Knowledge

The candidate:

• holds advanced breadth and in-depth knowledge in the field of business economics.
• has in-depth knowledge of scientific theories, concepts, and models within subjects change management, strategic analysis, and valuation and profitability analysis.
• possesses specialised knowledge within a self-defined limited major: finance, management control, international marketing, or innovation and entrepreneurship.
• has insight in relevant and contemporary international research literature and applies this to new phenomena and issues within the field of business administration.
• has knowledge of relevant analytical tools and techniques to solve business ethical issues with ethical values.
• holds advanced knowledge of business research traditions and methodology, and in-depth knowledge of research ethical norms.
• possesses specialised knowledge of methods, techniques, and acceptable progression to carry out and disseminate an independent empirical research project.

Skills

The candidate:

• is specialised in analysing existing scientific theories and research methods in the field of business administration, and has the ability to critically evaluate their interpretations.
• has the ability to critically analyse and evaluate established truths, information and information sources.
• is specialised in obtaining relevant research literature and able to compile, analyse and evaluate literature.
• holds specialised competence in analysing business economics issues based on relevant theory and empirical evidence, and assessing the appropriate research methodology.
• is specialised in analysing, structuring and formulating professional reasoning and arguments.
• possesses specialised competence in implementing, producing and disseminating an independently defined research project under guidance in accordance with ethical norms within research.

General competence

The candidate:

• has the ability to produce independent analytical scientific work in line with the corporate economic tradition of academic dissemination both in writing and verbally.
• has the ability to apply scientific theories and models to illustrate business cases and issues in practice, based on ethical principles.
• has the ability to reflect and be critical of established truths, and conscious of the role of their profession in the community of ethical awareness.
• is competent to contribute to change and innovation processes in business-economic issues in a business.
• has the ability to apply their knowledge and skills to carry out advanced tasks and projects for and in collaboration with various specialised public and private professions, and nonprofit organisations.
• is specialised in analysing and evaluating business cases with relevant tools to solve practical issues.
• is specialised in discussing and communicating comprehensive business cases and an independent research project using enterprise economic expressions.
• has the ability to communicate academic issues and conclusions in the field of business administration with other specialised professions and the general public.

Higher education entrance qualification:

Documented proficiency in English language

Bachelor's degree or equivalent three/four years of business and administrative studies. In addition the following requirements for the combination of subjects applies:

 

A total of 120 credits comprising:

• a minimum of 30 credits of business: management accounting, financial accounting, finance and investment
• a minimum of 30 credits administration subjects: organisation, marketing, strategy and management
• a minimum of 15 credits economics: microeconomics, macroeconomics, public finance
• a minimum of 20 credits methodology: mathematics, statistics, scientific method
• a minimum of 7,5 credits ethics, CSR, sustainability

 

Admission requires a good result (laudabilis), ie an average grade of minimum C in the admission basis. For international students minimum 2nd Class, Upper Division/B or equivalent is required.

How to apply

The Business School’s Master of Business Administration degree is widely known and gives you a broad and applicable competence that gives you many job opportunities in both the private and public sectors. Our former students work in everything from the banking and finance industry, in accounting and auditing, industry and energy, and in ministries or other public institutions. Several of them are in senior positions or work as consultants, supervisors, and advisors. Several of our former students have also, with great success, developed their own companies. Over the years, the Business School has educated several thousand economists (siviløkonomer), and many of them are currently in leading positions in both Norwegian and international companies.

Upon successful completion of this MSc, candidates qualify for applying for admission to the PhD programme at Nord University Business School as well as at other institutions in Norway and abroad. For further information about the Nord University PhD programme, please refer to specific information about this programme on our website.

As part of the programme, students can take an exchange semester at one of our partner institutions in Europe, Australia or North America. We recommend students to go on exchange in the second semester. We encourage our students to travel to one of our partner institutions.

 

No costs except for semester fee and syllabus.

Candidates' knowledge of all subjects in the programme must be considered. Various assessment forms are used for each subject. Home exam, paper / project assignments, case studies and other oral and written presentations are used in addition to traditional final written or oral examinations.

Final graduation examination for the study programme is a master's thesis.

The programme is evaluated via student questionnaire, as well as by the programme coordinator. The evaluations form a part of the University's quality assurance system.

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