Norwegian School of Management
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BI Norwegian Business School former name BI Norwegian School of Management is the largest business school in Norway
and the second largest in all of Europe. BI has in total 6 campuses with the main one located in Oslo
.
, co-author of the Club of Rome
Report Limits to Growth
; Peter Lorange
, former president of IMD
in Lausanne
, Switzerland
; Leif Frode Onarheim
, a former member of the Norwegian Parliament and current CEO of leading Norwegian fish farming company Marine Harvest.
BI Norwegian Business School is one of Europe’s largest business schools with around 20,000 students and 340 permanent faculty. BI is the largest supplier of economic and administrative competence and skills in Norway with more than 200 000 graduates since 1983.
BI Norwegian Business School boasts the country’s leading faculty in the school’s spear-head areas of economics, management, strategy, marketing and finance. BI Norwegian Business School has organised its academic activities in eight separate research departments covering all of the disciplines that can be expected at a modern European business school.
BI Norwegian Business School has an international profile. BI’s faculty cooperate extensively internationally and BI has student exchange agreements with more than 170 institutions in 45 different countries. This gives BI’s students excellent opportunities to obtain international experiences and to experience intercultural learning.
BI Norwegian Business School of develops and delivers custom-made courses and programmes for a number of specific industries and organisations in the public and private sectors.
As of 2010 the school has 19,998 students. This includes 9,567 full-time students. There are 752 employees, of whom 370 are academic and 382 are administrative. There are also 674 part-time lecturers.
BI offers a full set of programs for bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees, as well as executive education and tailor-made programs for businesses. The teaching languages are English (BBA and postgraduate programs) and Norwegian (majority of undergraduate programs and programs for local business life). The school currently participates in exchange programs with 170 foreign institutions in 45 countries.
The internationally award winning main campus in Nydalen
(Oslo) was designed by Niels Torp
, who also designed Gardermoen Airport.
BI has roughly 1500 students in China
through its close relationship with Fudan University
in Shanghai, and is also the majority shareholder of the ISM University of Management and Economics
(previously known as International School of Management) with around 2000 students located in Vilnius
and Kaunas
in Lithuania
.
Postgraduate (Only available Oslo; all taught in English except MSc in Professional Accountancy)
These are some quick facts regarding our MSc programmes, graduates, research departments and about BI.
Programme Length
2 years full time
ECTS Credits 120 ECTS (Stp)
ECTS Credits Coursework 90 ECTS (Stp)
ECTS Credits Master Thesis 30 ECTS (Stp)
Enrolled Students in 2010 1178
Average Age 25
Ratio of Male/Female 52 % / 48 %
Ratio of Norwegian/International Students 66 % / 34 %
Number of Nationalities* 52*
Where are they from Europe, Asia, South and North America, Africa
According to the 2010 Employment Survey
96 per cent of master graduates obtained jobs six months after graduation
70 per cent of master graduates received their employment offer before graduating
Average startpay was 434.000,- NOK, or approx 53000,- EUR
93 per cent of the responding MSc graduates say they would recommend BI to other students
Research facts
Measured by scientific publishing, BI is ranked as the fifth best academic environments in Europe in the area of financial research
BI is rated the best in Scandinavia and among the leading business schools in Europe with respect to the amount of market research published
In 2010 BI’s academic staff reached more than 360, and in BI’s core areas this constitutes one of the largest scientific environments in Europe
Accreditation
BI has been EQUIS accredited since 1999 as one of only 121 business schools in the world
BI obtained the status of 'Specialized University Institution' in 2008 by NOKUT (the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education)
BI Norwegian Business School takes 17th place among the best-known business schools in Europe according to The survey Top Business Schools Worldwide by Eduniversal
About BI
BI Norwegian Business School is a self-owned foundation and has no private owners
BI is a business school, which creates research-based, lifelong learning both nationally and internationally in close interaction with students, business and industry and the public sector.
The current Executive Masters of Business Administration (EMBA) course at the Norwegian business school is fantastic. The new structure and the combination of the general EMBA course with other renowned business school in Europe, Asia and the United States gives the course an additional advantage. The new structure exposes participants in the course to business structure in Europe, Latin America, Asia and North America; hence providing participants with a global business exposure.
The student newspaper is named INSIDE, and its circulation is 11,000.
