Understanding Climate Challenges

Spring

With its proximity to fjords, mountains, and glaciers, as well as avalanche and flood-exposed terrain, Sogndal is the perfect laboratory for studying climate change and understanding climate challenges. You will have close interaction with an internationally oriented research environment that has broad competence in climate, nature, and sustainability, and address climate challenges from various perspectives.

Sogndal (in Sognefjord area, western part of Norway).

Credits
30
Duration
1 semester
Scope
Full-time
Language
English
Deadline

15 October

How to apply

Admission and how to apply

Admission

The following requirements need to be fulfilled:                                         

1.  Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, in natural sciences, social sciences, or technology and engineering with minimum 80 ECTS in:

  • Environmental sciences
  • Governance and policy
  • Green technology and transition
  • Geosciences and natural hazards

or a combination of the above.

2. The grade point average of your bachelor's degree must be C or better.

3. Applicants from outside the Nordic countries must provide evidence of their academic achievements and proficiency in English. Information on how to document proficiency in English.

The semester programme fits well into master’s degrees with a cross-disciplinary approach to climate change. For more information on learning outcomes, see the different course descriptions.

Teaching semester: Spring.

The programme consists of the following courses:

Study methods

The teaching combines lectures, assignments, project work and excursions. The teaching is organised after a block schedule, which means that we work on one course at a time and finish with an exam before we start the next course.

The language of instruction is English.

The semester programme is run in parallel with the master’s programme in Climate Change Management.

Failure of Block 4A at the unstable rock slope Stampa