Accounting and Auditing

This master's programme is taught in Norwegian. More detailed information about the programme can be found on our Norwegian pages.

This master's programme is a two-year professional programme of 120 ECTS credits. You will gain in-depth knowledge of accounting and auditing and learn to analyse and assess financial information.

Among other things, you will learn about:

• Financial reporting and analysis of annual reports.
• Auditing theory and auditing methodology.
• Sustainability reporting.
• Tax law and company law.
• Profitability analysis and company valuation.

The academic staff at BI Norwegian Business School are among the foremost in Norway within accounting, auditing, taxation, company law and sustainability reporting. You will learn from some of the best in the field, and external experts contribute as course lecturers.

With this expertise, you will be an attractive candidate for work within auditing, accounting, sustainability reporting and advisory services.

With the Master in Accounting and Auditing at BI Norwegian Business School, you build solid expertise in understanding the finances of businesses, assessing reporting and contributing to sound decisions. You gain a combination of accounting insight, auditing expertise and business understanding that is in demand in the labour market.

You learn from some of Norway’s leading academics within accounting and auditing. Engaging lectures and contributions from external experts link academic knowledge to real issues from the business world and give you skills you can apply in practice.

The programme opens up career opportunities within auditing, accounting, sustainability reporting and advisory services, and provides the educational basis for applying for approval as a State Authorised Public Accountant.

With a Master i regnskap og revisjon from BI Norwegian Business School, you gain solid professional expertise that opens up career opportunities in Norway and internationally. You can work in auditing firms, advisory environments and finance functions in a wide range of organisations and industries.

After completing the programme, you can work with, among other things:

• Auditing and accounting: work in auditing firms or in finance, accounting and business controller functions in both large and medium-sized organisations.
• Advisory services: Use your knowledge of corporate governance and economics to help organisations improve their processes and business operations.
• Business development and strategy: Use your understanding of accounting and economic insight to assess opportunities and contribute to development in start-ups and established businesses.

Approval as State Authorised Public Accountant

Master i regnskap og revisjon provides the educational basis for applying for approval as a State Authorised Public Accountant. To be approved, you must have a grade of C or better in all examinations included in the master programme, including the master's thesis, where letter grades are used.

In addition, you must meet the requirement of at least three years of practice, of which at least two years must consist of varied practice in the auditing of annual financial statements, a passed practical examination and fitness for the profession. Approval is granted by Finanstilsynet (the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway).