Master of Science in Business

Major in Accounting and Business Control

Customise your Master of Science in Business degree by choosing a major in Accounting and Business Control.

What will you learn?

Accounting and Business Control is about turning financial data into reliable insight that supports good decisions. You’ll build a solid base in financial and management accounting, cash and risk management, and performance management. We mix theory with hands-on tools and real cases, with a strong focus on data, sustainability and responsible business.

You will learn to:

  • prepare and explain financial reports and understand sustainability reports.
  • build and improve control and performance systems.
  • plan cash and funding, and manage market risks using modern treasury tools.
  • use data and technology to support decisions under uncertainty.
  • handle ethics, stakeholder trade-offs and regulatory requirements in reporting and control.
  • communicate insights clearly to managers, boards, regulators and investors.

Popular courses covered in this programme

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Financial Accounting and Taxation

Learn about the regulatory environment for financial reporting, preparation of financial statements, management working capital, as well as fundamentals of business taxation.

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Management Control

Develop the skills to interpret financial information for higher level managerial decision making. Understand how incorporating technology can improve both analytical insight and reporting practices.

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Treasury Management

Learn to manage a company’s money in practice—from planning liquidity and using working capital wisely to securing financing and reducing risk.

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Strategic Risk Analysis 

Develop the competencies required to analyse, evaluate, manage, and respond to risk.

Why choose this major?

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 major in Accounting and Business Control at BI.

Why choose a major in Accounting and Business Control?

Career Possibilities

Employers value graduates who combine financial rigour, business understanding and analytics. You’ll be ready to work in complex financial environments, strengthen governance, manage risk, and support long-term value creation—across private and public organisations, in Norway and internationally.

Examples of areas you can work in:

  • Financial reporting & compliance – annual reports, group accounts (consolidation), sustainability reporting.
  • Business control & performance – goals/KPIs, budgeting and forecasting.
  • Treasury & financial risk – liquidity, funding and hedging currency/interest risk.
  • Finance data & analytics – dashboards, forecasting and scenario analysis.
  • Internal control, governance & sustainability – control environment, ethics and reporting standards.

Many of these areas will ultimately prepare you for a position as CFO or Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an organization.

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Customise your degree

As a master student at BI, you have several exciting opportunities that will contribute to a varied and interesting student life, at the same time as you build relevant competence and gain an advantage in the job market by tailoring your degree.

Internship

Our internship programme is a credit-bearing course that gives you the opportunity to test subjects and industries based on your interests, competency, and personal qualities. An internship is valuable as a means of allowing you to experience how your field of study is applied in the business world and provides you with work experience that can be highly attractive to potential employers.

Exchange

Take part of your education abroad! If you want to work abroad or in an international company after your studies, this should be particularly relevant for you. Culture and language are important in all companies and organisations, but knowledge of other countries' customs, governance and behaviour can be absolutely crucial to global success.

Elective courses

We offer a number of elective courses so that you can adapt your studies to your own interests and goals. This way you can build up competency and pursue a combination of courses that will make you attractive and unique.

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Programme Structure

The academic year at BI is divided into two semester, one in the autumn and one in spring. There are exams at the end of each semester. This programme structure provides an overview of which courses you will be taking and when you will be taking them.

1. Year

  • 60 credits (ECTS)

Autumn

Spring

2. Year

  • 60 credits (ECTS)

Autumn

Spring

Please be aware that the study plan and courses can be subject to change.

Tuition fee

The academic year 2025-2026: NOK 122,800.
Updated fee for 2026-2027: TBA.

The tuition fee is invoiced per semester and adjusted annually. It includes access to lectures and the standard examination fee.

Students with a bachelor's degree from BI are eligible for a discounted tuition 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.