Master's Degree Programme in Marine Business Management

General Information about the Programme
The Master's Degree Programme in Marine Business Management aims to provide students with a deeper understanding of theory and methodology within more limited subject areas than in the Bachelor's Degree Programme. The Master's Degree Programme will also provide the basis for independent scientific research.

Professional Prospects
The Master's Degree Programme in Marine Business Management aims to offer comprehensive education at a high academic level.The programme serves to qualify for work in organisational analysis, personnel management, and marketing as well as work in research and teaching etc.



Study Conditions on Campus
As a student in Marine Business Management at the Norwegian College of Fishery Science (NFH), you will meet many academic challenges, but also many social and cultural possibilities. Everything will be arranged in order for you to be successful in your studies. At the lectures, you will meet committed lecturers. Self-tuition may be carried out in the reading rooms or in the computer lab. Free access to a personal e-mail account and web surfing is a matter of course for all students. The educational web portal Class Fronter is used increasingly in the teaching. Using this web portal, you will be able to communicate with your fellow students and class lecturers at any time.

Admission Requirements
In order to be admitted in the Master's Degree Programme in Marine Business Management, a Bachelor's Degree, a Cand.Mag. Degree or the equivalent degree of minimally three years' duration is required. The degree must include 80 credits in Business Administration courses.
Application form: Application form may be found here.

Study Programme Description
The Master's Degree Programme provides students with an education in Organisation and Management subjects.


Marine Business Management

Sem 1	BED-35XX Management and Business Ethics	BED-3007 Valuation of companies	BED-3003 Consumer behaviour
Sem 2	Elective	SVF-3506 Internasjonal food markeds	SVF-3501 Entrepreneurship
Sem 3	SVF-3011 Research design and qualitative methods	SVF-3502 Organizational learning and knowledge management	Elective
Sem 4	SVF-3910 Master Thesis in Marine Business Management

All courses comprise 10 credits. Further descriptions of course content and lecture plans are available from the University of Tromsø course catalogue.

Target Groups
The most important target groups are:

• Students with a Bachelor's Degree in Marine Business Management from the Norwegiangian College of Fishery Science
• Students with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Logistics from the Norwegian College of Fishery Science / Tromsø University College
• Students with a general Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration subjects with other specialisations

The Master's Thesis
The Master's Thesis will demonstrate the students' ability to carry out independent academic work within one of the subject areas of the programme. The Master's Thesis will show understanding, reflection and maturity.

It is required that the Master's Thesis topic is agreed upon in the third semester of the Master's Degree Programme, and that a supervision contract be signed before the student begins the writing of the Master's Thesis in the fourth semester. There will be a deadline for submitting the Master's Thesis.

Programme Coordination
The Norwegian College of Fishery Science is in charge of the academic and administrative sides of the Master Degree Programme in Marine Business Management . The Marine Business Management Programme Board is in charge of programme coordination.

Contact: Senior Executive Officer Tore Jørgensen.