About this programme
Master in Product Design - Design in Complexity is a Master's Degree programme at Oslo Metropolitan University in Oslo, taught in English. It runs for 2 years and carries 120 ECTS credits. The register gives Kjeller as the campus town. It lists the degree as Master. Oslo Metropolitan University is a state university in Oslo.
What you will study
This is a two year full time master's degree at OsloMet, taught in English at the Kjeller Campus in Lillestrøm. It carries 120 ECTS credits and starts in the autumn. The programme treats design as a way to explore complex issues faced by individuals, industries and society. Design, in the programme's own words, gives you tools and methods to provoke new thought, initiate social and cultural change and meet environmental issues.
What you study
You choose one of three specialisations, each a two year master's degree of 120 ECTS credits at Kjeller Campus, Lillestrøm, taken full time:
- Design for Healthcare and Wellbeing
- System and Service Design
- Product Design and Culture
The programme frames design around complex problems rather than single products. The specialisations let you point that work towards health and wellbeing, towards systems and services, or towards product design and culture.
How the programme is organised
The degree runs over two years of full time study, 120 ECTS in total, and begins in the autumn semester. Teaching is in English. The campus is Kjeller in Lillestrøm, outside Oslo. Student accounts on the programme page describe a three day excursion in August that got the international product design students off to a flying start, and one student describes choosing OsloMet for the department's workshop facilities.
Who it suits
The programme is for people who want to work with design across disciplines. One student on the page puts it plainly: product design is exciting because you do not have to stick with one thing, you work across disciplines. Another came to expand his digital toolkit and explore the workshop facilities, and has since moved into service design. If you want to use design to question assumptions and take on social, cultural and environmental questions, this is the kind of programme that fits.
Admission, language and next steps
Everything is taught in English, so you apply with an English-taught master's in mind. You submit a portfolio and a letter of motivation as part of the application. The dates differ by where you come from. Applicants from outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland have a deadline of 1 November, and the portfolio and letter of motivation are also due on 1 November. Applicants from the EU/EEA and Switzerland have a deadline of 1 March, with the portfolio and letter of motivation period running from 5 to 15 March. Students from the EU/EEA and Switzerland are normally exempt from tuition fees at state institutions; other degree students normally pay a fee that the institution sets. Check the programme page for the full application details and the document requirements before you start your portfolio.
Job opportunities after graduating
- Product design
- Service design
- System design
- Design for healthcare and wellbeing
- Design research and cross-disciplinary design work
- Work with cultural and social change through design
Before you apply
Master’s applications go straight to Oslo Metropolitan University, not through the national admission service (NUCAS). Study in Norway states that you need a bachelor’s degree comparable to a Norwegian bachelor’s degree (180 ECTS), including courses equal to at least one and a half years of full-time study relevant to the programme. The institution lists its deadline as: Outside of the EU/EEA/ Switzerland: November 1 (portfolio and letter of motivation deadline: November 1) EU/EEA/ Switzerland: March 1 (portfolio and letter of motivation period: 5-15 March). The register shows 1 November 2026 as a deadline date for this programme. Deadlines are set by each institution for each programme, so confirm yours. Entry requirements and language tests are also set by the institution, so start from the official programme page. Our guides cover tuition fees, study permits and housing.
Facts on this page come from the Study in Norway register, the official English-programme list run by HK-dir, the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills. Fees are in NOK as the institution lists them. "Not listed" means the register has no figure, not that the programme is free. Always confirm requirements, fees and deadlines with the institution.
Quick answers
Is Master in Product Design - Design in Complexity taught in English?
Yes. The Study in Norway register, run by HK-dir, lists it as an English-taught programme at Oslo Metropolitan University. Only English-taught degree programmes are included here.
How long does it take?
The register records 2 years of study and 120 ECTS credits. Sixty ECTS credits are one academic year of full-time study.
Where is it taught?
The register lists Kjeller as the campus town for this programme at Oslo Metropolitan University.
How do I apply?
Master’s applications go straight to the institution, not through the national admission service (NUCAS). Study in Norway states that you need a bachelor’s degree comparable to a Norwegian bachelor’s degree (180 ECTS), including courses equal to at least one and a half years of full-time study relevant to the programme, and some programmes require a minimum grade average. Oslo Metropolitan University publishes its requirements on the programme page.
When is the application deadline?
Each institution sets and publishes its own deadline for each programme, and the dates can differ between applicants from outside the EU/EEA, EU/EEA applicants and Nordic applicants. As Oslo Metropolitan University lists it: Outside of the EU/EEA/ Switzerland: November 1 (portfolio and letter of motivation deadline: November 1) EU/EEA/ Switzerland: March 1 (portfolio and letter of motivation period: 5-15 March). The register shows 1 November 2026 as a deadline date for this programme. Confirm the date for your own situation on the programme page at Oslo Metropolitan University.
What does it cost?
Oslo Metropolitan University gives this wording for the tuition: Please see the programme site. Degree students from outside the EU, the EEA and Switzerland normally pay tuition at Norwegian institutions, and the fees vary by institution and programme. For students from the EU, the EEA and Switzerland the record shows no tuition fee. Fees are in NOK as the institution lists them. Every student also pays a semester fee of about NOK 1,000 to the student welfare organisation linked to the institution.
Do I need a permit to study there?
Students from outside the EU, the EEA and Switzerland need a study permit from the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI). UDI asks for proof of admission, housing and funds of NOK 15,488 a month or NOK 170,368 a year (2026/27), on top of any tuition fee. A study permit allows work of up to 20 hours a week during term and full time in the holidays. Students from the EU, the EEA and Switzerland register with the police within three months of arrival instead.
Is this programme officially listed?
It comes from the Study in Norway register at studyinnorway.no, the English-programme list run by HK-dir, the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills. The programme page at Oslo Metropolitan University is linked from this page so you can compare.
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