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Country list with admission requirements for international applicants to Master’s degree
programmes taught in English at the University of Oslo 2010-2011
International applicants to Master’s degree programmes taught in English at the University of Oslo
must meet a minimum educational requirement (column 2 below) as well as English proficiency
requirement (column 3 below).
Proficiency in English must be documented by one of the two internationally recognised tests, TOEFL
or IELTS with the minimum test scores:
The TOEFL code number for the University of Oslo is 0756. Applicants must themselves arrange for
the test result to be sent to the University of Oslo.
IELTS - International English Language Testing Service (academic) test with a minimum score of 6.0.
University education must be from a recognised institution. Note regarding column 3 “English test
required?”: “Yes” means applicants must pass a required English test irrespective of previous
education. “No” means applicants are exempted from taking an English test on the condition that
they can document education as described in column 2 of the table below. Other exemptions are
listed on page 13.
Country Educational requirement for admissions to Master’s degree English test
programmes at the University of Oslo required?
AFGHANISTAN Baccalauria (Secondary School Certificate) + 4 years university Yes
education
ALBANIA Dëftëse Pjekurie + 3 years university education Yes
ALGERIA Diplôme de Bachelier de l' Enseignement de Second Degré + 4 Yes
years university education
ANGOLA Habilitações Literárias + 4 years university education Yes
or 2-3 years pre-university education (Certificado de Estudos Pré-
Universitários) + 4 years university education
ARGENTINA Bachiller (con orientación....) + 4 years university education Yes
ARMENIA Hasunutian vkaiakan (Attestat) + 5 years university education Yes
or Atestat midzinakarg krtoitjan + 5 years university education
AUSTRALIA, Year 12 Certificate with Tertiary Entrance Statement + 3 years No
Australian university education
Capital
Territory
AUSTRALIA, Higher School Certificate (HSC) with Tertiary Entrance Rank + 3 No
New South years university education
Wales
AUSTRALIA, South Australian Certificate of Education - Northern Territory (Year No
Northern 12) with Higher Education Entrance Score + 3 years university
Territory education
AUSTRALIA, Student Education Profile (Queensland Senior Certificate + Tertiary No
Queensland Entrance Statement) + 3 years university education
AUSTRALIA, 1984-1992: Year 12 Certificate of Achievement + 3 years university No
South Australia education
or 1993: South Australian Certificate of Education + 3 years
university education
AUSTRALIA, Until 1993: Higher School Certificate + 3 years university education No
Tasmania or from 1990: Tasmanian Certificate of Education + 3 years
university education
AUSTRALIA, 1970-86: Higher School Certificate + 3 years university education No
Victoria or 1987-91: Victorian Certificate of Education + 3 years university
education
or 1992: Victorian Certificate of Education (new structure) + 3
years university education
AUSTRALIA, 1977-1996: Certificate of Secondary Education with Tertiary No
Western Admissions Examination + 3 years university education
Australia or 1997: Western Australian Certificate of Education with Tertiary
Entrance Examination + 3 years university education
AUSTRIA Reifeprüfung + 3 years university education Yes
AZERBAIJAN Orta Tahsil Haqqinda Attestat + 4 years university education Yes
or Diplom + 4 years university education
or Svidetelstvo o Srednem Obrazovanii + 4 years university
education
BAHAMAS 3 University of London GCE A-levels + 3 years university education No
BAHRAIN Tawjahiya (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) + 4 years Yes
university education
BANGLADESH Higher Secondary Certificate + 4 years university education Yes
BARBADOS University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, UCLES, with No
3 GCE A-levels + 3 years university education
BELARUS Svidetelstvo o Srednem Obrazovanii + 4 years university education Yes
or Diplom o Srednem Spetsialnom Obrazovanii + 4 years university
education
BELGIUM, Getuigschrift van Hoger Secundair Onderwijs + 3 years university Yes
Flemish- education
speaking or Diploma van Secundair Onderwijs + 3 years university education
BELGIUM, Certificat d'Enseignement Secondaire Supérieur + 3 years Yes
French- university education
speaking
BENIN Diplôme de Bachelier de l' Enseignement Moyen Général (1984- Yes
1991) + 3 years university education
or Diplôme de Bachellier de l' Enseignement de Second Degré
(1991-) + 3 years university education
or Baccalauréat de l'Enseignement Secondaire + 3 years university
education
BHUTAN Indian School Certificate + 4 years university education with Yes
Second Division or better (50 % or better)
BOLIVIA Bachiller en Humanidades + 4 years university education Yes
BOSNIA AND Svjedocanstvo/Svjedozba/O Zavrsnom Ispitu + 3 years university Yes
HERZEGOVINA education
or Svjedocanstvo/Svjedozba/O Zavrsnom Obrazovanju + 3 years
university education
BOTSWANA Cambridge Higher Overseas School Certificate with 3 GCE A-levels + No
3 years university education
or Cambridge Overseas School Certificate + 4 years university
education
or Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) +
4 years university education
BRAZIL Before 1996: Certificado de Conclusão de 2 Grau + 4 years Yes
university education.
