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  • Approval of external courses/coursework

    Approval of external courses/coursework completed during your studies at NMBU

    Some students may complete external coursework during their studies at NMBU, for example summer school courses or other courses provided by an external institution. To be able to include the external coursework, you need to apply for an approval of external courses/coursework: Application for Approval of External Courses/Coursework.

    Approval of external courses/coursework completed prior to your admission at NMBU

    Some students may have previously completed coursework within their bachelor's degree that overlaps with mandatory coursework within their NMBU degree.

    Applying for an exemption from a mandatory course

    An exemption from a mandatory course within your NMBU degree may be granted if you are able to document previously completed coursework that overlap significantly with the course at NMBU. To be granted an exemption you will need to fill out the form for application for approval of external courses/coursework within your first study semester at NMBU: Application for Approval of External Courses/Coursework. If granted an exemption you will need to find a relevant replacement course at NMBU to fill the equivalent ECTS that the course originally counted for. A relevant replacement course must be approved by a Student Advisor.

    • Example:
    • You are granted exemption from a mandatory 10 ECTS course within your degree on the basis of a course from your bachelor's degree or other previously completed coursework. You then need to find a relevant replacement course to fill these 10 ECTS. The replacement course must be approved by a Student Advisor. See the study plan for your study programme for recommended elective courses.

    Applying for inclusion of an external course

    You may also apply for approval of an external course/coursework to be included in your education plan at NMBU, for example as a relevant elective course. A criterion for including this course/coursework is that the course is not part of your admission criteria (e.g. bachelor's degree). You may not apply for approval of external courses/coursework to include courses from your bachelor's degree and/or other courses that were the basis for your admission to the master's programme at NMBU.

    • Example:
    • Your admission criteria was your bachelor's degree. You also have other external courses not included in your bachelor's degree that are also not a part of your admission criteria to the master's degree at NMBU. You may then apply for approval of external course/coursework for this/these courses. Your application might be granted if the course/courses are not part of your admission criteria, or may be dismissed if they are part of your admission criteria for admission or if they are irrelevant for your master's degree.
  • Master's thesis at REALTEK

    On the web page Master's thesis at REALTEK, you will find everything you need to know about writing your master's thesis at REALTEK.

  • Student advising

    The Student Advisors at REALTEK can help you with questions about your courses, education plan/study plan or discuss personal and life circumstances that are affecting your studies.

    NB: We encourage all students to try and search for answers to their questions via the available NMBU web pages before contacting us. The answers to your questions may be just one web page away. Please see useful pages below.

    Useful pages

    Email:

    To ensure that your email reaches one of the Student Advisors, we encourage you to use the common email address for inquiries regarding student advising at REALTEK: studieveileder-realtek@nmbu.no

    Bookable student advising sessions

    • We offer bookable 30 minute student advising sessions at REALTEK, either in-person or online.
    • Click on the button below to access the booking page for study advising REALTEK. Please note that the page is in Norwegian. If you need to translate the page, you may use the translate option in your browser.
    • Differing opening hours: During public holidays (Christmas, Easter, Summer holidays in June/July etc.) the student advising sessions are closed.
    • No bookable sessions available? The service might be closed due to public holidays or all bookable sessions are already booked. Try again later, or send your inquiry by email.
    Booking page for study advising REALTEK (page in Norwegian)

    Telephone

    For questions regarding academic matters (course registration, withdrawal from courses, semester registration, questions regarding admission, exchange office etc.) the Student Information Centre (SIT) can be reached by phone 67 23 01 11. You may also reach them by email sit@nmbu.no.

    The Student Advising Team at REALTEK:

  • Student associations

    All study programs at REALTEK has its own student association. The student associations are run by the students, and are important for the study environment, both academically and socially.
    Join one or more of the student associations at the Faculty of Science and Technology, or one of the others at NMBU - there are over 80 student associations in total!

