Experience-based qualifications
Admission to master's programmes on experience-based qualifications without a bachelor's degree
Typically, a bachelor's degree is required for admission to a master's program. However, the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO) may, in special cases, approve other qualifications that may be equivalent to a bachelor's degree, in accordance with Section 3 of the Regulations relating to requirements for a master's degree.
If you do not have a documented bachelor's degree in the relevant subject area, the admissions committee can consider whether your education can be approved in another way. Applicants who are 25 years of age or older in the year of admission and do not have a bachelor's degree can be admitted to master's studies if they can document the necessary qualifications through prior learning.
Experience-based qualifications is work experience or a combination of relevant work experience and education.
What is required to document prior learning
- Experience and education: You must show that you have achieved learning outcomes equivalent to a bachelor's degree. This means that you must document relevant competence that corresponds to the learning objectives for a bachelor's degree in the relevant subject area. The learning objectives for bachelor's programmes at KHiO can be found in the programme descriptions at khio.no.
- Documentation: Upload detailed evidence of your expertise, such as diplomas, course certificates, employment contracts, certificates, and examples of artistic work.
Application Process
- Remarks: State in the application that you are applying based on prior learning, and which bachelor's degree at KHiO corresponds to your documented competence.
- Upload documentation: All documentation must be uploaded to Søknadsweb by the application deadline. All documentation of prior learning is collected in a PDF of max. 15 MB.
- Not just a CV: A CV alone is not sufficient. Attach supplementary documents describing your experience.
Important documents that must be attached
- CV: A detailed overview of education and experience with dates.
- Artistic education: Course certificate, diploma and the like.
- Artistic practice: Documentation such as employment contracts, certificates, or examples of work.
- Other experience: Confirmations of relevant work or voluntary efforts.
In addition to the documents that you must upload related to your prior learning, you must also upload the required documentation as described on the admission website for the specific master's programme.
Translation
Documents in other languages must be translated into Norwegian or English by an approved translator, and the originals must be attached.
Comprehensive documentation
Ensure that the documentation is comprehensive and meets the learning objectives equivalent to a bachelor's degree at KHiO in the relevant subject area. This requires thorough work before the application deadline.
Note: Applications with incomplete documentation will not be considered.
No pre-assessment of qualifications.