The Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics, USBE, or Handelshögskolan vid Umeå Universitet, is the business school of

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in the north of Sweden, founded in 1989 "to strengthen education in research and business while contributing to the community". About 2000 students currently study at USBE. The School offers one

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program, four undergraduate programs (Civilekonomprogram), seven

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programs (including the Erasmus Mundus Master Program in Strategic Project Management) and doctoral programs. The International atmosphere is important to the business school and it offers one undergraduate program (the International Business Program) and all Master's programs and doctoral programs entirely in English. USBE also accept many international students as exchange or degree students. USBE is located at the very heart of the University campus, a meeting-place for all academic disciplines, improving its opportunities to co-operate across traditional academic boundaries. It also gives USBE-students an opportunity to take an active part of student environment created for the 37 000 students at Umeå University.

Organization

Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics has three departments: the Department of Business Administration, the Department of Economics and the Department of Statistics.

USBE Career Center

USBE Career Center concentrates primarily on helping its graduates in the transition between graduation and the business world.

Research

Within the Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics, the Umeå Research Institute promotes research and awards funding to prospective researchers. The School also hosts a group dedicated to research on decision-making in extreme environments. It is named ''Triple Ed (Research Group on Extreme Environments – Everyday Decisions)''.

Education

Master's programs

*Master's Program in Accounting *Master's Program in Finance *Master's Program in Business Development and Internationalization *Master's Program in Management *Master's Program in Marketing *Master's Program in Economics *Master's Program in Statistical Sciences *

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: offered jointly with Heriot-Watt University and

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Erasmus Mundus

Undergraduate programs

*International Business Program (in English) *Business Administration and Economics Program (in Swedish) *Retail and Supply Chain Management Program (in Swedish) *Service Managementprogramet (in Swedish) *Bachelor's Program in Statistics

Notable alumni

Students

* Linus Berg – founder and CEO of "Rest & Fly" * Frida Berglund – founder of the popular blog "Husmusen" * Wilhelm Geijer – former CEO and board member of Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers * Christian Hermelin – CEO, Fabege * Leif Lindmark – former rector, Stockholm School of Economics * Agneta Marell – professor of business administration * Henrik P. Molin – author * Göran Carstedt – Leading the global network "Society for Organizational Learning" * Malin Moström – Swedish woman footballer, nominated best in Sweden and the world * Lars Petterson – CEO, Atea Sweden * Erik Wikström – CEO, Pizzeria Viking chain

Honorary doctors

* Carl Kempe – Swedish businessman * Robert H. Haveman – professor * Lars Heikensten – former governor of the Swedish Riksbank

International partnerships

USBE has over 70 partner universities all over the world, including:

External links

Umeå University official siteHHUS
The

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at USBE

References

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