BI Norwegian Business School
 Oslo
City
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 1943
Foundation
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 18000
Number of students
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 0€ - 6350€
Semester Tuition Fees
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 1200€
Ø monthly cost of living
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 Yes
Scholarships available
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 June 21, June 13
Application Deadline
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 12/1
Student - staff ratio
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 90
Nations represented
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Application Deadline
BI Norwegian Business School is a foundation and the admission process is not handled by Coordinated Admissions. It is, therefore, possible to apply for a study place for their full-time bachelor's studies after 15 April, or our full-time master's studies after 1 March (application deadline for scholarships is 1 March for master's, 15 April for bachelors).
If you apply for admission to one of BI’s part-time offers, rolling admission is practiced until the start of studies for the individual course or program.
The application cycle for BI's Master of Science closes on the 1st of August.
Processing time
The processing time for admission to studies at BI Norwegian Business School will vary according to the time of year, which course of study is applied for and what educational background the applicant has. Read more about treatment time
Admission Requirements
The Business School has admission requirements for studies and courses. The requirements are quite course-specific but the general overview of requirements are listed below;
Requirements for Bachelor Programs
1. Transcripts and Certificates
Transcripts and certificates of all previous academic education must be submitted. Copies of transcripts and grades must be certified as original copies and include an overview of the grading scale showing the best and worst grade and the most recent grade. Non-English or Scandinavian transcripts must be accompanied by a certified English translation.
All applicants are required to submit an official transcript record from each school and/or university attended.
For all international and Norwegian applicants, a satisfactory English language test with a minimum score is required for all applicants:
The school makes exceptions from the English test for the following applicants:
Students who have completed the International Baccalaureate Diploma program and received the IB Diploma or IB Diploma program course results awarded by the IBO
High school students in the United States, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Ireland or the UK
Students completing a bachelor's degree in one of the above countries
To apply for an English waiver, please download and complete the language waiver application form and upload it to your application.
3. Letter of Motivation
In your motivation letter, you should explain what your goals/dreams are and how this relates to your program choice at the school. BI would also like to know why you want to study in Norway. The motivation letter should be about one page long.
A short CV / CV showing your education (school name, degree, and dates, and the number of years) and work experience (employer name, job type, duration, dates, etc.) and personal information including extra-professional activities. Most importantly, include your full postal / mailing address and email address. The CV must be written in English.
5. International Passport or Travel Document
All applicants must include a certified copy of the passport showing nationality, name, and validity dates. Please also provide certified copies of previous residence permits in Norway.
6. Proof of Sufficient Funds
All international applicants must submit a personal financial plan. The financial plan is a general summary of how you intend to fund your degree and the cost of living.
Requirements for Masters Programs
In addition to the documents mentioned above, international applicants for masters programs at BI must also submit;
GMAT/GRE Test Result:
This is mandatory if your undergraduate degree comes from a country other than Norway / Nordic countries. These standardized tests are used by business schools around the world to test your graduate readiness. Ask for your test results to be delivered directly to BI from the test center or upload a copy of the score report with your online application. Applicants from BI’s partner schools or internationally accredited business schools can request an exemption for this requirement.
GMAT Corporate Code: 0529
GRE Institution code: 7365
Degree Requirements
A completed undergraduate degree (180 credits) in business, finance, or economics
Or
A completed undergraduate degree (180 credits) with a minimum of 80 credits in a field related to the specialty of the Master's program
Grade Requirements:
Minimum GPA on the ECTS scale 3.50 (B)
A minimum grade of C in subjects related to the master's program
A-Level Certificate Language Documents (Where Applicable)A-Level Certificate Bachelor's Degree
Bachelor's DegreeMaster's Degree
Triple Crown - For a business school with international ambitions, there are three accreditations in particular: European EQUIS (European Quality Improvement Systems), the American AACSB (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), and the British AMBA (The Association of MBAs).
Schools that have all three are called "Triple Crown" schools, and these are in a separate class among business schools internationally. Worldwide, only 1% of all business schools have managed to achieve triple accreditation. Each accreditation is proof that BI excels at a world-class level.
Others include EOCSS and NOKUT accreditations, and all of BI’s accreditations have been given by leading accreditation bodies in the world. The accreditation bodies have a continuous follow-up to ensure that BI meets the requirements for each accreditation at all times.
BI achieves good positions in the most recognized rankings for business schools, the Financial Times Ranking and Eduniversal's Top Business Schools Worldwide.