    TeknikumThe umbrella association for the Faculty of Science and Technologyteknikum@nmbu.no
    AquariåsWater and environmental techniquepost@aquariaas.no
    AtlasGeomatics  (bachelor and master)post@atlasnmbu.no
    DataSciData Sciencedatasci@nmbu.no
    FagverketBuilding technique and architecturefagverket@nmbu.no
    Indøk NMBUIndustrial economyindok@indoknmbu.no
    La ståScience teacherlasta@nmbu.no
    MiljøfysikerneEnvironmental physics (bachelor and master)miljofysikerne@nmbu.no
    RobotnikRoboticsrobotnik@nmbu.no
    TannhjuletTechnology and product development
    (previously Machine,- process and product development)    		kontakt@tannhjuletnmbu.no
  • Group rooms and reading rooms

    We have many group study rooms and reading rooms at REALTEK. See how to book a room here.

    • Rules for using the reading rooms
      • Show consideration for other students. The sound on phones, laptops and etc. should be turned off at all times. It's not allowed to speak on the phone while you are in the room. If you're using a headset, please make sure the sound from your headset is inaudible for others.
      • Everyone must contribute to keeping the masters reading rooms clean and tidy. This includes cleaning kitchen areas and kitchen equipment after use.
      • At the end of the day everyone tidies up the desk they’ve used. Personal belongings should be put on shelves (where they are available) or in lockers. Someone else should be able to use your desk tomorrow.
      • Students with access to rooms with physical keys must return the keys at the end of the semester.

      Breaking the rules

      • If the rules are broken, the responsible student or all students using the reading room will be given a warning. The warning will be written and hung up on the door/put on the reading spot and sent via e-mail.
      • If you experience that some students don't follow the rules, you can report it to the study advisors on e-mail studieveileder-realtek@nmbu.no
  • Studying abroad

    While studying at NMBU, many of our students choose to take one or more semesters abroad. This is a great opportunity to get experience, try something new, and have fun.

    You'll find everything you need to know about studying abroad here. NMBU's student office has an exchange office, which works exclusively on helping exchange students and students who wish to study abroad. They can answer almost every question regarding studying abroad and the rules for traveling.

    Realtek's student advisers can answer questions regarding courses. We can help you evaluate the courses you have found and to fit your studies around an exchange period.

    • When and where to travel

      We recommend you start planning as early as possible. Which school do you want to go to? Which semester, or semesters, do you want to go? Book an appointment with the exchange office if you are unsure how to go ahead with the process.

      Before you go on an exchange, you must have passed 60 study points/ECTS. This means that your first opportunity to go is the first semester of your second year. Usually, students go in their third or fourth year. We do not recommend leaving for an exchange period in the semester before writing you master’s degree, because the preparations sometimes need you to be physically at NMBU. In addition, your study plan must have room for your exchange courses. If the only thing missing in your study plan is your master's thesis, your application for exchange will not be accepted. The same applies if you only have mandatory courses that none of the courses taught in the exchange school can replace.  

    • Courses at the exchange university

      When planning to study abroad for a semester, you need to make sure you follow the number of mandatory courses in that semester in your study plan. If you choose to go on exchange in a semester with many mandatory courses in your study plan, please be aware that it might be difficult finding suitable replacement courses at the exchange university. Therefore - as previously stated - start your planning early. Perhaps you are able to rearrange your study plan in order to free up some space for elective courses for your exchange period? Some courses are easier to find replacements for than others, and some schools limit the courses exchange students are allowed to register for. Many students choose to save up "basic" courses like statistics and economy for their exchange semester. Try to consider studying abroad based on the courses available, rather than the place. 

      In the link below you can find an overview of previously accepted replacement courses, categorized after country and university:

      Previously accepted replacement courses from studyes abroad (in Norwegian)

      Accepted elective courses not shown in the list.

      All courses must be of academic relevance. Non-academic courses like "soccer", "arts" etc. will not be approved.

    • The application process

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