Business

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.

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.

Admission Requirements

• Admission requirements for all Master of Science programmes
• Programme-specific admission requirements for the Master of Science in Business 
• If you are a current student at BI, log in to the student portal to find specific admission requirements in your education plan   

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