Application and admission

Requirements for admission

Master's Degree

For admission to the PhD programme in Economics, applicants must have completed a 2-year Master's degree in Economics or other equivalent courses of education that may be approved as being suitable. Applicants should have a strong background in economics and master the standard tools in mathematics (linear algebra, calculus, optimisation) and statistics (hypothesis testing, estimation).

 

GRE General Test

The Department will require that candidates with education from an institution outside the European economic area/the European Union or Switzerland submit the performance of a GRE General Test. The minimum test scores to be considered for a admission is 660 points on the Quantitative reasoning section and 500 points on the Verbal reasoning section. Submitted test results must not be older than five years.

 

Website for entrance tests at UofO

 

English skills

A good command of English is required of all applicants. International students must document their proficiency in English by taking one of the following internationally recognized tests:

TOEFL – Test of English as a Foreign Language. Applicants must obtain a minimum score of 550 (paper-based) or 80 (internet-based). The University’s code number for TOEFL is 0756. Please arrange to have your score sent directly to the Department.

IELTS – International English Language Testing Service (academic). Applicants must obtain a minimum score of 6.0.

Website for language tests at UofO

Submitting an application

(Applicants with external funding)

Application form in Norwegian 
Application form in English  

The application should be sent to postmottak@sv.uio.no (Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Oslo).  

The application deadline is March 1.

 

Applicants are also requested to submit:

• Postgraduate degree certificate
• Certificates related to other relevant schools/courses of study
• Project description of no more than 5-10 pages
• List of publications
• CV
• Research papers (incl. master's dissertation)

Funding

Applicants requring funding, can apply for scholarship (research fellowship)  from the Department of Economics.  For more details and application for the scholarships, please see here.

The application deadline is March 1.