Number of study places
Ten per year, Master level.
Language of teaching
Spanish and English.
Language requirements (English)
Upper Secondary school (‘videregående’ in Norwegian): Average minimum score of 4, or
TOEFL: Minimum score 213 (computer-based test), or 550 (paper-based) or 79 (internet-based), with no sub-scores of below 21, plus a minimum TWE score of 5.
Other requirements
Students studying using this agreement must pay a tuition fee of ca. 275 USD per credit; in each trimester nine credits must be taken.
Semester timing
First trimester: mid January – mid April.
Second trimester: mid April – early July.
Third trimester: mid July – early October.
Fourth trimester: early October - mid December.
The Master’s program in International Sustainable Tourism (MIST) has its own semester dates. Information can be found about this in the pages covering courses in English.
Recognition of study credits
36 credits at CATIE correspond to 60 credits at NMBU. To be more precise, 1 CATIE credit corresponds to 1.67 NMBU credits.