English Language requirements

English taught programmes have the following requirements for proficiency in English.

Please note that the NMBU requirements are stricter than the requirements set in the GSU list for Higher Education Entrance Qualification.  

Approved tests:

Applicants with a lower score than the listed requirement will not be offered admission.
The test result cannot be older than two years.

Approved education:

• -Minimum one year of studies on university level in Great Britain, Ireland, USA, Canada, New Zealand or Australia. Please note that branch campus, validated and franchised programmes and distance learning students are not exempt from providing an English test. Having worked in an English speaking environment or lived in an English speaking country does not satisfy the English language requirement.
• -Bachelor degree or minimum one year of master studies (60 ECTS) with English as the medium of instruction completed in one of the Nordic countries.|
• -University degree in English language and/or literature. This means that the subject of study is the English language. A degree in other disciplines taught in English does not meet this requirement. You must have passed linguistic courses in English equal to at least 60 ECTS.
• -IB Diploma: English A with grade 3 or better or English B with grade 5 or better.
• -Applicants educated in a country listed with no English requirement in the NOKUT GSU list are exempt from the above test requirement. Applicants with High school from USA must order transcripts sent directly to admission@nmbu.no 
• If your country is listed with "Yes, Yes 1, Yes 2, Yes 3 or Yes 4",  documentation of English (with a test or education as listed above) is required.
• -Upper secondary education from one of the countries listed below, with satisfactory completion of the specified English language course.

Language requirements for programmes taught in Norwegian  

NMBU offers bachelor programs, master programs and non degree studies with Norwegian as medium of instruction. For these programs/courses, proficiency in Norwegian and English is required.