Norwegian School of Management

Infobox University
name =BI School of Management
native_name =Handelshøyskolen BI
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established =1943
type =Private University College
Principal =Professor Tom Colbjørnsen
students =18,700
staff =800
city =Oslo
country =Norway
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affiliations =EFMD
website = [http://www.bi.no/ www.bi.no]

The BI Norwegian School of Management ( _no. Handelshøyskolen BI) is the largest business school in Norway and the second largest in all of Europe. BI has in total 13 campuses with the main one located in Oslo, Norway.
The Norwegian School of Management was founded in 1943 by Finn Øien. The current president is Professor Tom Colbjørnsen. Past presidents include Jørgen Randers, co-author of the Club of Rome Report Limits to Growth; Peter Lorange -- former president of IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland; Leif Frode Onarheim, a former member of the Norwegian Parliament and current CEO of Norwegian fishfarming giant Marine Harvest.

As of 2007 the school consists of 18,500 students. This includes 10,000 full-time students. There are 340 full-time faculty members and 800 employees altogether. 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.BI has roughly 500 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.

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) which translates to: "The Student Association at BI in Oslo". The other is called "BI Studentsamfunn (BIS): "BI Student Community".

The main campus in Nydalen (Oslo) is state of the art and was designed by the same architect that drew Norway's internationally renowned Gardermoen Airport.

Campuses in Norway

BI Norwegian School of Management (Oslo)
BI Bergen
BI Stavanger
BI Trondheim
BI Kristiansand
BI Tromsø
BI Telemark og Vestfold (Porsgrunn)
BI Drammen
BI Ålesund

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 in main campus)

*MSc Leadership & Organizational Psychology
*MSc Business and Economics
*MSc Marketing
*MA Innovation and Entrepreneurship
*MSc International Marketing & Management
*MSc Financial Economics
*MSc Political Economy
*MA Professional Accountancy

*MBA Master in Business and Administration
*EMBA Executive MBA
*EMBA in Technology Management
*Executive Master in Energy Management (in cooperation with ESCP-EAP in Paris and IFP)
*Part-time MBA in China (in cooperation with Fudan University in Shanghai)
*Doctoral Programmes (PhD)

Quality accreditations

* EQUIS 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

See also

*List of business schools in Europe

External links

* [http://www.bi.no/ Official website]