BI Norwegian Business School () is the largest

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in Norway and the second largest in all of Europe. BI has in total four campuses with the main one located in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

. The university has 845 employees consisting of an academic staff of 404 people and 441 administrative staff. In 2015, BI Norwegian Business School had 18,728 students. 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 is a private foundation and is accredited by

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as a specialised university institution. BI organised its academic activities in nine separate research departments covering all of the disciplines that can be expected at a modern European business school.

History

BI Norwegian Business School was founded in 1943 by Finn Øien as ''Bedriftøkonomisk Institutt'' ( en, Institute of Managerial Economics), hence the abbreviation ''BI''.

Current activities

BI offers a full set of programmes for bachelor, master and doctoral degrees, as well as executive education and tailor-made programmes for businesses. The teaching languages are English (BBA and graduate programmes) and Norwegian (majority of undergraduate programmes and custom programmes for local businesses). The school currently participates in exchange programmes with 200 foreign institutions in 45 countries. The internationally award-winning main campus in

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(Oslo) was designed by

Niels Torp Niels Torp AS is an architectural firm based in Oslo, Norway. The company is named after its current owner Niels A. Torp (born 1940), and was founded by his father and uncle as ''Torp & Torp''. Works * Scandinavian Airlines Head Office (Solna Mun ...

, who also designed

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Norsk Kundebarometer

Norsk Kundebarometer (NKB) ( en, Norwegian customer barometer) is a research programme run by BI, with a focus on relations between customers and businesses. Based on an annual survey of Norwegian households, it collects data that may be used for comparison between businesses, comparisons between various industries and comparisons over time. 7DM29164

Campuses in Norway

* Campus Oslo: the main campus is located in

, the capital of Norway. Campus Oslo has more than 14,000 students. * Campus Bergen: the second-largest campus is located in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

, the second-largest city in Norway. Campus Bergen has more than 3,000 students. * Campus Stavanger: located in

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, the oil capital of Norway. Campus Stavanger has approximately 1,200 students. * Campus Trondheim: located in

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, the third-largest city in Norway. Campus Trondheim has approximately 1,900 students.

Activities abroad

BI has educated roughly 1700 students in China through its close relationship with

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and is also the majority shareholder of the

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(previously known as International School of Management) with around 1800 students located in

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and

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BI Norwegian Business School Auditorium 7DM29184

Degree programmes

Undergraduate (All taught in Norwegian except Business Administration and Business Analytics) * Accounting & Auditing * Finance * Economics & Management * Business Administration (Taught in English) * Business Administration (Taught in Norwegian) *Business Analytics (Taught in English) * Retail Management * Creative Industries Management * Real Estate * Business & Entrepreneurship * International Management * Marketing * PR & Market Communication * Economics and Business Law Graduate (All taught in English, except MSc in Accounting & Auditing and MSc in Law & Business) * MSc in Applied Economics *MSc in Business Analytics *MSc in Business ** Majors: Accounting & Business Control; Economics; Finance; Marketing; Leadership & Change; Logistics, Operations & Supply Chain Management; Strategy *MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation *MSc in Finance *MSc in Leadership & Organisational Psychology *MSc in Quantitative Finance * QTEM Masters Network ** Programmes: MSc in applied economics; MSc in business analytics; MSc in business – major in economics; MSc in business – major in finance * MSc in strategic marketing management *MSc in accounting & auditing (taught in Norwegian) * MSc in law & business (taught in Norwegian) Executive MBA (EMBA general management in cooperation with Nanyang Business School (

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, Spain and

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, U.S.)

* EMBA in Energy Management (in cooperation with Nanyang Business School (Nanyang Technological University), Singapore and

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, France) * EMBA in Shipping, Offshore and Finance (in cooperation with Nanyang Business School (Nanyang Technological University), Singapore * Executive Master in Energy Management (in cooperation with

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and

, France) * Part-time MBA in China (in cooperation with

in Shanghai, China) *Master of Management programmes in International Management, Project Commercial Management and Project Leadership * Several Executive Master of Management programmes, including a relatively new specialisation in security and cultural understanding created in cooperation with the Norwegian Armed Forces. * Doctoral Programmes (PhD) KJ1A6328

Student organisations

The school has two student organisations, one for the main campus in Oslo and one for the other campuses. The Oslo student organisation is called "" (SBIO) ( en, The Student Association at BI in Oslo). This union was formed in 2005 after the relocation of the three locations in Oslo into one—Nydalen Campus. The three previous unions were 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) ( en, BI Student Community). This union was founded on 7 February 1987 and is today the largest student union of a private school in Norway. As of June 2019, the two student organisations have decided to merge into one student body, the name and other details of which will be decided over the summer of 2019. 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.

Ranking

The Financial Times ranks BI as Norway’s best business school for the 6th year running in its European Business School Ranking 2021. BI ranks number 50 out of the 95 schools who make it onto the list. Financial Times also ranks BI Norwegian Business School ‘s Master of Science in Business as one of the world’s 100 best programmes in its latest FT Master in Management 2021 ranking.

Quality accreditations

BI is accredited as a specialised university institution by the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (

). BI has also received the following recognitions from private institutions: *

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** BI was the first Norwegian institution to receive the distinction EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) *

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accreditation ** BI was the first Norwegian institution to receive the distinction AMBA *

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accreditation Triple crown BI Norwegian Business School is the first Norwegian business school that has received the three most prestigious international accreditations. Less than 1 % of business schools worldwide have achieved

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. accreditations are proof of BI's rigorous standards.

Notable faculty and alumni

Faculty

* Hilde C. Bjørnland * Tom Colbjørnsen *

Gudmund Hernes Gudmund Hernes (born 25 March 1941 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian professor and politician for the Labour Party. He was the state secretary to the Secretariat for Long-Term Planning 1980–1981, Minister of Education and Research and Ministry of Chu ...

Håkan Håkansson Håkan Håkansson (born 1947) is a Swedish organizational theorist, and Professor of International Management at the BI Norwegian Business School, known for his work on business networks. Biography Håkansson attended the Technical High School i ...

(emeritus) *

Torger Reve Torger Reve (born 31 March 1949) is a Norwegian economist, Professor at the BI Norwegian Business School and rector of the BI from 1997 to 2005, particularly known for his work on marketing, distribution channels and interorganizational relations. ...

(emeritus)

Alumni

* Svein Richard Brandtzæg, former CEO of

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(2009–2019) *

Stein Erik Hagen Stein Erik Hagen (born 22 July 1956) is a Norwegian businessman. He is chairman of Orkla, where he is a major shareholder, and holds large stakes in Steen & Strøm, Jernia and Komplett through his family company Canica. According to the news ...

, Chairman of

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Anniken Hauglie Anniken Hauglie (born 10 September 1972) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party who served as Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion from December 2015 to January 2020. Education Hauglie graduated from the University of Oslo in 20 ...

, Norwegian

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* Geir Karlsen,

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CEO *

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, former Norwegian

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(1990–1996; 2009–2013) *Dag Kittlaus, co-founder of

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, Norwegian Minister of Education and Integration *

Petter Stordalen Petter Anker Stordalen Bjorvand (born 29 November 1962) is a Norwegian billionaire businessman, hotel and property developer and self-proclaimed environmentalist. He has an estimated net worth of US$1.3 billion stemming from investments in hotel ...

, Norwegian billionaire *

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