 400 - 800 Euro / month
Accomodation
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1000 Euro / month
Cost of living
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 250 Euro / month
Food
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 45 Euro / month
Transportation
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| Founded in 1943 | Teaching Staff: 800+ | Student population: 1800+ |
| Address: Nydalsveien 37, 0484, Oslo, Norway | Undergraduate programs: 20+ | International Representation: Students from over 90+ countries |
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Campus: Contemporary and Urban |
Postgraduate programs: 7+ | Language(s) of Instruction:Norway, English. |
| Location: Oslo, Norway | Scholarships: Available | Category Private |
BI Norwegian Business School is a self-owned foundation whose sole purpose is teaching and research. They are the only Norwegian business school with triple international accreditation.
BI was established on June 1, 1943, just a few months after Finn Øien first got the idea, and the operation started just as quickly. Today, BI is the only business school in Norway that has achieved triple accreditation, among 1 percent of all business schools worldwide. BI has established itself in the top tier of European business schools.
The school has achieved this through respectable results from international research journals, a promising development in the Financial Times and Economist's rankings, the acquisition of the three most prestigious international accreditations a business school can hold, and with a stronger financial basis than ever before for further progress.
As a leading European business school, BI Norwegian Business School activities include;
Explore the wide range of studies and courses at BI, highlighting your key interest areas (e.g. economics, marketing, or finance). BI offers programs at undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate levels, courses are taught in both Norwegian and English, but the majority of its master's programs are English-taught.
At BI, you can choose between a wide range of studies and individual courses at the bachelor level. The university also offers master's studies for full time and part-time. Did you know that further education - and lifelong learning - is an important source of intrinsic motivation?
BI Executive is a further education that helps you where you want to go. From sustainability and digitalization to finance, communication, and management – BI has a greater variation in the subject areas than most people know.
BI has sorted all its over 200 courses and programs into 8 different disciplines - or areas of expertise, as we say. Academic knowledge and research are delivered under the guidance of an internationally renowned academic staff of internationally trained professionals. BI boasts of over 400 academic members including professors and industry experts.
STUDENT LIFE AT BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL
It can be scary to start studying in a foreign country that you are not familiar with, that is why BI has facilities in place to make its students feel less alone and thrive on campus.
The school has counselors who offer study guidance, career guidance, or simply conversations where you can air your thoughts, wishes, or worries relating to your academics.
No matter which of the BI campuses you go to, the goal is for you to feel that it is a campus with most offers and activities under one roof.
There is of course a difference between the large Oslo campus and the smaller campuses in Bergen, Stavanger, and Trondheim, but the basic offer is the same.
What you will experience when you start as a BI student is a good mix of people. With over 20,000 students from 106 different countries, BI remains proudly devoted to promoting diversity and inclusion on its campus.
Oslo Campus
The BI building in Nydalen is BI's headquarters and has the vision to be "An inspiring learning space" for both students, employees, and other members of the school.
The building is divided into four blocks into seven levels and is shaped like a city with a street network, where you can look up, down, and away. Here, students and lecturers can communicate and cross paths.
There are terraces, galleries, niches, and ledges that create meeting places and life in large areas.
The escalator in the middle of the building, which is the longest escalator in Oslo, only goes one way - upwards! It takes you directly up to the library which is located on the top two floors, on the sunniest and most open part of the building.
Campus Oslo has students from more than 100 nations and lecturers from all over the world. For the school, it is important to receive international and national students, and everything is arranged for a good study environment where you can also build networks and friendships across national borders.
Bergen Campus
BI’s Bergen campus is situated in new and modern premises in a central location. Here you will experience engaging lecturers and an active student environment.
Campus Bergen is BI's second-largest campus and is located in modern premises centrally at Møhlenpris, right by the sea – the school has its own private beach.
Campus Bergen has a unique location among Bergen's business clusters, and our closest neighbors are I .A. DNB, Media City Bergen, Nyskapningsparken, VilVite, and the High Technology Center.
On the Bergen campus, you can study full-time or combine work and further education. Student life is so much more than a lecture and a reading room.
It can be the best, hardest, most stressful, and the most fun period of your life. It’s about meeting new people, developing new interests, and challenging yourself both professionally and socially.
Stavanger Campus
Campus Stavanger has moved into new and modern premises in a central location. Here you will experience engaging lecturers and an active student environment.
Campus Stavanger is part of the new business area Byfjordparken - by the fjord near the city center. Here you will experience state-of-the-art and environmentally friendly premises with superb views of the Byfjord, only two kilometers from the city center. A particularly more central location is difficult to find, that is how perfectly located this campus is.
