Man who killed 77 people to study Political Science at Norway University

A Norwegian terrorist, Anders Behring Breivik, has been admitted to study political science at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Breivik, who killed 77 people in a 2011 rampage, hopes to study for a bachelor’s degree focusing on democracy and human rights from behind bars.

A spokesperson of the university, Marina Tofting, told AFP that the convict qualified for the programme and was thus admitted.

“He got a place here. He meets the criteria,” Tofting said.

In July 2011, the 36-year-old killed 77 people, in two attacks in his one-man war against multiculturalism and a "Muslim invasion".

Breivik's killing spree started on July 22, 2011 with a bomb blast attack near government buildings in Oslo in which eight people died after which he attacked a youth camp on the island of Utoya and killed 69 people.

But, according to a political science professor, Dag Harald Claes, Brevik's 21-year prison sentence means he is unlikely to be awarded a degree eventually because five out of the nine courses he is expected to study require him to attend university seminars in person.

“He can’t pass these courses until his detention regime is eased or if he is eventually released one day,” Claes told AFP.

A member of the victims' families, Lisbeth Kristine Royneland, told AFP that "he is able to study" but said all that matters is that he remains behind bars.