Electrical engineering - Physics - master

• Earth observation requires methods for solving tasks such as vegetation mapping, ship and sea-ice detection, oil spill surveillance etc. In part due to Tromsø's central location in the Arctic, where such problems are of prime importance, Earth observation is an active area among several research institutions and commercial companies in the city. This has recently led to the establishment of the <a href=¿http://www.fjernteknologi.no/english¿>Tromsø centre for remote technology</a> and the <a href=¿http://baress.uit.no/¿>Barents remote sensing school</a>, where the electrical engineering group is heavily involved.
• The petroleum oil and gas industry is of key national importance. The majority of the remaining petroleum resources are located off-shore northern Norway, leading to new challenges with respect to equipment operating in a cold and harsh climate. The electrical engineering group is leading a consortium of research institutions and oil companies performing research on and development of the next generation cold water subsea sensors. Petroleum activity in the north also poses environmental issues since spills may affect one of Europe's most important breeding areas for fish. The electrical engineering group is developing data analysis methods for early detection of errors in the petroleum production line.
• Bio-medical physics and imaging research in the group of electrical engineering is concentrated on development of new antenna concepts capable of both producing hyperthermia and receiving extremely weak radiated electromagnetic waves containing information on the tissue temperature distribution (microwave radiometry). Hyperthermia is an anti-tumoral therapeutic modality. It consists of selective heating of tumors to temperatures above 42 degrees Celsius, while maintaining healthy tissue nearer to physiological temperatures.

Courses on 2000-level should preferably be completed already in the Bachelor's degree, leaving more room for other optional courses on 3000-level.

Other optional courses may be approved on application or if recommended by your supervisor. An individual special curriculum or project paper may also be part of the degree. At least 20 ECTS credits of optional courses must be at 3000-level. List of optional courses is presented in the study plan.

If your master thesis involves work in laboratory, in the field or on a research cruise, it is mandatory to conducting course in safety education prior to commencing the thesis.

Admission to the Master's programme in physics requires a Bachelor's degree in physics, or another degree following a programme of study of not less than three years' duration, or similar education approved in accordance with the Norwegian Universities Act section 3-4.

In addition, specialization in physics worth the equivalent of not less than 80 ECTS credits is required. Normally, an average mark of "C" or better is required in the Bachelor's degree or similar basis of admission.

Application deadline:
Applicants from Norway or Nordic countries:

• Application deadline for Norwegian and Nordic applicants is April 15th for admission to the autumn semester and November 1st for admission to the spring semester.
• Online application via Søknadsweb, study code 4006.

Applicants from outside the Nordic countries:

• Application deadline for applicants to self-financing studies is December 1st for admission to the autumn semester.
• Online application. More information about application procedures and requirements.

Quota applicants:

• Application deadline for Quota applicants is December 1st for admission to the autumn semester.
• Online application. More information about application procedures and requirements.