The all-male student choir is named UFDA The Choir Boys and was established in 1986.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
and the second largest in all of Europe. BI has in total 6 campuses with the main one located in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
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History
BI Norwegian Business School was founded in 1943 by Finn Øien as 'Bedriftøkonomisk Institut' (Institute of Managerial Economics), hence the abbreviation BI. The current president is professor Tom Colbjørnsen. Past presidents include Jørgen RandersJørgen Randers
Jørgen Randers is a Norwegian academic and practitioner in the field of future studies.Randers is currently professor of climate strategy at the BI Norwegian Business School, where his work is concentrated on climate issues, scenario planning and system dynamics...
, co-author of the Club of Rome
Club of Rome
The Club of Rome is a global think tank that deals with a variety of international political issues. Founded in 1968 at Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, Italy, the CoR describes itself as "a group of world citizens, sharing a common concern for the future of humanity." It consists of current and...
Report Limits to Growth
Limits to Growth
The Limits to Growth is a 1972 book modeling the consequences of a rapidly growing world population and finite resource supplies, commissioned by the Club of Rome. Its authors were Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, and William W. Behrens III. The book used the World3 model to...
; Peter Lorange
Peter Lorange
Peter Lorange is a Norwegian economist. He is President and owner of the Lorange Institute of Business Zürich, formerly known as GSBA Zurich, which he bought in July 2009. Lorange has previousely been President of the International Institute for Management Development and President of the BI...
, former president of IMD
International Institute for Management Development
IMD - International Institute for Management Development is a non profit business school located in Lausanne, Switzerland.- History & Mission :...
in Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
; Leif Frode Onarheim
Leif Frode Onarheim
Leif Frode Onarheim is a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party.-Early life and career:He was born in Vestre Toten as the son of businessperson Frode M. A. Onarheim and housewife Lillemor Høst . He attended primary and secondary school in Hamar, Bekkelaget and Gjøvik...
, a former member of the Norwegian Parliament and current CEO of leading Norwegian fish farming company Marine Harvest.
Current activities
BI Norwegian Business School is a self-owned, not-for-profit foundation whose sole focus is education and research. Any profit will be used to strengthen BI’s research and learning environment in accordance with the objectives of the school.BI Norwegian Business School is one of Europe’s largest business schools with around 20,000 students and 340 permanent faculty. BI is the largest supplier of economic and administrative competence and skills in Norway with more than 200 000 graduates since 1983.
BI Norwegian Business School boasts the country’s leading faculty in the school’s spear-head areas of economics, management, strategy, marketing and finance. BI Norwegian Business School has organised its academic activities in eight separate research departments covering all of the disciplines that can be expected at a modern European business school.
BI Norwegian Business School has an international profile. BI’s faculty cooperate extensively internationally and BI has student exchange agreements with more than 170 institutions in 45 different countries. This gives BI’s students excellent opportunities to obtain international experiences and to experience intercultural learning.
BI Norwegian Business School of develops and delivers custom-made courses and programmes for a number of specific industries and organisations in the public and private sectors.
As of 2010 the school has 19,998 students. This includes 9,567 full-time students. There are 752 employees, of whom 370 are academic and 382 are administrative. There are also 674 part-time lecturers.
BI offers a full set of programs for bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees, as well as executive education and tailor-made programs for businesses. The teaching languages are English (BBA and postgraduate programs) and Norwegian (majority of undergraduate programs and programs for local business life). The school currently participates in exchange programs with 170 foreign institutions in 45 countries.
The internationally award winning main campus in Nydalen
Nydalen
Nydalen is a neighbourhood in the Nordre Aker borough in northern Oslo, Norway.- History :Since the late 19th century Nydalen has been a largely industrial area...
(Oslo) was designed by Niels Torp
Niels Torp
Niels Torp AS is an architectural firm based in Oslo, Norway. The company is named after the founder, Niels Torp.-Works:* Scandinavian Airlines Head Office * Waterside...
, who also designed Gardermoen Airport.
Norsk Kundebarometer
Norsk Kundebarometer (NKB) (Norwegian customer barometer) is a research program arranged at BI, with a focus on relations between customers and businesses. Based on an annual survey from Norwegian households, it seeks to collect data that may be used for comparison between businesses, comparisons between various fields, and comparisons over time.Campuses in Norway
- BI Norwegian Business School (Oslo)
- BI BergenBergenBergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
- BI StavangerStavangerStavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
- BI TrondheimTrondheimTrondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
- BI KristiansandKristiansand-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...
- BI DrammenDrammenDrammen is a city in Buskerud County, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the eastern and most populated part of Norway.-Location:...
