News archive 2010

The winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Science 2010, Peter A. Diamond, visited BI Norwegian School of Management Thursdag 16th of December. He was welcomed by President Tom Colbjørnsen.

Presidents and deans from around the world have ranked the best-known business schools. BI Norwegian School of Management is ranked as the 25th best-known in Europe, and number 47 in the world.

Radu-Mihai Dimitriu (29) has successfully defended his PhD dissertation at BI Norwegian Business School, and is joining one of the leading schools in management education and research, Cranfield School of Management, UK.

Last week more than 40 master's students from the BI Norwegian Business School, the University of Oslo and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences attended Gründercamp (Entrepreneur Camp) held at the BI Norwegian Business School.

221 new international students at the Master level will begin studying at BI Norwegian Business School in the autumn. This is an increase, compared with last year. Some 50 nationalities will be studying at BI in the autumn, and the ...

Out of 4 000 schools worldwide, BI Norwegian Business School's Master of Business and Economics programme has been ranked 64th in the world on Financial Time's ranking.

Following ten years of digitised music, the income of the average musician has increased by 66%. The only losers in the digital music revolution are the traditional record companies. These are the findings published in a study carried ...

Christian Heyerdahl-Larsen (30) defended his PhD in Finance at BI Norwegian Business School in August 2009. One year on he is working as an Assistant Professor at London Business School.

Networking is becoming increasingly important to build a career. At the same time, BI Alumni gains new members every day. In June 2010, the alumni group had more than 20,000 activated users.

BI Norwegian Business School is Norway's largest chief executive school, according to a new survey from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU.

This semester BI welcomed more than 350 exchange students representing 100 universities from 45 countries.

Through continuation of an agreement with the Wilh. Wilhelmsen Group (WW), the BI Norwegian Business School will strengthen its knowledge development of the maritime industry.

Just over 4400 new students started a new academic year at BI on Monday 16 August. This is a new record and an 8 per cent increase from last year’s record admission. The increase can be seen at both the bachelor and the master level, ...

This summer, 13 master’s degree students in innovation and entrepreneurship from BI have worked for ten different start-up companies at Oslo Innovation Centre. This is BI’s first placement agreement in Norway forming an integral part of...

The Master of Management programmes at BI Norwegian Business School starts up 1. of September.Several of the programmes are already going fast. Management-oriented subjects with a foundation in organizational psychology are clearly most...

On Saturday 26 June, 80 students representing 24 nationalities began their studies at the BI Norwegian Business School’s summer school.

Javad Mushtaq and Manveer S. Sidhu have been awarded the Alarga scholarship of NOK 100,000. The Alarga scholarship is awarded to selected top students with a multi-cultural background.

BI Norwegian Business School has retained its place among the world’s 65 best business schools in the Financial Times ranking.

From 9 to 11 February, BI Norwegian Business School will be paid a visit by the EFMD’s EQUIS committee (European Quality Improvement System) for our accreditation renewal.

Students from BI Norwegian Business School won second and third place in an international research competition in South Korea.

”To become the best insurance company in the Nordic countries, we need the best leaders. The competence enhancement collaboration with BI Norwegian Business School is an important step in this direction,” says Aud N. Rogstad, programme...

A total of 12 mentors wish to apply for re-election to BI’s mentor programme for bachelor and master students. A maximum of 40 people are offered this opportunity every year.

As an integrated part of its master programme, BI Norwegian Business School is now entering into its first work placement agreement in Norway.

“If Norway is to succeed in retaining its position as one of the world’s leading shipping nations, it needs to have people with high and specialised competence,” says Tore Forsmo in the Norwegian Shipowners' Association.

BI has a long tradition of integrating ethics into studies and research, but is now increasing the focus on ethics and corporate responsibility in the master degree programmes.

The BI blog 'Komma' has won the best 'Group Blog 2010' Award. The prize was awarded at the Social Media Awards 2010 event, which recognises the best European PR student and research blogs.

Figures from the annual job market survey show that 96 per cent of all graduates from the school with master’s and Business and Economics degrees have jobs after finishing their studies.

The number of applications to study at the BI Norwegian Business School increased by 10% compared to last year. International applicants increases by 20%.

BI Norwegian Business School was the first Norwegian school to achieve the international EQUIS quality accreditation. The accreditation is renewed for another five years.

Oslo Week was held at the World Expo fair in Shanghai. BI has trained more than 1500 Chinese middle managers and hosted three different event at the Norwegian pavilion

Over the past five years we have seen a significant increase in the number of business and economics students from BI opting for an exchange semester abroad. Figures have risen to 40 per cent in 2011.

Take advantage of the Alumni centre. That was the call from Head of Alumni Relations, Barbro Kolbjørnsen when she met with the BI-Fudan MBA-graduates, at BI in Oslo, May 3rd 2010.

Case learning is difficult both for teacher and student, but highly rewarding provided you give it proper attention. Five videos on how to prepare for and learn from cases.

A higher number of women directors leads to greater emphasis on competence-building in the board and reduces the board’s conflict level. This has made Norwegian boards more effective.

Come find out what a master's degree can do for your career on Thursday March 11th.

In an effort to develop our MSc in Strategic Marketing Strategy to a leading European program, on 2nd February BI formally signed an agreement with University of Groningen's marketing department.

In the coldest week Norway has experienced for years, with degrees down to minus 28 degrees Celcius, students from all parts of the world arrived in Oslo.