All students receiving this degree will have passed a course in statistics offered in each department. This is usually included in the grunnfag studies. The advanced degrees of Cand. Mag. degree, or equivalent education. The University of Oslo does not offer the Siv.ing.
Strict rules apply at the first degree level for students intending to take a Siv.ing. degree.
In addition, the hovedoppgave is generally taken within a technological field, which means that the Siv.ing. degree may not be taken in all areas of study at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. As the name implies, embetsstudier lead to qualifications in a particular profession. Usually, the Cand. Mag. degree is not awarded at an intermediate level in this type of programme. Profession-oriented studies at the University of Oslo.