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BI Norwegian Business School
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| Application Deadline: | 15th of April | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 8,550 - | ||
| Location: | Oslo / Norway / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | August |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 180 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of BI Norwegian Business School
The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) programme at BI Norwegian Business School has been developed to reflect that the world of education is becoming increasingly global.
This three-year, full-time programme is taught entirely in English and has an international focus and student body.
The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is open to both international and Norwegian students and focuses on basic business related topics, such as accountancy, finance, strategy, methods international economics, shipping and commerce, law, marketing and intercultural communication. Teaching will take a practical approach with group projects and case studies from the world of business playing an integral part of the programme.
During the third year the students will have the choice of specialising in shipping, finance or marketing. The specialisation includes four in-depth courses in the chosen field. Completion of the programme will qualify students for admission to further postgraduate studies in the Master of Science programme at BI Norwegian Business School or at other business schools.
Contents
1st year
- Marketing Management
- The Firm
- Managerial Accounting
- Business Communication in English: Written Intercultural and Ethical Awareness
- Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Statistics
- Organizational Behaviour and Management
- Mathemathics
2nd year
- Microeconomics
- Basic Financial Management
- Financial Decision Making
- Elective 1
- Consumer Behaviour
- Macroeconomics
- International Commercial Law
- Managerial Accounting and Control
3rd year
- Strategy
- Financial Decision Making
- Specialisation
- Specialisation
- International Marketing
- International Economics
- Specialisation
- Specialisation
Specialisations
Marketing specialisation electives 1-4: 1.B2B: Chanels and Relations 2.Branding 3.Service Management 4.Product, Price and Market plan
Finance specialisation electives 1-4: 1.Empirical Methods in Finance 2. Financial Statements and Valuation 3.Risk Management and Derivatives 4.Investment Analysis
Shipping specialisation electives 1-4: 1.Maritime Insurance 2.International Maritime Law 3.Organising the Shipowning Entitiy 4.Ship Accounting
Students can only select one specialisation
Programme overview
- 180 ECTS-credits
- 3-year, full-time programme
- Courses are equal to 7.5 ECTS
- One semester equals 30 ECTS
- International business related topics
- Intercultural communication focus
- Specialisatons: Marketing and Finance
Programme structure and content may be subject to change.
Exchange
It is possible to spend the 5th semester as an exchange student at one of BI Norwegian Business School’s partner schools abroad, which provides the students with an opportunity to gain valuable experience about different countries, business cultures and to build networks.
Reservations
BI Norwegian Business School reserves the right to change the programme structure and the course descriptions.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationRequirements
The BBA programme is an international programme and is looking for candidates with an open and international attitude and a solid record from their pre-university secondary education. International students make up the majority of students in this programme, however we also accept a limited number of Norwegian students to bridge the contact between the International society and the Norwegian environment.
Admission requirements for all Bachelor of Business Administration applicants (international and Norwegian) are as follows:
1. Transcript and certificates
General international university entrance qualifications. You may find what is considered university entrance qualifications from your country in the 'GSU' list. Please look into http://www.nokut.no/sw14437.asp Click on the GSU-list button in the right side of the website and download the Acrobat file to find your country. Good skills in Mathematics are recommended.
Transcripts and certificates from all previous academic education should be submitted. Copies of transcripts and degrees should be certified as true copies and include an overview of the grade scale used, indicating best and poorest grade and last pass grade. Transcripts not in English or Scandinavian must be accompanied by a certified English translation. From some countries a year from college or university is required in addition to the school leave certificate.
All applicants are required to send an official Transcript of grades from every school and/or university they have attended.
2. English test
A satisfactory English language test with minimum scores: TOEFL (550) or IELTS (6,0). Internet based TOEFL (80). Applicants must submit an original of the test (certified true copies are accepted).
3. Application essay
In the application essay you should explain what your ambitions/dreams are and how this relates to your choice of the BBA programme of our school. We would also like to know why you prefer to study in Norway. The essay should be about 1 page.
4. CV
A short CV listing your education (school name, degree and number of years) and work experiences (employer's name, type of work, time of duration, dates) as well as personal information, including your postal and e-mail addresses. Please include full postal and e-mail address. The CV must be typed.
5. Copy of passport
Non-Norwegian citizens should include a certified true copy of the passport showing nationality, name and validity dates. Please provide certified true copies of previous residency permits to Norway as well.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | High School diploma |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 80 |
Accreditation
EQUIS
BI has had EQUIS accreditation since 1999 and was among the first to obtain this status. Accreditation is given for a maximum period of five years and re-accreditation was bestowed upon BI in 2004/05 and then again in 2010. The requirements that have to be met are raised each time and it is no “walk over” to be reaccredited based on former merits.
AACSB
BI was given membership in AACSB in 2008 and is well underway in its preparations for AACSB accreditation. The process differs from EQUIS in that the school must document that it meets the quality standard before it can enter the final stage of the process. This opens up for a fairly lengthy process that may last up to seven years. BI´s goal is to complete the process in 2013/14.
AMBA
AMBA accredits the institutions portfolio of MBA/DBA programmes (full time/part time). BI has undertaken to restructure and further develop its executive MBA programmes. In line with this development BI considers to enter an application for AMBA accreditation.
RANKING
Ranking differs from accreditation in that the institution is measured against the other participant schools based on a sett of criteria. These criteria are related to characteristics of the alumni, the programme and the institution. BI participates in two of the most renowned rankings for business education, the Financial Times Ranking and the Eduniversals Top Business Schools Worldwide.
Financial Times Ranking
The Financial Times ranking consists of five partial rankings, addressing specific programmes (customised programmes, master of science programmes, executive MBAs etc.), and a final school ranking. The most influential criteria pertain to alumni salary levels and carreer development, two factors that BI at best can influence indirectly. During the last two years, BI has been placed among the 60-65 best schools world wide, a result that we are moderately satisfied with. However, it is BI´s long term goal to climb in these rankings.
Eduniversal Top Business School Worldwide
Eduniversal allows a thousand participants annually. The ranking is based on the individual participants standing among the others. During the two recent years BI has been placed among the top twenty schools in Europe, along with such well renowned schools as London Business School, INSEAD and HEC School of Management.
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