Admission requirements are:

• Higher education entrance qualification

• Bachelor's degree (180 ECTS) within bioscience or social science.

• Average grade of C or better (laudabilis) in the Bachelor’s degree.

• A motivation letter must be uploaded to the application portal within the specified deadline.

For applicants outside the Nordic countries, applicants are asked to document proficiency in English language.

 
Applicants are ranked by:

1. Motivational letter

2. Grades of the Bachelor’s degree

3. An interdisciplinary constellation of the class.

Applicants will be ranked by their motivation letters. The applicant’s motivation for the study, and his/her motivation for the idea of travelling between the partner universities, as well as his/her academic background and future career plans will be emphasized.

Applicants apply to the preferred university. It’s possible to apply to more than one.

General admission and documentation requirements

​Depending on the master's thesis profile, candidates will be well qualified for positions in relevant business sectors such as aquaculture, fisheries, further development and production of marine food, utilization of waste bi-products, biological consultancy, municipal planning, municipal and state management of environment, nature and aquaculture resources, as well as the development of coastal communities.

​Further education will depend on background also from the bachelor's degree. Assuming biological background from bachelor's degree and completed MAR-BIO, the candidate will be able to proceed with a PhD in aquatic biosciences at Nord University, or equivalent PhD degrees at the University of Akureyri and the University of Gothenburg. Candidates with a social science background on their bachelor's degree will,after completing MAR-BIO, also qualify for doctoral degrees at other institutions in Norway or abroad.