
Specialisation in Management Control
Strengthen your leadership. Create value and move your organisation forward.
About the programme
- ECTS Credits
- 90
- Degree
- Executive Master of Business Administration
- Application period
- Application deadline 1 September 2025
- Study start
- 25 September 2025
Do you want to enhance your role as a leader, gain greater confidence in financial management, and make better strategic decisions?
NHH’s Executive MBA with specialisation in Management Control provides you with the tools, insights, and confidence needed to generate sustainable value in a complex and uncertain world. Our focus is on how organisations can navigate this challenging landscape.
The programme offers a future-oriented and practically relevant leadership education, firmly rooted in economics and strategy. Through problem-based learning and real-life case work, you will develop the ability to understand and lead organisations in demanding economic contexts and create value in times of geopolitical turbulence.
Throughout the programme, you will work with real challenges and learn how various management tools and analyses can be used strategically to generate value.
You will gain:
- Research-based knowledge in economics, strategy, and leadership – with a focus on sustainability, technology, and internationalisation.
- Skills in using advanced tools for profitability analysis, investment evaluation, and strategic decision support.
- Practical leadership training through case work, reflection, and knowledge exchange with fellow participants.
- Two international study trips to leading institutions – for global insight and inspiration.
- The opportunity to strengthen your leadership and build a valuable professional network.
- Executive-level competence and access to influential networks.
leadership-level expertise and important networks
The EMBA is designed for those with leadership experience or ambitions to lead.
Delivered part-time over two years, the programme combines on-campus sessions, digital workshops, and international study trips. It is tailored to support learning, networking, and academic depth – all while managing a demanding leadership role.
A diverse student group with complementary skills from across Norwegian business and public sectors brings a range of perspectives to business challenges, creating a unique and dynamic learning environment.
A dedicated NHH programme director ensures academic and pedagogical continuity and will be a key contributor to your professional and personal development.

About the programme
- ECTS Credits
- 90
- Degree
- Executive Master of Business Administration
- Application period
- Application deadline 1 September 2025
- Study start
- 25 September 2025
Professional EMBA guidance
Our experienced advisors are happy to assist you in the process. Send us an email, and we will get in touch to arrange a non-binding conversation about the EMBA program.
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Practical Information
- Four subject modules, over a two-year period. See overview
- Locations: Oslo, Bergen, Milano and Singapore
- Language of instruction: Norwegian
- Tuiton fee: NOK 545,000
Contact
NHH EXECUTIVE
NHH Norwegian School of Economics is a triple-crown accredited leading business school strongly anchored in the Norwegian business world and a top choice for Executive education in Europe. NHH has an internationally recognised research environment and is the first choice for students who want to study business administration in Norway.
In close cooperation with the business community and society, we are developing new knowledge and creating values for a sustainable future.
NHH has an international profile and cooperates with 200 universities and business schools in more than 50 countries. We have approximately 3,670 students and 473 employees.
NHH Executive hosts executive education with a long tradition in offering MBA specialisations.
Programme structure
Module 2: Strategy, managment and accounting |
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08.01.-10.01.2026 NHH Campus Oslo |
Financial reporting | |
05.02.-07.02.2026 Quality Hotel Leangkollen, Asker |
Strategic analysis | |
19.02.2026 Online |
Lecture and case | |
05.03.-07.03.2026 NHH Campus Berge |
Sustainable business models and ESG reporting | |
19.03.2026 |
Submission of semester assignment | |
26.03.2026 Online |
Case and exam preparation | |
10.04.-15.04.2026 | Home exam, five days |
Module 3: Innovation and change |
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07.05.-09-05.2026 NHH Campus Oslo |
International economics and change management |
08.06.-12.06.2026 HEC Paris |
Study trip: Broaden business perspectives in a changing environment |
02.07.2026 | Submission of semester assignment |
13.08.-15.08.2026 NHH Campus Bergen |
Project analysis and research methods |
17.09.-19.09.2026 NHH Campus Oslo |
Technology and innovation |
01.10.2026 Online |
Exam preparation |
26.10.2026 | Home exam, six hours |
Module 4: Finance and international management |
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12.11.-14.11.2026 NHH Campus Oslo |
Finance |
10.12.-12.12.2026 NHH Campus, Oslo |
Valuation and team managment |
21.12.2026 | Submission of progress plan and team contract for the master's thesis |
07.01.-09.01.2027 Quality Hotel Leangkollen |
Managment |
21.01.2027 Online |
Exam preparation |
15.02.2027 | Home exam, eight hours |
08.03.-12.03.2027 NUS Singapore |
Study trip: Doing Business in Asia |
07.04.2027 | Submission of semester assignment |
08.04.-10.04.2027 NHH Campus Oslo |
Integration |
20.05.-21.05.2027 NHH Campus Oslo |
Develop your leaderships, and working on your master's thesis |
09.07.2027 |
Submission of master's thesis |
19.08.-20.08.2027 NHH Campus Bergen |
Defense of master's thesis, current topics and conclusion |
20.01.2028 |
Graduation |