EU/EEA applicants

It is not possible to apply for singular courses at bachelor's level without Norwegian language proficiency. 

For PhD courses see further down on the page.

Singular courses at master's level.

How to apply: 
You apply through UiT's application website. Use the application code 9371- Singular courses at master's level.
You must submit the course code (i.e. PSY-3001) in the comments field of your application. 

Access to a singular course is only given a semester at a time. You have to apply again for each semester you want to take a singular course at master's level.

Admission requirements:
Singular courses at master's level have the same admission requirements as the masterprogramme they belong to. You have to document that you meet the bachelor requirement, the special admission requirements, and the minimum grade requirement. 

Please note: The University does not offer letters of admission for visa seeking applicants to singular courses. Singular courses will not be sufficient to apply for a student visa. This letter will only be sent to our programme students. 

Not all singular courses are available for non-programme students. Information regarding availability can be found on the individual course pages here.

Application deadline:
Autumn semester: 20th of July to August 9th
Spring semester: November 1st to January 6th

Singular courses at PhD level.

How to apply:
You apply through UiT's application website. Use the application code 9301 - Singular courses at PhD level.
You must submit the course code (i.e. HEL-8040) in the comments field of your application. 

For access restricted courses:
Some courses are access restricted, these courses must be applied for again in Studentweb, after you have been admitted. The student right you receive does not automatically grant you access to restricted courses.

Courses with special admission requirements:
Contact the faculty the course belongs to in order to be assessed.

Who has to apply for admission?

• PhD students from other institutions than UiT. You must document your PhD-status with a written confirmation from your institution.
• Applicants with citizenship other than Norwegian, must also upload a copy of their passport.
• Applicants that have a master's degree but aren't PhD students.
• You must upload diploma supplement (if one was issued), transcript of records, and documentation of English requirements. 
• Applicants with citizenship other than Norwegian, must also upload a copy of their passport.
• PhD students at UiT that wish to take a PhD level course which is not going to be a part of their PhD degree.
  
  

Please note: The University does not offer letters of admission for visa seeking applicants to singular courses. Singular courses will not be sufficient to apply for a student visa.

Application deadline:
August 9th for the autumn semester (applications open 20th July)
January 6th for the spring semester

Bachelor level
UiT currently does not offer any bachelor programmes taught in English.

We do offer two one-year study programmes taught in English. See our one-year programmes for international applicants here.

Master level
UiT offers around 27 master's programmes taught in English. Many of the science programmes offer different specializations. See our list of master programmes for international applicants here.

All applicants must download and fill in our Enclosure Form. When the form is filled in and scanned, the form must be uploaded in the application portal together with the other required documents. 

Higher Education Entrance Qualification is the general basis for admission to universities and university colleges in Norway.
For applicants with foreign basic education, the requirements for secondary school education, English proficiency and/or additional year(s) of higher education are specified in the Country list (GSU-list).

This admission requirement is absolute if you are applying for a short programme or a bachelor's degree.

Scan and upload your official certificate/diploma and transcripts documenting that you have completed your upper secondary education. Upload the original documents together with the translated versions.

Official documents issued in a different language than English or Scandinavian language must be translated into Norwegian or English.

Upload the original documents together with the translated versions. Name the PDF "Secondary".

See the general requirements here.

UiT follows the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills requirements for English language proficiency. The general basis for admission to universities and university colleges in Norway is called Higher Education Entrance Qualification. For applicants with foreign education, the requirements are specified in the GSU-list.

Entrance requirement for admission to higher education consists of education requirements, and language proficiency requirements in English and Norwegian. Applicants applying in the EU/EEA admission are exempt from the Norwegian language requirement.

UiT offers no preparatory courses in English.

The requirements listed on this page are the minimum requirements, note that some programmes may have higher requirements which can be seen on the page for the specific programme.

Below are English tests UiT accept:

The tests must be verifiable. Test results are removed from the test providers database after some time, depending on which test you have taken. If we cannot verify a test because it is too old you have to take a new test. Tests that UiT have approved in previous admissions are still approved and they do not need to be verified again.

• TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language):
• Internet based (TOEFL iBT  / TOEFL iBT Home Edition) with a minimum Total Score of 4.5
• Internet based (TOEFL iBT  / TOEFL iBT Home Edition) with a minimum Total Score of 85
• Paper-based test (PBT) with a minimum Total Score of 550
• We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score 

• IELTS (International English Language Testing System): 
• IELTS Academic with a minimum Overall Band Score of 6.5 points
• We do not accept IELTS Online
• Pearson PTE:
• PTE Academic Online with a minimum Overall Score of 62 points
• Pearson Test of English Academic with a minimum Overall Score of 62 points
• Cambridge Assessment English exam: 
  • C2 Proficiency with a minimum of C or better
  • Formerly known as Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE)
  • C1 Advanced with a minimum of C or better
  • Fromerly known as Certificate in Advanced English (CAE)
  • B2 First with a minimum of B or better
  • Formerly known as First (FCE)
• University of Michigan, Michigan Language Assessment: 
  • Examination for the Certificate of Competency in English (ECCE)

In the GSU-list you will find information on whether your Secondary School can cover the English language requirements.

