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Master of Science in Event Management

Molde University College, Specialized University in Logistics

Programme website	www.himolde.no/EVM (Opens in new window)
Contact (person and/or unit)	Administrative contact person for applications for admission to MSc in Logistics, MSc in Event Management and MSc in Team Sport Management: Ms Ragnhild Brakstad Adviser/ International Coordinator MSc/ PhD programs Faculty of Economics, Informatics and Social Sciences Molde University College, Specialized University in Logistics
Telephone	+ 47 71 21 41 08
Email	Ragnhild.Brakstad@himolde.no
Programme duration	2 years (120 ECTS credits, 4 semesters)
Programme description	Molde University College, Specialized University in Logistics, started a new international MSc program in Event Management in mid August 2010. Admission to the program takes place every second year, and next admission will be in 2012. Like our international MSc program in Logistics, the MSc program in Event Management focuses on logistics, but with a greater emphasis on Event Management and Event Logistics. The program is of 2 years duration (120 ECTS credits), and will qualify the graduates for a large range of management positions within events, sports, culture, organisation of tourism and businesses. Graduates will learn how to manage and/ or participate in planning and organisation of complex events, obtain knowledge of the particular logistics and economical aspects related to events, understand the effect larger events can have on promoting tourism, obtain a broad knowledge of event technology and the equipments and infrastructure required for arranging events, and gain experience and practice from a number of European arrangements, including both cultural and sports events. Graduates from the MSc program in Event Management fulfil the academic requirements to later apply for admission to the 3 years PhD program in Logistics at HiMolde. It also qualifies the graduates to apply for admission to other relevant PhD programs outside Norway. The MSc program in Event Management includes courses of totally 90 ECTS credits held during the 3 first semesters, and a MSc thesis of 30 ECTS credits to be completed in the fourth and final semester. The study plan includes courses like: Event Logistics, Event Economics, Event Organisation, Event Tourism, Applied Event Management. Lectures, supervision of master's theses, and the arrangements of organized visits in Norway and other parts of Europe, will be given by at group/ network of Professors and Accociate Professors from both HiMolde and other higher educational institutions in Norway and in Europe, including staff members from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) in Bergen and Trondheim Business School (TØH) in Trondheim, and 15 professors from many European institutions in England, Germany, France and other European countries. For more detailed information about the study plan and organisation of the MSc program in Event Management, please see our English home page: www.himolde.no, under "International Master's Programmes" and "MSc in Event Management".
Application deadline	1 February 2012: Application deadline for international applicants with foreign education applying directly from abroad, and all applicants who are having a temporary residence permit in Norway. 1 April 2012: Latest postal date for submitting documentation to meet the English language requirements (TOEFL/ IELTS tests) for international applicants. Relevant only for applicants who are required to meet the formal English requirement, and who are not formally exempted from this requirement. Validity date for IELTS/ TOEFL test: Not older than 1 February 2010. 15 April 2012: Application deadline for applicants with Norwegian educational background, and who at the time of application are either Norwegian citizens or have obtained a permanent (not temporary) residence permit in Norway. These applicants are applying on a Norwegian application form. The international applicants for admission for the MSc program in Event Management will first be informed about the result of their admission around April/ May 2012. Updated and more detailed information about admission requirements, application procedures and application forms can be found on our English home page, under "International Master's Programmes", and "MSc in Event Management".
