MSc programme in Sustainable Transport and Urban Mobility is open for both Norwegian and international applicants who fulfil the admission requirements.

Academic requirements:

Applicants must have completed a bachelor’s degree, or a combination of a bachelor’s and master’s degree, equivalent to a minimum of 180 ECTS credits within relevant academic areas:

• Transport, Logistics, Engineering (Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or other relevant engineering degree), Urban and/or Regional Planning, Economics and Business Administration. 

• Academic areas like Optimisation, Operations Management/Research, Mathematics, Mathematical Modelling, Information Technology, Architecture and Computer Science are also relevant.

• In addition, we will consider applicants with a background in relevant social sciences if they have minimum 7,5 ECTS or equivalent in Statistics and/or Mathematics. Some knowledge of basic microeconomics is helpful though not essential.

Applicants should have an average grade equivalent to a Norwegian grade C in the ECTS grading system. Preferably First Class/First Division, Second Class Upper Division or equivalent grades like a CGPA of 3.0 of 4.0.

Applicants who have completed only a HND (Higher National Diploma) or similar Diploma/Advanced Diploma Educations do not qualify for admission.

Financial requirements:

Admitted students from countries outside EU/EEA and Switzerland will be required to transfer a minimum of NOK 137 907 to our Deposit Account for International Students, and NOK 197 000 in tuition fee for the first academic year of the degree programme (unless they are found to qualify for an exemption), within a deadline first stated in the letter of admission.

All admitted students must pay a minor semester fee of NOK 745 per semester.

English language requirements:

International applicants from some countries will be required to complete a recognised English test with a sufficient score result:

• TOEFL iBT: minimum total score of 79

• IELTS Academic: minimum overall band score of 6.0

• PTE Academic - Pearson Test of English Academic: minimum score of 53.

For full information about the English language requirements for different countries, please see the information under application procedures and the the country list.

Application deadlines:

• 15 January 2024
  Applicants who are citizens of a country outside EU/EEA and Switzerland or have a temporary residence permit in Norway.

• 15 April 2024
  Applicants who are citizens of a country within EU/EEA and Switzerland or have a permanent residence permit in Norway.
  

Administrative contact person:

Advisor Odd Arne Eidem

E-mail: odd.a.eidem@himolde.no