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Bachelor’s programme

Marketing and Management

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Programme description

Are you interested in management, international marketing, branding, and trade? Does working internationally sound exciting? This program gives you solid knowledge in branding, market communication, sales, consumer behavior, logistics, management, innovation, sustainability, and strategy on an international stage. Combined with business economics and language courses, the program equips candidates with a strong foundation to understand and work in companies operating in both national and international markets. During the program, there are opportunities for exchange studies at a partner university and internships in a Norwegian or international company.

Career opportunities

Graduates with a bachelor’s in marketing and management are qualified to work in marketing, sales, and management across a wide range of industries and markets. Norwegian grocery chains and export companies are two examples.

Teaching methods

Campus-based teaching throughout the semester.
This program is taught exclusively in Norwegian. Applicants must meet the Norwegian language requirements in addition to the admission requirements described on the Norwegian program pages.

Have you considered the possibility of going abroad during your studies?

In the fifth semester, you can go on an exchange semester to one of our partner universities. As part of the program, you can have a 15-week internship in a company abroad during the final semester. You can find more information on our exchange pages.

Graduates can pursue master's studies. Generally, a minimum average grade of C is required for admission to master's programs. The specific admission requirements for each program must be checked by the student.

Example of Further Master's Study:

MSc in Sustainable Leadership and Arctic Perspectives at Nord University, Business School

Upon successful completion of this programme, the candidate:

Knowledge:

  • Has thorough knowledge of the key concepts, models, strategies and theoretical perspectives an organisation can make use of in order to market its products and services towards national as well as international markets and segments
  • Has thorough knowledge of key cultural, legal, political and economic factors that companies must take into account when operating internationally
  • Has knowledge of the most frequently applied research methods in marketing, including surveys, in-depth interviews, focus groups, experiments and observation
  • Can update his or her own knowledge in the field of international marketing as well as of the key products and markets for the fisheries and sea farming industries
  • Has knowledge of the origins and history of marketing, its various orientations including market orientation and the competitive forms of marketing that characterise various markets.

Skills:

  • Can locate and apply relevant market information and professional literature, as well as present this to inform a given issue
  • Can conduct simple market analyses and develop market plans and product strategies as part of developing efficient and appropriate marketing
  • Can read a financial statement and explain key figures calculated based on the accounts
  • Can reflect on his or her own professional conduct and adjust this based on professional feedback and supervision on larger assignments
  • Masters computer tools to analysing accounting, statistics and social media, including but not limited to Microsoft Excel, IBM SPSS, Google analytics a.o.

General competence:

  • Has knowledge of relevant legal and ethical issues related to management, marketing, advertising and corporate social responsibility
  • Can conduct empirical studies in the form of planning, collecting and presenting data in accordance with key methodological principles of social sciences, alone and/or as part of a group
  • Can present, discuss and argues his or her opinion before an audience
  • Has knowledge of research, development and application of new technology and trends in marketing
No tuition fees. Costs for semester registration and course literature apply.