Activities abroad
Most BI students have the opportunity to spend one semester abroad as part of their BI degree. BI has almost 170 exchange agreements with academic institutions in more than 40 countries worldwide. The exchange agreements allow students to prepare for an international career by being exposed to different cultures and business philosophies. .BI has roughly 1500 students in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
through its close relationship with Fudan University
Fudan University
Fudan University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China, and is a member of the C9 League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty...
in Shanghai, and is also the majority shareholder of the ISM University of Management and Economics
ISM University of Management and Economics
ISM University of Management and Economics is an institution of undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate education in business, management and economics...
(previously known as International School of Management) with around 2000 students located in Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
and Kaunas
Kaunas
Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...
in Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
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Degree programs
Undegraduate, Bachelor in:- Accounting
- Business & Economics
- Business Administration (Taught in English)
- Business Administration (Taught in Norwegian)
- Retail Management
- Culture & Administration
- Business Law
- Business & IT-administration
- Business & Journalism
- Estate Agency
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- International Marketing
- Marketing
- Market Communication
- PR & Communication
- Tourism
Postgraduate (Only available Oslo; all taught in English except MSc in Professional Accountancy)
- MSc in Leadership & Organizational Psychology- Organisational Psychology provides knowledge and expertise in the ways individual, group and organisational factors influence organisational performance, problem solving and decision making.
- MSc in Business and Economics- The Master of Science in Business and Economics is a two year leadership and economics programme. Students entering this programme will take coursework together with students already enrolled in the integrated 5-year programme in Business and Economics (Siviløkonom).
- Majors possible in: Economics, Finance, Marketing, HRM, Strategy, Logistics and Business Law
- MSc in Strategic Marketing Management- The MSc in Strategic Marketing Management programme aims to educate market-oriented leaders for the modern economy. The program is founded on three pillars: marketing theory, statistical methods, and financial implications of marketing investments. Following this we view marketing as investments in customer assets with the objective of increasing customer equity and firm value.
- MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship- The Master of Science in Innovation and Entrepreneurship is the latest master programme offered. Students will gain insight and highly sought after skills in development, project management, enterprises and entrepreneurial activities.
- MSc in International Management- The MSc in International Management is BI’s answer to the challenges of international business life. The programme focuses on international strategy and management, cross-cultural management and international marketing.
- MSc in Financial Economics- BI’s Financial Economics department is internationally recognised as one of the leading within its field. This excellent research quality is reflected in the MSc in Financial Economics.
- MSc in Political EconomyPolitical economyPolitical economy originally was the term for studying production, buying, and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth, including through the budget process. Political economy originated in moral philosophy...
- The programme in Political Economy offers bolder challenges than mainstream business economics and better career opportunities than a traditional social science education. - MSc in Professional Accountancy- Masterstudiet i regnskap og revisjon er det samme studiet som vi tidligere kjente som Høyere Revisorstudium. Dette er et toårig profesjonsstudium for personer som primært ønsker seg en karriere som statsautorisert revisor, enten med eller uten relevant arbeidserfaring. Translated from Norwegian: The Master study in accounting and auditing is the same study which was previously known as Higher Revision Studies. This is a two year professional study for people whose primarily wish to work as a state-certified auditor, either with or without relevant work experience) .
These are some quick facts regarding our MSc programmes, graduates, research departments and about BI.
Programme Length
2 years full time
ECTS Credits 120 ECTS (Stp)
ECTS Credits Coursework 90 ECTS (Stp)
ECTS Credits Master Thesis 30 ECTS (Stp)
Enrolled Students in 2010 1178
Average Age 25
Ratio of Male/Female 52 % / 48 %
Ratio of Norwegian/International Students 66 % / 34 %
Number of Nationalities* 52*
Where are they from Europe, Asia, South and North America, Africa
- includes exchange students
According to the 2010 Employment Survey
96 per cent of master graduates obtained jobs six months after graduation
70 per cent of master graduates received their employment offer before graduating
Average startpay was 434.000,- NOK, or approx 53000,- EUR
93 per cent of the responding MSc graduates say they would recommend BI to other students
Research facts
Measured by scientific publishing, BI is ranked as the fifth best academic environments in Europe in the area of financial research
BI is rated the best in Scandinavia and among the leading business schools in Europe with respect to the amount of market research published
In 2010 BI’s academic staff reached more than 360, and in BI’s core areas this constitutes one of the largest scientific environments in Europe
Accreditation
BI has been EQUIS accredited since 1999 as one of only 121 business schools in the world
BI obtained the status of 'Specialized University Institution' in 2008 by NOKUT (the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education)
BI Norwegian Business School takes 17th place among the best-known business schools in Europe according to The survey Top Business Schools Worldwide by Eduniversal
About BI
BI Norwegian Business School is a self-owned foundation and has no private owners
BI is a business school, which creates research-based, lifelong learning both nationally and internationally in close interaction with students, business and industry and the public sector.