Nokut certification	Yes (What is this?) NOKUT (Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education) NOKUT is an independent state body whose purpose is to safeguard and develop the quality of Norwegian higher educational institutions. This is done through evaluation, accreditation and recognition of quality systems, institutions and study programmes. Only courses that are accredited or recognised by NOKUT, or are accredited as a result of the institution's blanket accreditation, have the right to be called "higher education". More information about NOKUT: www.nokut.no
Formal prerequisites	Academic admission requirements: Applicants should have completed a recognized BBA/BA/BSc/BEng/BTech or equivalent first degree, corresponding to a minimum of 180 ECTS credits (3 years of higher education) beyond the minimum matriculation requirement to be admitted at Norwegian higher educational institutions. The first degree/ bachelor's degree should preferably be within Logistics, Event Management, Business Administration, Economics, Sports Management or other relevant academic disciplines for the MSc program in Event Management. Applicants with only a HND (Higher National Diploma) or similar Diploma Education do not qualify for admission. Admission to our international master's programs is highly competitive, and applicants should preferably have completed their bachelor's degrees with an average grade of Excellent or Very Good, or at least a minimum average grade of Good or equivalent (like First Class or Second class Upper Division or equivalent grades). Qualified female applicants are encouraged to apply for admission. Applicants to the international MSc programs at HiMolde; MSc in Event Management, MSc in Logistics and MSc in Team Sport Management with education from countries having ratified the Lisbon Convention (like the countries within EU/EEA/EFTA), must document a minimum of 7 years of English as a subject from their primary and secondary school when submitting their application form. Applicants from countries outside the EU/EEA/EFTA countries, must as a main rule document either a TOEFL test with a minimum score of (550 paper-based test/213 computer-based test/ 79 internet-based test) or an IELTS test with minimum score of 6.0. HiMolde does not have a separate TOEFL code. IELTS/ TOEFL scores should be sent directly from the test centre to our postal address mentioned on the application form, and the test scores should not be older than 1 February 2010 to be considered for admission in year 2012. Applicants who have completed at least one year's education from a higher secondary school or a university in the UK, Ireland, US, Canada, Australia or New Zealand, or a recognized bachelor's degree from African countries where the main language of instruction has been English, are exempted from the formal English language requirements. Applicants from most Asian countries are not exempted from the English requirements. For more detailed information about the formal English language requirement and the possibilities for exemption, please see the information document for international applicants, and information attached to the application form at our home page www.himolde.no.
Tuition	No tuition is charged from Norwegian and international students studying at HiMolde. Norwegian and international students only pay a minor semester fee of approximately NOK 620 each semester. The semester fee contributes to the services run by the Student Services Organisation, like the student accommodation halls located either near the campus or near the city centre of Molde, and the book store, cantineens at campus and other welfare services for our students. Admitted Norwegian and international students should, however, estimate approximately NOK 9 800 per month to cover for their own living expenses while being a student in Norway. In addition admitted students can expect that there might be some extra costs in connection with travelling to and from Norway, particularly related to the students participation in one international module/ course held outside Norway, and the arrangements/ organized visits in other European countries, included as a compulsory part of the study plan for the MSc program in Event Management. International applicants with Individual Funding who are citizens of countries not belonging to EU/EEA/EFTA, and where a visa is required to enter Norway and Schengen, must first document a minimum of NOK 90 800 per academic year to cover for their living expenses in the first academic year of the MSc program in Event Management with their applications for admission, and before they are admitted to the program. If later admitted to the MSc program in Event Management, these applicants will be requested to transfer a minimum of NOK 90 800 to our Deposit Account for International Students within a deadline stated in the letter of admission, approximately around mid May 2012, and in good time before the admitted student arrive in Molde to start the MSc program in mid August. More detailed information about the Deposit Account for International Students will be given only to admitted internationals students together with the letter of admission.
Subject area	Business Studies/Management Science
Degree level	Master
City	Molde, Norway
Credits	120 ECTS credits (2 years - 4 semesters)
Language of teaching	English
Scholarship	No scholarships are offered for the MSc in Event Management at HiMolde
Application procedures	Information about admission requirements, application procedures and application form for international applicants to the MSc program in Event Management for admission in year 2012, can be downloaded from our home page: www.himolde.no. More updated information about the MSc program will be published on our home page during the academic year 2011/2012, e.g. an updated Study Plan. It is important to notice that Molde University College, Specialized University in Logistics, does not accept or handle applications for admission sent as attachments to email or sent by fax. All international applicants must post their application with the required documentation at latest within 1 February 2012. We also do not accept or handle applications posted after the application deadline of 1 February 2012. Applicants for admission in 2012 will first be informed about the result of their admission around mid May 2012. Please be aware that our specialized university does not have the administrative capacity to inform the applicants about the "status of their applications" before the admission has been finalized and the letters of admission or rejections letters have been sent to the applicants. All applicants will therefore first be informed about the result of their admission after the admission has been finalized. Molde University College, Specialized University in Logistics, is not collaborating with any international agent, concultancy in student recruitement. All international applicants must therefore apply individually and directly to our specialized university, by not using agents. Applications that despite of this information are forwarded to us from agents/ concultancies can therefore be rejected.