How does GSM work?
GSM goes beyond attending a series of courses: it involves bootcamps, team building workshops, immersive learning, simulations and project labs, forming a skill development semester like no other, which is supplemented by our GSM electives.

GSM structure
The GSM courses are seamlessly integrated with your master’s programme, and you graduate with a master’s degree from NHH and a certificate from ENGAGE.EU.
1st semester: Compulsory Courses at NHH
- Core courses in the specialisation you choose
- Empirical Methods course
- Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability (ERS) course
- Local onboarding to GSM
2nd semester: GSM Package at Hanken, Finland (exchange semester)
All GSM students take the following course package at Hanken in Helsinki, Finland:
- Current Trends in Global Sustainability
- Understanding the Global Sustainability Context
- Tackling Global Sustainability Challenges
- Sustainability Transformation Lab
- Reflections on Sustainability (continues into 3rd semester)
3rd semester: GSM Electives at NHH
- Reflections on Sustainability (continued from 2nd semester)
- GSM electives to deepen your knowledge on sustainability issues. The GSM electives will vary depending on your NHH specialisation.
4th semester: Master’s thesis at NHH
- You write your master’s thesis in the final semester of the programme.
Specialisations
The GSM programme can be combined with these specialisations at NHH:
For Norwegian speaking students only:
Contact us
- engage.eu@nhh.no
NHH GSM Team
This is ENGAGE.EU
- A European university alliance
- Founded in 2020, NHH became a member in 2021
- Comprised of 10 prominent higher education institutions in the areas of business, economics and social sciences
- Includes universities from Norway, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Finland and France
- Fosters collaboration mobility and innovation in education to tackle societal challenges and prepare students for global issues
Engage.eu partners
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