• If the country you completed secondary school in is listed as "No", you do not need to take a test. You still have to upload the diploma and transcript of records for completed secondary school.
• If the country you completed secondary school in is listed as "Yes" and "aditional information about language requirements" you do not need to take a test. You still have to upload the documents stated under "Aditional information about language requirements".
• If the country you completed secondary school in is listed as only "Yes", you need to take one of the test mentioned above, unless you can meet the requirement through another exemption listed below. 
• Minimum grade 4 in English at Norwegian upper secondary school (140 hours)

Higher education:

• Completed a minimum of one year university studies (60 ECTS) taught in English in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Great Britain or USA. Note that the degree must have been physically taught in one of these countries and the language of instruction must have been English. Letters of Medium of Instruction issued by your institution will therefore not be sufficient if the degree was not taught in one of the countries listed above.
• Completed bachelor's degree or minimum 60 ECTS at master's level where medium of instruction is English, and the education was physically taught in an EU/EEA country.
• Completed bachelor's degree in English Language and/or Literature.
• Completed a master's degree where the language of instruction was English.
• Please note: Applicants with a completed degree from China, Bangladesh, Iran, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Myanmar and Sri Lanka must document English with a test regardless of medium of instruction in the degree. 
• Applicants from the countries listed above, who have completed a degree where the subject English (for example, a full degree in English language and literature) is the main component of the course of study (at least 60 ECTS), can be exempted.

We reserve the right to request further documentation regarding the English language requirement.

UiT does not offer preparatory courses in English.

Please upload one of the following:

• Valid international passport. The date of expiry must be later than the date of the application deadline.
• National identity card issued by an EEA or EFTA country
• Norwegian refugee travel document
• Norwegian immigrant’s passport

The uploaded ID document must be scanned/photographed from the page of the document that contains your full name, date of birth, and has a photograph of you.

If you are completing your current degree after the application deadline and do not need a visa to come to Norway, you may be granted conditional admission to master's degree programmes according to Regulations concerning admission to UiT The Arctic University of Norway section 14. Conditional admission cannot be granted to programmes with competition for the available spots.

Upload the following documentation within the application deadline:

• Your completed higher education up until the application deadline for your programme documented by a transcript of records
• An overview of courses you have registered for the last semester and when they are expected to be completed. Course description for these courses must also be uploaded.

Your Bachelor's Diploma and a complete transcript of record must be submitted as soon as possible, at the latest by the end of the first semester as a student. You hand in your degree and transcript via this link: contact admission.

Please note that other documents supporting your application must be submitted by the application deadline.

Bachelor degree diploma or equivalent

In order to be eligible for master programmes at UiT, you need to document a bachelor degree of minimum three years. Depending on where you completed upper secondary education, you may be required to have more than three years of university education to be eligible for admission. Please see the GSU list.

You must scan and upload your official bachelor degree certificate and transcript. Also include transcripts for exchange semesters or transfer credits. Course description for relevant courses must be uploaded together with the transcript of records.

Official documents issued in a different language than English or a Scandinavian language must be translated into Norwegian or English. Upload the original documents together with the translated versions.

We use World Higher Education Database – WHED to search online whether the applicant's education is taken at an accredited institution of higher education.

For more information about general recognition of foreign education in Norway, please see Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills’s criteria for general recognition of foreign higher education.

UiT uses the ECTS scale when calculating your average grade. 

Information regarding the ECTS credit system can be found here.
Information regarding the ECTS grading scale can be found here.

Degrees using the ECTS grading scale will be calulated with a weighted average, where a grade counts for more towards the average if the course has more credits.

For degrees using a grading scale that is not identical to that used at UiT, the applicant must be ranked on the basis of a discretionary assessment. We have internal guidelines for how to calculate such averages. Internal guidelines and the average grade will not be available for applicants. This assessment is only based on academic results, and other documentation will not be taken into consideration.

The minimum grade requirement for acceptance to most of UiT’s master programmes is an average grade of at least C (2,5). Note that some programmes do not have a grade requirement, and some require a hightened C (3,0). To see the average grade requirement for a programme see “Admission requirements” on the programme's page.

Note that a CGPA of 2,5 or 3,0 is not equivalent to a 2,5 or 3,0 in the ECTS scale.