OslEconomicsUniversity of Oslo · Oslo, Norway

Program Overview

Dates and tuition are specific to the 2027 intake

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Course descriptions

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List of Academic qualifications

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Official transcript(s)

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Academic: Bachelor's degree with Norwegian C grade average; Comparable to a Norwegian bachelor's degree with minimum grade average C (generally similar to US B or UK upper second). Foreign grades individually evaluated; no conversion tables.
Prerequisites: Coursework prerequisites; 90 ECTS in economics and quantitative subjects: ≥15 ECTS microeconomics, ≥15 ECTS macroeconomics, ≥7.5 ECTS mathematics, ≥7.5 ECTS statistics/quantitative methods, plus 30 ECTS additional economics. Auditing, marketing, or management courses do not count as economics.
GMAT: Accepted alternative · 565; GMAT Focus Edition ≥565 or GMAT 10th edition ≥600. Alternative to GRE. Exempt if ≥30 ECTS economics and/or mathematics from EU/EEA/Switzerland.
GRE: 152+ Quantitative; GRE Revised General Test; only Quantitative Reasoning reviewed. Valid five years. Exempt if ≥30 ECTS economics and/or mathematics from EU/EEA/Switzerland. UiO institution code 0756.
IELTS: 6.5 overall (6.5 each component); IELTS Academic or IELTS Online. IELTS One Skill Retake not accepted.