From 1996: Certificado de Ensino Médio + 4 years university
education
BRUNEI Brunei/Cambridge GCE A-level with 3 A-levels + 3 years university Yes
education
or Brunei Matriculation Examination Certificate + 3 years university
education
BULGARIA Diploma za Zavarsheno Sredno Obrazovanie/DZSO + 3 years Yes
university education
or Diploma za Sredno Obrazovanie + 3 years university education
or before 1974: Zrelostno Svidetelstvo or from 1994: Svidetelstvo
za zrelost + 3 years university education
BURKINA FASO Diplôme de Bachelier de l'Enseignement de Second Degré + 1 year Yes
university education
BURMA High School, Academic Stream + 6 years university education Yes
(MYANMAR)
BURUNDI Diplôme d'Etat (1999-) + 3 years university education Yes
or Diplôme des Humanités Complétes + 3 years university
education
CAMBODIA Attestation de Fin d'Etudes Secondaires de l'Enseignement Général Yes
+ 5 years university education
CAMEROON, Cameroon GCE Advanced Level Examination with 3 GCE A-levels + No
English- 3 years university education
speaking or Baccalaureat from francophone Cameroon + 3 years university
education
CAMEROON, Diplôme de Bachelier de l'Enseignement du Second Degré + 3 years Yes
French- university education
speaking or Baccalauréat (l'Enseignement Secondaire) + 3 years university
education
or Cameroon GCE Advanced from anglophone Cameroon + 3 years
university education
CANADA, General High School Diploma + 3 years university education No
Alberta or Advanced High School Diploma + 3 years university education
CANADA, Secondary School Diploma + 3 years university education No
British or Senior Secondary Graduation Diploma (Dogwood Diploma) + 3
Columbia years university education
CANADA, High School Graduation Diploma + 3 years university education No
Manitoba
CANADA, New High School Graduation Diploma + 3 years university education No
Brunswick or Diplôme de Fin d'Etudes Secondaires + 3 years university
education
CANADA, High School Graduation Diploma + 3 years university education No
Newfoundland
CANADA, High School Graduation Diploma + 3 years university education No
Northwest
Territories
CANADA, Ontario Secondary School Graduation Diploma + 3 years university No
Ontario education
or Secondary School Graduation Diploma (SSGD) + 3 years
university education
or Secondary School Honours Graduation Diploma (SSHGD) + 3
years university education
CANADA, Diplôme d'Etudes Collegiales (DEC) + 3 years university education No
Quebec
CANADA, Secondary School Diploma + 3 years university education No
Saskatchewan
CANADA, Yukon Secondary School Diploma + 3 years university education No
CAPE VERDE Before 1987: Curso Complementar dos Liceus / Curso Yes
Complementar do Ensino Técnico + 3 years university education
After 1987: Curso Complementar do Ensino Secundário + 3 years
university education
CENTRAL Baccalauréat or Baccalauréat de l'Enseignement du Second Degré + Yes
AFRICAN 3 years university education
REPUBLIC
CHAD Baccalauréat or Diplôme de Bachelier de l'Enseignement de Second Yes
Degré + 3 years university education
CHILE Licencia de Educación Media + 4 years university education Yes
CHINA (UNTIL School leaving certificate + 5 years university education Yes
1966)
CHINA (1966 - Cultural revolution - no diplomas issued Yes
1977)
CHINA (AFTER School leaving certificate + 4 years university education Yes
1977)
COLOMBIA Bachillerato/Diploma de Bachiller + 4 years university education Yes
CONGO, Baccalauréat de l'Enseignement de Second Degré, Enseignement Yes
REPUBLIC OF Général + 3 years university education
THE (FORMERLY
CONGO-
BRAZZAVILLE)
CONGO, THE Diplôme d' Etat d' Etudes Secondaires de Cycle Long + 4 years Yes
DEMOCRATIC university education
REPUBLIC OF
THE (formerly
ZAIRE)
COSTA RICA Diploma de Conclusion de Estudios de Educación Diversificado + 4 Yes
years university education
