Human Geography

This programme aims to provide an understanding of social processes within the context of space and place. In a world facing climate change, meeting sustainability challenges require a combined approach sensitive to context and inequalities. With us you will learn how economic, political, social and cultural processes manifest themselves in a variety of spaces across the world, in cities, regionally or globally,and how the properties of places influence broader social processes in the global North and South.

• You can choose courses to fit your academic interests. We offer courses in urban studies, climate change adaptation, socio-environmental change, development and politics, and economic and labour geography.
• The programme’s methodological courses offer a choice of methods available to geographers, including Geographical Information Systems.
• You can conduct independent fieldwork research for your master’s thesis, in Norway or abroad.
• You can experience working life through our internship course with relevant partner institutions from the public and private sector in the Oslo region.
• You can link up your master thesis work with ongoing research projects at the department and among partner institutions, such as NIBR, TØI, ISF and FAFO.
• Working on your master’s thesis you conduct independent research and develop your analytical skills under the supervision of our leading human geography team.
• You can choose writing a 60 credits or a 30 credits masters’ thesis. You can choose to study a semester abroad through the University of Oslo’s wide exchange agreements.

With a master’s degree in Human Geography you will be prepared for a knowledge-intensive career that demands practical methodological skills. Human geographers work in areas such as urban and regional planning, public policy and administration, civil society organizations, international organizations, and academic research.