Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
Do you want the possibility to work within finance, shipping or marketing? With this flexible and broad degree in English you can choose from many different career paths.
Admission closed for new applicants – Autumn 2025
Due to high demand, this programme is now closed for new applicants for the Autumn 2025 intake. If you applied before the 15 April deadline, your application will still be processed.
What will you learn?
In this three-year programme, you learn about management principles and practices, market influences, operations, finance, communication, and more. Because of this broad knowledge, you can analyse complex business problems from different perspectives, and easily cross different boundaries that may exist within and between organisations.
Some of the topics you will learn about:
- Operations. Learn how businesses optimise their practices.
- Finance. Understand how businesses are financed, and how to judge the profitability of investments.
- Accounting. This skill set gives you the ability to systematically understand the financial activity of a business.
- Marketing. You will be introduced to the basic concepts of marketing, learning how companies attract and keep their customers
Popular courses covered in this programme:
BBA Specialisations
During the third year of the programme, you will have courses from a specialisation of your choosing. These courses are important within business administration. A specialisation will give you a broader competence that will be needed in the job-market. The specialisation will also be registered on your diploma when you graduate.
The courses you can specialise in:
Why choose this programme?
Engaging learning experiences and quality teaching are something we strive to provide, to help you build a solid skill and competency base, making you relevant for the future of work. In the video below, you will get the perspectives of our students, faculty, and the industry to understand the reasons for choosing to study BBA at BI.
Why choose BBA?
Career possibilities
The Bachelor of Business Administration programme provides you with a broad, flexible, and attractive education, opening up a wide range of career opportunities. You could work in areas such as consulting, marketing, finance, operations, or in various other roles.
As part of an international learning environment, where teaching is conducted in English and you are surrounded by fellow students and lecturers from over 60 countries, you will develop a unique understanding of multi-cultural collaboration. The demand for candidates with international experience is growing, and this programme equips you with the tools you need to stand out across borders. A BBA prepares you to succeed in today’s competitive job market and can lead to a global career in:
- Consultancy. Use your expertise to help businesses optimize their activities.
- Marketing and sales. Find the best ways to sell your company’s products or services.
- Shipping. By its very nature a global business, shipping companies are always looking for candidates with an international perspective.
- Finance. Steer investments and ensure profitability.
- Management. The skills you gain from this degree are an excellent fit for someone with leadership ambitions.
Customise your degree
As a student at BI, you have several exciting opportunities that can contribute to a varied and interesting student life, at the same time as you build relevant competence.
Flexibility
If you are considering studying business and want a solid foundation for further master's studies or exciting job opportunities, then BBA is for you. In the first two years, you will acquire competence and skills within key areas of business subjects, ranging from Marketing to Finance, Management, and Accounting. Once you have experienced and completed different courses and found your field of interest, you will be able to build and adapt your degree based on this, by choosing a specialisation. After year one, students who are fluent in Norwegian (must show documentation of achieved language requirements), will also have the opportunity to apply to our Bachelor i økonomi og administrasjon without taking any extra courses.
Internship
Get relevant work and networking experience as part of the study. BI offers internships as an elective course. You choose your own company and get the opportunity to test subjects and industry based on interests, competence and personal qualities.
Exchange
You do not have to postpone your studies to satisfy your dream to travel - take parts of your education abroad! If you want to work abroad or in an international company after your studies, this might be particularly relevant to you.
Elective courses
We offer a number of elective courses, so that you can adapt your studies to your own wishes and interests. In this way, you can build up competence and get a professional combination that makes you attractive and unique.
What can you study afterwards?
After completing this programme, you have a range of options to continue your education at BI. These are the master programmes you will academically qualify directly to if you fulfil the requirements:
- MSc in Business
- MSc in Business Analytics
- MSc in Digital Communication Management
- MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- MSc in Finance
- MSc in Leadership and Organisational Psychology
- Master i regnskap og revisjon
- MSc in Sustainable Finance
You can also qualify for other master programmes BI offers by taking specific electives. Contact info@bi.no for more information. BI reserves the right to change the admission requirements for our master programmes, which may vary from year to year.
Programme Structure
1. Year
- 60 credits (ECTS)
Autumn
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7,5 ECTS
Spring
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7,5 ECTS
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7,5 ECTS
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7,5 ECTS
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7,5 ECTS
2. Year
- 60 credits (ECTS)
Autumn
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Marketing Management and Strategy
7,5 ECTS
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7,5 ECTS
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Research Methods and Econometrics
7,5 ECTS
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Financial Reporting and Analysis
7,5 ECTS
Spring
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7,5 ECTS
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7,5 ECTS
3. Year
- 60 credits (ECTS)
Autumn
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Specialisation
30 ECTS
Specialisations
During the third year of the programme, you will take courses from a specialisation of your choosing. Select the specialisation to see which courses they contain.
If you don’t fulfil the requirement above, we have options for you to consider to fulfil the English and/or qualifying year requirement.
If you are a Norwegian citizen, you are qualified for loans and scholarships from Lånekassen.
Tuition fee
The tuition fee is invoiced per semester and adjusted annually. It includes access to lectures and the standard examination fee.
Different rates apply to students from countries outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland. Certain exceptions and variations may apply.
Read more about tuition fees.
Practical information
BI offers rolling admissions but operates with priority application deadlines. You must apply within the priority application deadline to ensure your application is considered.
- For undergraduate studies, we have a priority application deadline of April 15th for Norwegian applicants and March 1st for international applicants. However, we still accept applications after that date based on availability.