- Executive MBA (EMBA general management in cooperation with Nanyang Business School (Nanyang Technological UniversityNanyang Technological UniversityNanyang Technological University is one of the two largest public universities in Singapore with the biggest campus in Singapore and the world's largest engineering college. Its lush 200-hectare Yunnan Garden campus was the Youth Olympic Village of the world's first 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in...
), Singapore and Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Spain and faculty from Haas School of BusinessHaas School of BusinessThe Walter A. Haas School of Business, also known as the Haas School of Business or simply Haas, is one of 14 schools and colleges at the University of California, Berkeley....
(University of California at Berkeley), USA)
The current Executive Masters of Business Administration (EMBA) course at the Norwegian business school is fantastic. The new structure and the combination of the general EMBA course with other renowned business school in Europe, Asia and the United States gives the course an additional advantage. The new structure exposes participants in the course to business structure in Europe, Latin America, Asia and North America; hence providing participants with a global business exposure.
- EMBA in Energy Management (in cooperation with Nanyang Business School (Nanyang Technological UniversityNanyang Technological UniversityNanyang Technological University is one of the two largest public universities in Singapore with the biggest campus in Singapore and the world's largest engineering college. Its lush 200-hectare Yunnan Garden campus was the Youth Olympic Village of the world's first 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in...
), Singapore and IFPIFPIFP can stand for:* International Federation of Poker* Interwise Food Portal* Independent Feature Project* "The Illinois Functional Programming Interpreter", A.D. Robison, Proc 1987 SIGPLAN Conf on Interpreters and Interpretive Techniques , pp...
, Paris) - EMBA in Shipping, Offshore and Finance (in cooperation with Nanyang Business School (Nanyang Technological UniversityNanyang Technological UniversityNanyang Technological University is one of the two largest public universities in Singapore with the biggest campus in Singapore and the world's largest engineering college. Its lush 200-hectare Yunnan Garden campus was the Youth Olympic Village of the world's first 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in...
), SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... - Executive Master in Energy Management (in cooperation with ESCP-EAP in ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and IFPIFPIFP can stand for:* International Federation of Poker* Interwise Food Portal* Independent Feature Project* "The Illinois Functional Programming Interpreter", A.D. Robison, Proc 1987 SIGPLAN Conf on Interpreters and Interpretive Techniques , pp...
) - Part-time MBA in China (in cooperation with Fudan UniversityFudan UniversityFudan University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China, and is a member of the C9 League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty...
in Shanghai) - Master of Management programmes in International Management, Project Commercial Management and Project Leadership
- Doctoral Programmes (PhD)
Student organizations
The school has two student organizations, one for the main campus in Oslo and one for the other campuses. The Oslo student organization is called "Studentforeningen ved Handelshøyskolen BI i Oslo" (SBIO) (The Student Association at BI in Oslo). This union was formed in 2005 after the relocation of the three locations in Oslo into one - Campus Nydalen. The three previous unions was called Bedriftøkonomisk Studentersamfund (BS), BISON and MØSS. BS was the oldest union, formed in 1964. The union for the other campuses is "BI Studentsamfunn" (BIS) (BI Student Community). This union was founded on February 7, 1987 and is today the largest student union of a private school in Norway.The student newspaper is named INSIDE, and its circulation is 11,000.
The all-male student choir is named UFDA The Choir Boys and was established in 1986.
Quality accreditations
- EQUISEuropean Quality Improvement SystemThe European Quality Improvement System is a school accreditation system. It specializes in higher education institutions of management and business administration, run by the European Foundation for Management Development...
accreditation- BI was the first Norwegian institution to receive the distinction EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System)
- NOKUT accreditation
- BI is accredited as specialised university institution by the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT)
- EDUNIVERSALEduniversalEduniversal is a French consulting company and a rating agency specialized in Higher Education. Founded in 1994, one of the main goals of Eduniversal is to provide a tool, for students all around the world, which provides information on the Best Business Schools, located in Eduniversal's 9...
award- BI received the award by EDUNIVERSAL as the 24th most influential business school in the world