About this programme
Master in Screen Cultures is a Master's Degree programme at University of Oslo in Oslo, taught in English. It runs for 2 years and carries 120 ECTS credits. The register gives Oslo as the campus town. It lists the degree as Master. University of Oslo is a state university in Oslo.
How it compares
Master in Screen Cultures is one of 10 English-taught Social Sciences & Psychology programmes at Master's Degree level in the register, offered by 9 institutions. 2 of them list an annual fee for students from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland; this programme lists NOK 204,000 a year. 10 are recorded as free for EU, EEA and Swiss students.
What you will study
Screen Cultures is a two-year Master's degree at the University of Oslo, taught in English and worth 120 ECTS. The programme starts from a simple observation: we look at screens, but we also touch them, tapping, tilting and swiping our way through the day. Most of us rarely stop to ask what that does to how we experience the world. This programme does.
What you study
The scope is wider than the phone in your pocket. You look at cinema, television and computer screens too, and at the genres that grew up with them: films, series, games and social media. The aim is to understand what everyday interaction with screens means for ourselves, for the cultures we take part in, and for the societies that hold those cultures.
Teaching is organised around four course units, each run as a research hub where a team of scholars works with students on shared research directions:
- Screen Histories & Theories
- Screen Aesthetics
- Screen Technologies
- Screen Politics
The programme is interdisciplinary, drawing on cultural studies, media and communication studies, art history, anthropology, politics and psychology from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. You are trained to analyse, interpret and reflect on cultures of screenification, and to become what the programme calls screen literate: a scholar and critic of screen lives, alert to the psychological, cultural, social, political, technological and economic sides of living with screens.
Admission, language and next steps
Everything is taught in English. The programme describes itself as demanding, with high admission standards and limited places, and it concentrates on one-on-one supervision of the master's thesis. Students from the EU/EEA and Switzerland are normally exempt from tuition fees at state institutions such as the University of Oslo. Other degree students normally pay a fee that the institution sets. Check the programme page for the entry requirements, the application system and the deadline, since the institution sets these and they are not recorded here.
Job opportunities after graduating
- Arts and cultural sector
- Information sector
- Cultural, creative and information industries
- Media and communication roles
- Research on screen cultures
Before you apply
Master’s applications go straight to University of Oslo, 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. 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 Screen Cultures taught in English?
Yes. The Study in Norway register, run by HK-dir, lists it as an English-taught programme at University of Oslo. 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 Oslo as the campus town for this programme at University of Oslo.
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. University of Oslo 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. Confirm the date for your own situation on the programme page at University of Oslo.
What does it cost?
Students from outside the EU, the EEA and Switzerland pay NOK 204,000 a year, as University of Oslo lists it. 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 University of Oslo is linked from this page so you can compare.