Master of Science

Business

Choose 1 of 7 majors to tailor your degree. Gain broad and sought-after competency that can lead to a wide range of different positions.

This two-year master's in business gives you a broad, versatile foundation with strong analytical and strategic skills. You’ll learn to turn data, theory, and experience into practical insight that helps organisations adapt and create value in a fast-changing world—recognising how sustainability, profitability, and innovation are connected.

You will build general management competence and specialise through a major aligned with your interests and ambitions. Along the way, you strengthen skills employers value: analysis, problem solving, cross-functional teamwork, and clear communication.

You may also qualify to use the Norwegian professional title Siviløkonom, a well-established and recognised credential in business and industry.

Programme structure and shared foundation

The MSc in Business is built on a strong shared academic foundation across all the majors. All students complete four common, mandatory courses to establish a solid analytical and strategic foundation.

These courses are:

  • Mathematics and Quantitative Methods
  •  Business Economics
  • Data Analysis
  • Business Case

In addition to these four courses, you choose your major. A major consists of five mandatory courses and one elective. In the third semester, you can also choose elective courses, an internship or an exchange.

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"This MSc combines analytical rigour, strategic understanding, technological insight and financial competence, essential for the Norwegian business sector. The academic level ensure graduates are of high calibre and highly attractive, capable of management and project roles early in their careers."

Elisabeth Gravdal

Manager, Data & AI i DBO

Majors

Tailor your degree by choosing a major that forms the core of your programme. Each major combines advanced coursework with real cases and projects. The Finance major is also offered at our campus in Bergen.

Choose 1 of these 7 Majors
Major in

Economics
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Logistics, Operations, and Supply Chain Management
Major in

Marketing
Major in

Finance
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Strategy
Major in

People and Business Development
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Accounting and Business Control

From the CEO: How to stand out

Q&A with CEO and BI-alumnus: Runar Hollevik 

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What skills will be “currency” in business over the next five years, and why?

Leading and engaging people in an unsettled world with enough insight to understand how to build a team with strong competence and knowledge, will be absolutely crucial. In addition, customer and market understanding, trend spotting and logistics across sectors and cultures will be decisive. Curiosity about technological opportunities will also be a key skill.

 

Which qualities do you value most in employees when building strong teams?

I value personal qualities and self-awareness, the ability to understand how to build strong teams and a performance culture. I also look for willingness to contribute, a strong sense of responsibility, openness and sound values. Specialist expertise is important as well: being the best at what engages you, standing out and standing for something.

 

What is your best tip for being noticed in a pile of applications?

To make an impression, you have to stand out: build a clear profile and become really good at something that motivates you and that is important for the company and the industry. You need to show interest, drive and understanding of the company, take initiative and never give up.

Admission Requirements


Priority application deadline for Master of Science: 1 March
After 1 March, applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Practical information

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