The BI Presidential Scholarship is Awarded to both international and Norwegian applicants with superior academic records admitted to any MSc program.

Scholarship Summary

• Funding: Fully Funded
• Institution: BI Norwegian Business School
• Level: Masters
• Course: All Courses
• Applicant: Norwegian residents and International Students
• Country: Norway 
• Deadline: 03/01/2024

Benefits

• Scholarships will cover full tuition fees.

• A stipend for each semester, for up to two years, if the student achieves the academic progression requirements. The stipend is to assist with living expenses but does not cover all expenses (approximately 70%).

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Eligibility criteria

• Candidates must have a minimum overall GPA of ‘A’ on the ECTS scale or the equivalent top-level grade on international grade scales to be considered.
• Students in the 3rd year of the Sivøk program are eligible to apply.
• Candidates with Norwegian citizenship or international citizenship from EU/EEA/Switzerland.
• Citizens of countries from outside the EU/EEA who are residents of Norway may be eligible, depending on their residency status. Please see the list on this webpage to determine eligibility. If you fall in this category, include documentation of residency with your scholarship application letter. 
• International applicants (all citizenships) who moved to Norway for their bachelor studies and will complete a bachelor’s degree in Norway (full 180 ECTS) in the spring of the year of application. International applicants with citizenship from outside the EU/EEA must not have a break in studies between the completion of their bachelor’s degree and the commencement of their master’s degree.
• Candidates admitted to a Master of Science degree program at campus Oslo or campus Bergen, except the BI-Luiss Joint Masters in Marketing.

Note: International applicants with citizenship from outside the EU/EEA/Switzerland who are not residents of Norway are not eligible for this scholarship.

Submission deadline

March 1st 2024

How to apply

• Apply for a scholarship at the same time as you apply for admission on the online application portal.

• Write a scholarship application letter, a maximum of one page, outlining why you should be considered for this scholarship. Scholarships are awarded based on academic merit, not on financial need.

• Upload it to the section marked ‘Scholarship’ in your online application for admission.

• Include all the required documentation to be evaluated for admission to a Master of Science program. The scholarship application will only be considered if a complete application for admission has been submitted and the offer of admission is accepted.

• BI students currently in their 3rd year of the Siviløkonom program, can apply in the spring of their 3rd year by sending a scholarship application letter to info@bi.no with the subject line: BI Presidential Scholarship Application

• International applicants who apply for the BI Presidential Scholarship will also be considered for the MSc International Scholarship. A separate scholarship application letter is not required.

NOTE: Only candidates admitted to a Master of Science program commencing Autumn 2024 will be considered for this scholarship.

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