You can find the requirements under each specific program page, and here.
Bachelor’s in Cyber Security / Applied Data Science / Digital Forensics
PC requirements for students: 2021 August intake
Students must have access to a stable network connection that is at a minimum 4mbit speed (10Mbit or greater recommended). This is used extensively for required streaming of videos and downloading large files for lectures and tutorials.
Campus based students will have access to suitable PC’s and networking whilst on campus, but it is recommended to have their own computer to facilitate working off campus. Campus students are required to have a good quality set of headphones or headset of their own that can be used in the lab.
The minimum requirements below apply to all online students, and campus students who are going to purchase/use their own machine. This may not be an Apple Mac System.
Digital Forensics and Cyber Security
- CPU: Intel i5 (5th Generation or later - or AMD equivalent)
- Apple M1 CPU s are not suitable as the required software will not run.
- RAM: 8GB (16GB recommended)
- Storage: 500GB
- USB Drive: 8-16 GB (2-3 suggested)
- Forensics students may benefit from a small 1-4GB USB Drive in addition for some tutorials.
- Operating System:
- VMware Workstation is used for teaching and is available once registered at Noroff.
- There are many Linux distributions available. Ubuntu Version 20.04 LTS is recommended and supported in tutorials.
- Microsoft Windows 10 or Linux (Ubuntu is supported) with an option to dual boot or launch alternative operating systems in a Virtual Machine.
- Many students find that the use of Windows is a good starting point to allow them to develop the skills to configure alternative operating systems.
- Several tutorials will require access to a Windows operating system (either as a host or as a virtual machine)
- Full administrative privileges to install and manipulate all aspects of the system.
- Monitors: Dual monitors or a single wide screen with equivalent display size are recommended - for ease of use for working concurrently with documents and applications.
- Web camera & Microphone
- Students are expected to interact with staff and peers via video and voice calls.
- A good quality headset (headphones + microphone) is recommended.
Additional RAM and hard disk storage (1TB) and/or an upgrade to SSD/NVMe drives are recommended for better performance.
Apple Mac systems are not suitable for Cyber Security and Digital Forensics.
Applied Data Science
- CPU: Intel i5 (5th Generation or later - or AMD equivalent)
- Apple M1 CPU is not suitable as the required software will not run on it.
- RAM: 16GB
- Storage: 500GB (1TB recommended)
- USB Drive: 8-16GB (2-3 suggested)
- Operating System:
- VMware Workstation is used for teaching and is available once registered at Noroff.
- Microsoft Windows 10 with an option to dual boot or launch alternative operating systems in a Virtual Machine.
- Many students find the use of Windows is a good starting point to allow them to develop the skills to configure alternative operating systems.
- Tutorials will require access to a Windows operating system (either as a host or as a virtual machine)
- Full administrative privileges to install and manipulate all aspects of the system.
- Monitors: Dual monitors or a single wide screen with equivalent display size are recommended for ease of use for working concurrently with documents and applications.
- Web camera & Microphone
- Students are expected to interact with staff and peers via video and voice calls.
- A good quality headset (headphones + microphone) is recommended.
Students studying ADS, require a separate GPU for second and third year. This must support the Turing Architecture (Nvidia 10 and 16 Series cards) or later. Specifications will be confirmed at the end of your first year.
Additional RAM and hard disk storage (1TB) and/or an upgrade to a SSD/NVMe drive are recommended for better performance.
Apple Mac systems are not suitable for Applied Data Science due to possible software incompatibilities.
Bachelor in Interactive Media - Games/Animation
For 2021 August intake, we recommend the following:
Two monitors.
Storage: SSD.
32 GB RAM (Minimum 16 GB).
Microsoft® Windows® 10 or Apple® Mac OS® X 10.13.x or higher OS
64-bit Intel® or AMD® multi-core processor with SSE4.2 instruction set.
Geforce RTX / GTX, or Radeon Pro W (Minimum Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 or Radeon FirePro).
- A reliable internet connection.
- A Wacom Drawing Tablet link
Software
- Autodesk Maya: free from Autodesk – link
- Microsoft Office: free from Microsoft – link
- Adobe CC, or CS6: 20 dollars per/mnth – link (or own choice of AV software).
- zBrush core - link
Network and System Administration/Network and IT Security:
The machine must handle virtualization.
In addition, the following is recommended:
16 GB RAM
Storage: 1 TB – SSD
We do not recommend MAC with an M1 processor, because the machine cannot handle some software and needed functions.
3D Design and Animation/3D Game Design/3D Film Production/VFX - Visual Effects:
We recommend using a workstation instead of a laptop, and it should be a newer machine that can handle the newest of games.
In addition, the following is recommended:
Two monitors.
Storage: SSD (512 GB).
32 GB RAM (Minimum 16 GB).
Microsoft® Windows® 10 or Apple® Mac OS® X 10.13.x or higher OS.
64-bit Intel® or AMD® multi-core processor with SSE4.2 instruction set.
Geforce RTX/GTX, or Radeon Pro W (Minimum Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 or Radeon FirePro).
Technical Design with CAD/Digital Prototyping:
We recommend a workstation instead of a laptop (mostly because of functionality and price).
In addition, the following is recommended:
Intel i7 processor.
Microsoft® Windows® 10
Graphics Card 2060 RTX or better.
Minimum 16 GB RAM
Storage: SSD with minimum 256 GB storage, or a smaller SSD in co-operation with a larger spinning disk.
It is also recommended that you have 2 high resolution monitors and 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator.
We recommend PC over Mac because some of the required software is not supported by Mac.
UX Design/User Interface Design/Front-end Development/Graphic Design:
Minimum specifications:
500 GB Hard Drive (or 250 GB + cloud storage like Dropbox/OneDrive/Google Drive (recommended)).
8 GB RAM.
Core i5 processor.
Both PC and Mac can be used (Graphic Design/UX Design mostly use Mac, Front-end Development both PC and Mac).
Digital Marketing
Minimum specifications:
500 GB Hard Drive (or 250 GB + cloud storage).
8 GB RAM.
Core i5 processor.
Smart-phone with good quality camera.
Both PC and Mac can be used.
Video Marketing in Social Media
We recommend the following:
500 GB Hard Disk (possibly 250 GB + cloud storage).
8 GB RAM (16GB for 4K and HD)
Core i5 processor.
Smart phone with good camera.
Both PC and Mac can be used.
Headset
Mid-range video camera
Mid-range microphone
Mid-range lighting equipment
Applied Machine Learning
If you are on PC or Mac, choose an operating system you’re familiar with, and a computer fast enough to train and test machine learning models. Recommended specs:
- i5/i7 processor or equivalent
- 8GB RAM
- 500 GB HD
- External storage (HD or cloud storage e.g. iCloud, DropBox etc.)