Norway

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Norway

• Wonderful nature with mountains and fjords
• Exciting outdoor activities
• Peaceful, clean and safe
• High standard of living
• The best country in the world to live in
  according to the UN
• Cold snowy winters
• Spring, Summer and Fall can be suprisingly warm
  and sunny
• 4.5 Million inhabitants
• Norwegians are very proficient in English

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Norway

• Per capita income ranks amongst the highest in
  the world
• Very low unemployment rate (lt 4)
• One of the worlds leading oil and
• gas exporters
• One of the worlds leading shipping nations
• Other major industries fishery, pulp
• and paper, forestry, telecommunication

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Oslo

• Oslo is a fast-developing and popular city for
  national and international activities
• Oslo is surrounded by forest and fjord.
• There is usually snow 2 to 4 months of the
  winter, and skiing conditions are good in the
  hills around Oslo
• Oslo is Scandinavia's sunniest capital
• Oslo has a lot to offer wide variety of bars,
  restaurants, discotheques, museums, art
  galleries, theatres and cinemas

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BI Norwegian School of Management

• Founded in 1943 by a private entrepreneur
• A private foundation
• A leading research-based business school in
  Europe focusing life-long learning
• EQUIS accredited in 1999 and reaccredited in 2004
• The largest provider of education and competence
  to business and industry in Norway

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BIs Student Exchange Programme

• What do we offer our incoming exchange students?
• Housing all incoming exchange students is
  offered student home accommodation
• Pick-Up service
• Introduction week
• Orientation meeting
• Open day at the police station for visa
  arrangements
• Intercultural workshop
• Buddy groups
• Social events
• Sightseeing
• Museums
• Weekly international coffee hour
• International Students Association (INSA)

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Research and Faculty

• 9 research departments and 15 research centres
• 336 faculty members, 648 lecturers
• 50 full professors
• 10 professors chairs
• 72 Ph. D students
• 6 Doctoral defenses in 2005
• 92 articles published in refereed academic
  journals

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9 Academic Departments

• Financial Economics
• Innovation and economics organisation
• Communication, Culture and Languages
• Leadership and organisational Management
• Marketing
• Public Governance
• Accounting, Auditing and Law
• Economics
• Strategy and Logistics

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Programs and Students

• National and international network of campuses
• 18.700 students, 9.700 of which are part-time
  students
• Main campus in Oslo
• 12 regional campuses in Norway
• Broad portfolio of Bachelor, Master and Doctoral
  programs
• Offers fulltime and part-time courses as well as
  internet based courses.

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BI as an International School

• BI offers a full range of International programs
• BBA, MSc, MBA, EMBA and Ph.D. and Summer School
• Extensive list of exchange agreements
• 788 international students representing 63
  different countries

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BI as an International School

• Entitled to offer academic degrees in China
• Principal shareholder in International School of
  Management (ISM), Lithuanias first private
  business school
• Licensing of Master of Management Program in
  Australia
• Joint Executive MBA with ESCP-EAP in Paris