Required document

Description

Copy of passport or ID card

For applicants without a Norwegian ID number. Please note that only a copy of the ID-page is required.

Name the pdf file passport or ID card.

Documentation of upper secondary school

Upload a scanned copy of your original diploma. (You must do this even if you apply for a master's programme.) 

Name the pdf file secondary school.

Documentation of higher education

Upload a scanned copy of your original transcript of records, that is a transcript signed and stamped by the university.

Name the pdf file transcript. 

If you have completed your degree, upload a scanned copy of your original diploma.

Name the pdf file diploma.

 If you are awaiting your diploma, you may upload a provisional certificate.

Name the pdf file provisional certificate.

Results completed at Norwegian universities need not be uploaded. Please check «my results» in the application portal.

All documents must be uploaded in the application portal. Applicants with higher education from Cameroon, Canada, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ghana, Nigeria, the Philippines, Sudan, Uganda or the USA must also order transcripts sent directly from their university to
NMBU
The Admissions office/SiT
P.O box 5003
1432 Ås
Norway

Courses to be completed

Are you completing your degree/relevant courses in the same semester as the application deadline? Please upload the following:

• A list of the courses you are registered for this semester with the expected date for completion. You still have to document your higher education completed to date, as described under the header «higher education». If you complete your studies next year, you are not eligible to apply now.

• Final transcript and diploma. If you have not received your diploma yet, you must upload a confirmation from your educational institution stating that you have obtained a degree.

Name the pdf file course-completion.

Translations

All documents not already in English or a Scandinavian language must be translated into English or Norwegian. The translation must be done by an officially approved translator, and the original language version must always accompany the translation.

Name the pdf file(s) translation [type of document]

Documentation of language proficiency

Documentation of English language proficiency must be documented by an internationally recognized English language proficiency test. 

Name the pdf file IELTS, TOEFL.

Applicants for Norwegian taught programmes must submit documentation of proficiency in Norwegian. 

Motivation letter

Applicants to the following master programs have to upload motivation letters:

• Agroecology
• International relations
• Global Development studies
• International environmental studies
  Landscape Architecture for Global Sustainability
• Folkehelsevitenskap (Norwegian taught programme)
• Entreprenørskap og innovasjon (Norwegian taught programme)

Name the pdf file motivation letter.

Documentation of work experience

For applicants to the following Norwegian taught programmes only:

• Folkehelsevitenskap
• Entreprenørskap og innovasjon
• Praktisk pedagogisk utdanning

Name the pdf file work experience.

Other programmes DO NOT require CV. None of NMBUs programmes requires reference letters.