With a newly opened campus in the autumn of 2019, this is one of the Nordic regions most modern.
Here, academic inspiration is put in focus and the students will be able to use the entire campus to study, have social gatherings, and help to make this a campus full of life.
On the Stavanger campus, you can study full-time or combine work and further education. Student life is so much more than a lecture and a reading room.
It can be the best, hardest, most stressful, and funniest period of your life. It's about meeting new people, developing new interests, and challenging yourself both professionally and socially.
Student life in Stavanger offers diversity. This comes in the form of events, nightlife, concerts, sports, and other cultural offerings.
Through the BI campus Stavanger, you will also have the opportunity to form close contact with the business community in the area. Career and business days open doors between you as a student and potential employers.
Trondheim Campus
BI’s campus in Trondheim is perfectly located on Brattøra. Brattøra is a growing district with proximity to restaurants, culture, and business. The campus is just a few minute's walks from Central Station.
With a newly opened campus in the autumn of 2018, this is one of the Nordic regions most modern. Here, professional inspiration is put in focus and the students will be able to use the entire building to study, have social gatherings, and help to make this a campus full of life.
With the business community right outside the door, there will be a close collaboration with relevant actors and the students can already during their studies create a good network.
On the Trondheim campus, you can study full-time or combine work and further education. As a student at BI - campus Trondheim, you will be part of the city's large student community. The city has 35,000 students and has a passion to become the best student community in the Nordic region.
CAMPUS LIFE AT BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL
BI – Student Organization:
This active student-centered body is one the most significant in Norway, its responsibilities involve everything from social and academic integration to working to ensure that BI students are attractive in business after their studies as well as contributing to a more sustainable future.
This organization exists to create an unforgettable study period with many memorable impactful activities, creating an environment for students to succeed.
All four campuses of BI have their own active student organization where they do everything they can to facilitate social and academic development during the study process and make it easier to make new acquaintances across fields of study.
In the lecture hall students learn the theory and through participation in BISO, and at events under the auspices of BISO, you as a student will be able to apply the theory in a fun and exciting way - together with other students.
You will meet new people, build relationships with other students and actors from the business world, and perhaps most importantly, have fun while moving your boundaries by challenging yourself.
BISO Bergen consists of a wide range of everything from subgroups, sports teams, committees, and line associations. The group works to give students a better everyday study - both academically and socially.
Throughout the year, they work hard to make the study time even better and more meaningful for the students at BI Bergen.
BISO Stavanger is run by and for the BI students themselves, where all fields of study are represented. They always work for improvements and invest heavily in commitment during studies.
Commitment to the student organization helps to give students an important plus on their CV, is an arena where theory can be practiced and perhaps most important of all - a place where you can make new friends and contacts for the rest of your life.
We at BISO Trondheim will make it easy for you as a student to have a study period where you will be able to explore and unfold the potential as a student and human being in a way that gives you an advantage on the way forward after graduation.
To achieve this, the group is dependent on committed students who want to contribute to their everyday study, and not least want to participate in the various events that hold during the academic year.
All campuses have their own student bars run by BISO, where various social gatherings are arranged for all students. “Fadderullan” is the name of the sponsored weeks at BI Norwegian Business School and is arranged in close collaboration with BI Student Organization.
Since its inception, Fadderullan has grown to become Norway's largest student-run event, with over 4,000 participants each year - in Oslo alone.
Internationally AccreditedBI ranks as No.1 in Norway and ranked as one of the best business schools in Europe by the Financial Times. Obtaining the three most prestigious accreditations also makes BI a Triple Crown school with only 1 percent of business schools in the world. Which means, a BI graduate gain work anywhere in the world with their certificate. A diploma from BI is internationally sought after, increasing your chances of gaining employment. |
On The Digital FrontBy digitizing its portfolio and delivering futuristic programs, BI seeks to be at the forefront of raising and teaching leaders how to lead digitally and transform their enterprise. |
Scandinavian managementWe are proud teachers of the Scandinavian Leadership Model, where values such as equality and a flat hierarchy make Norwegian employees one of the most productive workforces in the world. |
Competent StaffYou will spend a lot of time listening to lecturers, and what is worse than uninspired teachers who do not care about the subject? Lecturers who only deliver the same lesson as last year without updating themselves on what is going on in a world that is moving ever faster. |
Industry RelevanceBI is relevant for tomorrow's labor market, BI has strong contacts in the business world. Interestingly, one in four Norwegian top managers has a degree from BI. This means that the chance of meeting someone with a background from BI when you are in a job interview is great. It also means that the school gets a lot of input on how to make teaching more relevant. At BI you will work with real cases and challenges. |
Global Learning PlatformThe programs offered at BI allows students to study abroad through various partnerships with other top international business schools. BI recently announced that it has allied with schools that aim to shape the future of leadership education, such as Imperial College. |
BI takes pride in offering international students housing guarantees. In collaboration with different housing providers, international students can choose from several different accommodation locations. With BI's guarantee of housing for international students, you have many options. After applying, you will be assigned your room based on your housing provider priorities and availability. BI collaborates with several housing providers that offer affordable single rooms in a range of student residences in Oslo and Bergen.
