Supplementary regulations regarding admission: Information and Communication Technology, master’s programme

General admission criteria to master’s programmes are given in Regulations concerning Requirements for the Master’s Degrees, established by the Ministry of Education and Research. The general requirement is completed bachelor’s degree, cand.mag.-degree, or other degree or vocational education with a scope of minimum 3 years’ duration.

Further regulations concerning admission are given in Regulations concerning admission to programmes and courses at the University of Agder. 

Adopted by the Academic Affairs Committee 6 October 2017. Revised by the Academic Affairs Committee 5 December 2018.

1. Academic basis
General academic basis is a completed and passed three–year Bachelor’s programme in Engineering, based on the National framework plan. Furthermore, the following requirements, that partly go beyond the requirements of the National Curriculum, have to be met:

• At least 25 credits in relevant mathematics
• At least 5 credits in statistics
• At least 7,5 credits in Physics

Specific requirements regarding the academic basis for the programme option Information Technology: Education within the subject areas Data or Electronics. The requirement that there be a relevant basis in mathematics is satisfied through mathematics equivalent to obligatory mathematics and one of the elective courses, Discrete Mathematics or Mathematics 3 within UiA’s engineering programmes.

Specific requirements regarding the academic basis for the programme option communication Technology: Education within the subject areas Data, Electronics, Renewable Energy, or Mechatronics. For applicants with backgrounds from renewable energy, it is a requirement that Control Engineering forms a part of the admissions basis. For applicants with backgrounds in Mechatronics, the requirement is that Embedded Computer Systems forms a part of the admissions basis. The requirement for a relevant basis in mathematics is satisfied through mathematics equivalent to obligatory mathematics and the elective course Mathematics 3 within UiA’s engineering programmes.

Applicants with an equivalent education within technology and science, and who meet the requirements above, may also be admitted to the programme.

2. Minimum grade requirements
A weighted, average grade of C or better is required, see Regulations concerning admission to programmes and courses at the University of Agder, § 24. The grade requirement is calculated from all the grades included in the bachelor’s degree.

3. Ranking of applicants
Weighted grade average is calculated from all the grades included in the bachelor’s degree. Ranking of applicants is done according to Regulations concerning admission to programmes and courses at the University of Agder § 25

4. Conditional offer of admission
Conditional offer of admission may be given to applicants who lack no more than 15 credits of the admission requirements if the criteria stated in the Regulations concerning admission to programmes and courses at the University of Agder § 26 are met.