CÔTE D'IVOIRE Diplôme de Bachelier de l'Enseignement de Second Degré + 3 years Yes
university education
CROATIA Svjedodzba o Zavrsenom Srednjem Obrazovanju + 3 years Yes
university education
or Svjedodzba o Zavrsnom Ispitu + 3 years university education
or Svjedodzba o Zavrsnom Ispitu-Maturit or Maturalna Svjedozba +
3 years university education
CUBA Certificado de Fin de estudios Secundarios/Bachillerato + 4 years Yes
university education
CYPRUS Lykeio Apolytirion + 3 years university education Yes
(GREEK)
CYPRUS Lise (Bitirme) Diplomasi + 4 years university education Yes
(TURKISH)
CZECH Vysvedceni o maturitni zkousce - Gymnasium + 3 years university Yes
REPUBLIC education
or Vysvedceni o maturitni zkousce - Stredni Odborna Skola + 3
years university education
or Vysvedceni o maturitni zkousce - Sterdni prumuslova skola + 3
years university education
or Vysvedceni o maturitni zkousce - Obhodni akademie + 3 years
university education
or Vysvedceni o maturitni zkousce konzervator + 3 years university
education
DJIBOUTI L'Enseignement Secondaire + 4 years university education Yes
DOMINICAN Bachillerato + 4 years university education Yes
REPUBLIC
ECUADOR Bachillerato + 4 years university education Yes
EGYPT Thanaweya A'ama (General Secondary School Certificate) + 4 years Yes
university education
EL SALVADOR Bachillerato + 4 years university education Yes
ENGLAND AND General Certificate of Education (with examination in 5 subjects No
WALES where at least 2 are A-levels, alternatively 1 A-level + 2 AS or 4 AS
(Advanced Supplementary level)) + 3 years university education
ERITREA Eritrean Secondary Education Certificate Examination (ESECE) + 4 Yes
years higher education
ESTONIA Gumnaasiumi (or Keskkooli) Loputunnistus + 3 years university Yes
education
ETHIOPIA 12 years (Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination) + 4 Yes, but
years university education applicants
or 12 years (Ethiopian School Leaving Certificate Examination with
(ESLCE) before ca 2002 ) + 4 years university education Bachelor
degree
taught in
English are
exempted.
FIJI Form VII Examination or Foundation Year from University of the No
South Pacific + 3 years university education
FRANCE Diplôme de Baccalauréat Général (after 1995) in the following Yes
streams: Economique et Sociale, Littéraire og Scientifique or
Diplôme de Baccalauréat de l'Enseignement du Second Degré
(1986-94) + 3 years university education
or Diplôme de Bachelier de l'Enseignement du Second Degré (until
1985) + 3 years university education
or Diplôme de Baccalauréat Technologique (from 1986) + 3 years
university education
GABON Diplôme de Bachelier de l' Enseignement de Second Degré + 4 Yes
years university education
GAMBIA West African Examinations Council Higher School Certificate No
(WAHSC) GCE A-level with 3 A-levels + 3 years university education
or West African Examinations Council School Certificate (WASC)
GCE O-level + 4 years university education
or West African Secondary School-leaving Certificate Examinations
(WASSCE) after 2002 + 4 years university education
1. Students who have completed a minimum of one year's university studies in academic
subjects in UK, USA, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia.
2. Students who have completed a minimum of one year of Master's degree studies with English
as a language of instruction in one of the Nordic countries
3. Students who have completed a Bachelor degree with English as a language of instruction in
one of the Nordic countries.
4. Students who have a degree in English language and/or literature.
5. Students with International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma.
6. Students who have passed University of Cambridge exams with a grade B or better or Advanced
Placement International English Language examination (APIEL) with a minimum of 4 points.