A room in the student house is guaranteed if international students at BI apply for housing before May 24th for students starting in the fall and before October 15th for students starting the spring semester. Please note that the housing guarantee only applies to new students coming to BI for the first time in Norway.
BI takes pride in offering international students housing guarantees. In collaboration with different housing providers, international students can choose from several different accommodation locations.
With BI's guarantee of housing for international students, you have many options. After applying, you will be assigned your room based on your housing provider priorities and availability.
BI collaborates with several housing providers that offer affordable single rooms in a range of student residences in Oslo and Bergen.
A room in the student house is guaranteed if international students at BI apply for housing before May 24th for students starting in the fall and before October 15th for students starting the spring semester.
Please note that the housing guarantee only applies to new students coming to BI for the first time in Norway.
There are 113 student flats between 10 m2 and 20 m2 with a shared kitchen and bathroom with other students. The location of this student residence is very good: close to popular areas such as Majorstuen and Frogner. BI is easily accessible by the metro and it is only a 20-minute distance.
Price 4550 NOK * (electricity and internet included)
Deposit 5000 NOK *
Anker - Anker has several housing options in Oslo. Rooms differ in size and price. Most of Anker's rooms are studio apartments where residents have their kitchenette and bathroom.
We recommend searching for the "Sandakerveien" location, just a 5-minute walk from BI's Oslo campus. If you want to live in the city center, Anker also offers rooms in very central locations such as Storgata and Københavngata.
The prices for a room in Anker range from NOK 5000-8000 per month (including electricity, water, heating, and internet). Anker sometimes offers apartments for student partners or couples from foreign countries.
In Bergen;
Sammen – International students can apply directly for housing at the Bergen campus without filling the application form. RocApply will guide you through all the ways you can get suitable and affordable accommodation in Bergen.
BI Athletics is the student sports association at BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo. The association currently has 19 different sports groups and over 1000 active Members.
BI Athletics focuses on getting as many students as possible active in the various sports that are offered, and we are also positive about creating new groups and there is interest in it among the students. We emphasize the lively and social student environment at the school.
By being a member of BI Athletics, you make easier contacts across the study lines. We can promise that you as a student will have an even more meaningful and unforgettable study time with us at BI.
Located on the Akerselva River in the South East of Norway, is the beautiful city of Oslo. As well as being the country’s capital and cultural heart, Oslo is also the gateway to Norway's natural beauty.
Saltwater runs deep in the veins of this sophisticated city. In recent years the rugged dock areas that launched so many adventures have been reinvented into an entertainment hub. Fashionable cafes and restaurants sit easily here amidst centuries of history.
The Aker Byrgge district is a popular meeting place for both locals and visitors, wander along this historic area lined with lots of shops. Take a short ferry trip to numerous museums in the city to journey deeper into Oslo’s rich history.
Visit the Viking Ship Museum to see a stunning display of 800-year old long ships, believed to have carried some of the greatest seafarers that ever lived.
There are also other beautiful museums in nearby areas such as The Fram Museum, The Kon-Tiki Museum, a tribute to an epic adventure that captivated and inspired a world exhausted by the Second World War It is not only nautical pioneers that are revered in Oslo, visit the Nobel Peace Center which showcases the achievements of pioneers in world peace, but this highly esteemed award is also presented each year in the City Hall, one of Oslo’s most famous and beautiful buildings.
Asides being the capital and most populous city in Norway with a population of 634,293 residents, Oslo also has a land area of 480 km sq., 242 of which is made up of forests and green life.
The city is home to Norway’s King Harald V and Queen Sonja, in the beautiful Royal Palace. According to the UN, Oslo, and by extension Norway, is the best place to live in the world. It has the highest Human Development Index and the lowest unemployment rate in the world.
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