Executive Master of Management

• A completed Bachelor degree, equivalent of 180 officially recognised credits from a university or university college.
• You are at least 25 years of age
• You have 4 years full-time work experience. If you have a prior Master degree, the requirement is 3 years full-time work experience.

When calculating work experience, several criteria apply: The work experience must have been continuous for at least 6 months. It must be at least a 50 % position. The work experience must be gained at 18 plus years. From these criteria, the work experience must in total consist of at least 4 years full-time. If, for example, you have worked in a 50 % position, 8 years of work experience is required.

• Diploma
  Successfully completed degree must be documented with all pages of the Diploma: Degree certificate or final Diploma (the proof that a degree has been completed); transcript of grades/ academic record with an overview of subjects, Credits/ECTS and grades for all the years of your education and Diploma Supplement (if available).
  
  If the documents are issued in a language other than English or a Scandinavian language, you need to attach a translation in addition to the documents in the original language. We accept translations done by a government authorised translator or by a translation agency in Norway or abroad.
  
  Completed higher education degree in Norway can also be documented with a digitally signed PDF containing your results from the Diploma Registry.
• Work experience*
  The work experience must be documented by a work certificate that includes the following information:
  • Full company name
  • Position 
  • Duration of the employment (start and end date)
  • The percentage of employment or the number of activity hours 
  • Signature, full name and position of the signee
  • The issue date of the document  
  
  *Employment agreements or job offers are not approved documentation.
  
  Work experience as self-employed must be document with a company certificate from The Brønnøysund Register Centre, a certificate from The Norwegian Tax Administration or from the accountant.
• CV
• Proof of name change
  If the name on your documents does not match your current name, you need to attach a proof of name change: marriage or divorce certificate (Norwegian or foreign) stating both your old and your new name; proof of name change from the public authorities in the country where you changed your name or proof of name change from the National Population Register.
  

  You must provide us with translation if the original document is issued in a language other than English or a Scandinavian language.

Note: It is important that you upload complete and readable documents. Documents with multiple pages must be uploaded in one file.

Applicants for the Master of Management programmes who don’t meet the requirements of a full Bachelor degree as stipulated in the Regulations relating to Admissions, Studies and Examinations, can be admitted based on prior learning and work experience. Applicants must have at least 90 officially recognised credits.

The assessment of prior learning and work experience is based on the following criteria: 

• Credits above 90
• Work experience after the age of 25
• The level of the currently held position
• Experience from organisation work
• Own publications
• Particularly responsible management experience

In order to obtain this degree you must have completed a total of 90 credits. You can apply to have external education of up to 30 credits recognised as part of the Executive Master of Management degree. This education must be at Master level, must have a management perspective and be based on experience or in connection with further and continuing education connected to your work.

Students can get recognition for external education up to 30 ECTS credits as part of the Executive Master of Management degree.

In order to get recognised external education incorporated into the degree, it is a condition that the education is accredited, at master level and that it has a management perspective. In addition, the education must be experience based or been undertaken in connection to his or her work. 

The last programme in the degree must be completed at BI, and it is not possible to complete external courses at other institutions concurrently while enrolled in the final master programme at BI. 

No pre-assessments are made and requests for transferring credits from other institutions must be made as part of an application to a Master of Management programme at BI. 

• Application form for recognition of previous education