Overview

The Master in Business - People and Business Development programme from BI Norwegian Business School equips graduate professionals and future business leaders with the strategic skills and analytical insights necessary to develop people and simultaneously drive sustainable business success

Credential earned: Master in Business, major in People and Business Development
FT rankings Master in Management 2025: 88
QS rankings Master in Management 2025: 45

Key facts:

This major emphasizes the critical interplay between people dynamics and sustainable business strategies, providing a strong foundation in evidence-based analysis and the development of solid business cases, supported by essential analytical tools.

Career possibilities

Business needs professionals who can develop people and business at the same time. By combining insights into behaviour at the individual, team and organisational levels with data-driven decision-making, you improve performance and solve complex problems.

Examples of areas you can work in:

organisational development & change leadership

project & programme management

business & product development

people analytics & decision support

sustainability, culture & responsible business

Accreditation

BI Norwegian Business School is in the top 1% of business schools worldwide having achieved the Triple Crown of international business school accreditations.

Accredited by: EQUIS, AMBA, AACSB

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Programme Structure

Courses included:

Innovation for Business Growth and Competitive Advantage

Agile Management and Collaborative Leadership

Business Economics

Mathematics and Quantitative Methods

The Practicing Change Leader

Internship opportunity
Master Thesis

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-23 00:00:00

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More details

Priority application deadline for full-time Master programmes: 1 March. After 1 March, applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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PTE Academic

62

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Oslo, Norway

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Required

GRE^®

158 _{(quantitative)}

GMAT

600

Minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.50 (B) on ECTS scale

Applicants with international education are required to submit a GMAT 555 (Focused Edition) or GMAT 600 (10th Edition).
GRE also accepted.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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PTE Academic

62

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A successfully completed bachelor’s degree (180 ECTS credits) in the field of business administration, finance or economics

A successfully completed bachelor’s degree with a specialisation (minimum 80 ECTS credits) in one of the following, provided that the combination of courses gives a good foundation for further studies within business economics and administration:

Mathematics or statistics

Accounting

Computer Science

The bachelor’s degree must include the following foundation courses with minimum grade of C on the ECTS Scale:

Economics
Accounting or Finance
Statistics or Econometrics
Mathematics or equivalent*

*Equivalent courses may include Calculus, Algebra, Differential Equations, or other courses in which mathematics was taught and applied. Applicants need to include the relevant course syllabus(es) with their application to determine that applicants satisfy this requirement.

Admission requirements are the same for every major.

Work experience

This is a pre-experience master programme. No work experience is required.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

166700 NOK / year

≈ 166700 NOK / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

128200 NOK / year

≈ 128200 NOK / year

Living costs

Oslo

Norway

11682 - 19230 NOK / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Highly competitive selection for a limited number of scholarships for international and domestic students. I

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Application deadline March 1.
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