The NHH Executive MBA has three main distinctive features. These are the reputation and distinctiveness of NHH, the structure of the programme with the specialisations and the role of the academic directors. 

NHH is a long-established institution with a solid reputation in Norway. It has a faculty that research at the top of their fields internationally and is also part of networks with leading international business schools. This reputation gives the Executive MBA a strong brand to leverage in the market.  

Management entails creating results in cooperation with others and making decisions based on complex circumstances in one's own enterprise, while also having a good understanding of one's local, national and global environment and markets.

The overall goal of the program is to enable the students to make better and more informed real life business decisions to increase the likelihood that their organization reach their goals. To achieve this, the EMBA programme builds a bridge between theory and practice. To succeed the pedagogical model in the programme relies on problem-based learning, where students learn through experience and application of theory to the real life managerial challenges they are confronted with as managers in different organizations and industries.

We invite well-known senior managers and practitioners to share their own experiences, thus offering the students the opportunity to discuss and learn from experienced and successful managers.

The Executive MBA will give you a forward-looking and comprehensive management education. The content of the programme is continuously updated to keep it relevant and in line with the mission, strategic objectives and strengths of NHH. It enables students to gain key insights into strategy, management, economics, accounting, sustainability and innovation.

Each specialisation addresses a central problem and a set of underlying problems around the specialisation’s unique theme, while following the programme learning outcomes. This problem-based, thematic approach is a distinctive feature of the NHH Executive MBA programme.

You can choose from four different customized spesialisations.

EMBA specialisations

• Management Control
• Seafood Management
• Strategic Management
• Technology and Innovation of Finance

Each of the specialisations is led by an academic director who will follow the study from start to finish. Along with a diverse group of participants with complementary skills and backgrounds, this provides a unique learning environment and helps to promote different perspectives on business issues. You follow the same group of students over two academic years, where good networks are created for sharing knowledge and learning in and outside the specialisation.

The academic directors have responsibility for a cohort, attend all the gatherings and are main point of academic contact for the students. Their role is as a facilitator, guide, advisor and mentor for the students.