The candidates who have completed their study shall have substantial founded knowledge and skills in informatics. They shall have obtained a thorough introduction to scientific work methods and training in self-contained work doing extensive and demanding technical tasks. They will have developed special skills within a research field, and a good overview of other research fields.

Within the master program in informatics the candidates are admitted to one of the follwing specializations:

• Algorithm Theory
• Visualization
• Secure and reliable communication
• Optimization
• Bioinformatics

For more information regarding learning outcomes and objectives and content, see each specialization.

On completion of the programme the candidate should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The candidate

• has broad knowledge of informatics and deeper insight in the special topic of his master thesis.
• has thorough knowledge of the theories and methods used in informatics.
• is able to apply this knowledge to solve problems in new contexts.
• can analyse problems within informatics on the basis of knowledge, existing technology, and societal relevance.

Skills

The candidate

• can analyse and deal in a critical manner with various sources of information and use them to structure and formulate arguments.
• can use appropriate methods for research and development in informatics in an independent manner.
• can carry out research and development projects complying with norms for research ethics.

General competence

The candidate

• can analyse professional and research ethical problems related to informatics.
• can apply knowledge and skills to new areas of informatics in order to carry out advanced assignments and projects.
• can communicate academic issues, analyses and conclusions in informatics, both to specialists and to the general public.
• can contribute to new thinking and innovation processes.

General admission criteria:

You must have obtained a first degree (bachelor's degree) of three or four years duration from an approved institution of higher education.

Your bachelor's degree must include minimum 20 ECTS of Mathematics and minimum 60 ECTS of Informatics/Computer science. If both INF100 and INF109 are part of the Bachelor's degree, the applicant will only get credit for INF100.

Additional credits in Mathematics and/or Informatics can be an advantage.

Documentation of proficiency in English is also necessary if you have an international background.

Note that the master's programme has a limited number of places.

See each programme option/specialization for more information about aims and content.

For international self-financing applicants:

The Master's Degree Programme in Informatics is not available for international applicants residing abroad.

Applicants who reside in Norway:

You apply online through the website soknadsweb.uib.no

Application deadline on soknadsweb.uib.no for students residing in Norway (with Norwegian ID-number):

For study start August: April 15.

For study start January: November 1.

For information about application and admission procedures, see http://www.uib.no/en/matnat/54992/international-master-applicants-residing-norwaythis link.

The master's programme consists of two components: Coursework of 60 credits and an individual research project (master's thesis) of 60 credits.

Courses: The course INF234 is compulsory. The rest of the courses must be on the 200- or 300 level, and depends on specialization and subject for the thesis. The courses are selected in cooperation with the supervisor.

Master's thesis: INF399 Master's thesis in Informatics of 60 credits, the student may, in consultation with the supervisor choose to write a thesis of 30 credits and expanding the amount of coursework correspondingly. The Master's thesis must be submitted within a deadline at the end of the fourth semester, 20 November or 1 June

A combination of teaching methods is used in the various courses, mainly lectures and exercise classes. You may find more information in the course description.

The master thesis is an independent scientific work supervised by an academic.

The main assessment methods are written and oral examination. The assessment methods for each course are described in the course description.

The final step in the program is a presentation of the master thesis combined with an oral examination, after the master thesis has been submitted, evaluated and approved.

At UiB the grades are given in one of two possible grading scales: passed/failed and A to F.

The master's thesis will be graded A to F.

The grading scale for each course is given in the course description.

To be eligible for admission to the Doctoral education (PhD) the candidate must have completed a master's degree.

To qualify for the Doctoral education (PhD) at UiB the average grade for the master's thesis, the Master's degree and the bachelor's degree should be at least C.

In order to get enrolled you have to be granted a fellowship for doctoral training.

Please contact the student adviser for the programme if you have any questions:

Studieveileder@ii.uib.no

Phone: + 47 55 58 42 00

A first degree (bachelor´s degree) of three or four years´ duration from an approved institution of higher education, as well as proficiency in the English language.

Your bachelor´s degree must include courses equalling 20 ECTS of mathematics and 60 ECTS (1 academic year) of informatics. The study program has a limited number of places, and the intake will be done on basis of marks.

In preparing your master´s thesis you will independently use methods and scientific working techniques from the subject field to research a relevant topic. In some cases, analyses of observation data and data from models are very important in addition to theoretical and experimental studies.

The master´s thesis is research-based work. This requires that you have obtained substantial knowledge within the research field. At the moment the department has 6 research groups within the following research fields: Algorithm Theory, Visualisation, Bioinformatics, Coding Theory and Cryptography, Optimisation and Program Development Theory.

It is also possible to do a master´s thesis in cooperation with the Bergen University College in Software Engineering. At this programme a thesis with an extent of 30 study points is also possible; the syllabus is then increased by 30 study points. Admission to the master´s programme does not guarantee that you will obtain a topic in the specialisation of your own choice.

A master´s programme in informatics consists of an individual research project (master´s thesis) of 60 ECTS credits, and courses or special topics of 60 ECTS credits. Some of the courses are compulsory within the specialisations. The other courses will be chosen in agreement with the academic supervisor.