The Norwegian Business School of the High North

BODØ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

www.uin.no | www.hhb.no

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Bodø Graduate School of Business was founded in 1985. Since then more than 3.000 students have graduated from our four year business program – “Siviløkonom”. HHB admits about 500 students each year to our programs in business administration. There is currently a total of 1.300 students enrolled in the business school.

Bodø is Northern Norway’s second largest town with approximately 50.000 inhabitants. It is situated north of the Arctic Circle and offers fascinating and contrasting seasons, from midnight sun in June to polar nights in December. The town is a communication centre with a busy airport, and offers good bus, railway and boat connection. Bodø is a distinctive student town with a lively cultural scene and night life.

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Bodø Graduate School of BusinessThe Business School is one of four Faculties at Bodø University College.

Other Faculties: • Faculty of Biosciences and

Aquaculture• Faculty of Social Sciences • Faculty of Professional Studies

University of Nordland (UIN) opened as Norway's 8th university on 1st January 2011. UIN is a place for learning, experience and research for approximately 600 staff and 6.000

students. With learning facilities across the high north, UIN is an important institution of teaching and research in the region.

In Bodø, UIN has centralised all its activity in Mørkved, approximately 10 kilometres east of Bodø’s city centre.The campus was established in 1985, and has since then been expanded as UiN has grown. The last part of theconstruction was finished in 2005, and includes a new and modern library.

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Bodø Graduate School of Business (HHB) is one of three business schools in Norway. We cover busi-ness education, research, post-school training and business development located in the northern part of Norway. Today, HHB has approximately 80 academic positions and roughly 1.300 students distributed across bachelor-, master and Ph.D programs. We cooperate with many partners internationally and we have joint MSc-degrees with several universities abroad.

Businesses and public administration face an increasingly globalized and challenging world. Both domestic and international competition is fierce and characterised by rapid change. In order to prepare our students for their professional careers our curriculum and teaching methods emphasise innovation, entrepreneurship and an ongoing effort to rethink today’s practices in view of tomorrows challenges. As a

result, our business school is leading when it comes to innovation on both program levels and throughout our research efforts.

We think it is important that business students know how to start their own business, so they learn that on thebachelor level. We consider it important to integrate various business subjects to face turbulent markets, sowe have designed integrated courses and research projects. A variety of scientific methods are necessary forrethinking business practice, so we urge students, researchers and managers to be creative during their analytical efforts. We also believe businesses and students should know alternative perspectives to those presented by mainstream business textbooks, so we emphasise topics such as ecological economy, management control for the new economy, sustainable management, business ethics and philosophy, and innovation management.

Bodø Graduate School of Business offers several international business programs. For those who want a flexible program, we offer MSc programs where one chooses specialization.

We also offer executive MBA programs. Our High North Centre for Business has almost 20 years of experience in Russia and other high north countries, and have substantial expertise on chal-lenges facing the High North Region. Presently we educate managers of the Russian oil company Rosneft in cooperation with MGIMO University in Moscow and soon we will launch an EMBA together with Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).

In cooperation with universities in Russia and USA we also offer more specialized programs such as MSc in Energy Management and MSc in Sustainable Management which highly reflect the challenges we face globally and in the high north.

We appreciate your interest for the Business School of the High North!

I warmly welcome you to contact our enthusiastic team at the Business School!

SvENN ARE JENSSEN Dean, Bodø Graduate School of Business

BACHELoR

The three year (6 semester) bachelor programs are offered within general business administration, auditing and computer science. Most programs offer a wide range of elective courses. The language of instruction on the bachelor level is Norwegian, however we do offer specific courses in “semester packages” aimed primarily at exchange students. Introductory courses in Norwegian language are also available.The requirement for admission to a bachelor program is the completion of upper secondary education, or its equivalent. International students also need to fulfil the English language requirements and to pass one of the Norwegian language exams.

MASTER

Bodø Graduate School of Business currently offers three Master of Science programs that all stretch over 2 years (4 semesters). They share a common

Study ProgramsBodø Graduate School of Business offers a variety of study programs within the area of business. The programs cover all academic levels, ranging from Bachelor through Master of Science and Master of Business Administration to the Phd degree.

first semester that aims to advance the students’ knowledge within management control and economics as well as in philosophical, ethical and environmental themes. In the second and third semesters the programs focus on different aspects of the business area and allow the students to focus on their chosen specialization. All programs are completed by writing a master thesis.The language of instruction for all the compulsory courses and a selection of the optional courses is English. Many students spend a semester at one of our partner institutions.

IN THE MASTER of SCIENCE of BuSINESS PRoGRAM STudENTS MAy SPECIALIzE IN oNE of THE foLLoWING AREAS:

• Finance and Investment• Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Management• International Business and

Marketing• Logistics and Transport

• Ecological Economy• Management Control

A SECoNd PRoGRAM IS THE MASTER of SCIENCE IN ENERGy MANAGEMENT which looks into the challenges of the energy market as such, but with a particular focus on the oil-and-gas exploration and alternative energy sources. There is an increasing need for skilled professionals in the energy field – people familiar with the peculiarities of the oil-and-gas industries, possessing strong regional knowledge and expertise in energy management, energy diplomacy, and geopolitics. In the second year of the program students spend a semester at the MGIMO University in Moscow, where they study Energy Diplomacy and Economy of Fuel and Energy Complex (FEC) industries.

A THIRd PRoGRAM IS THE MASTER of SCIENCE IN SuSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT. The program aims to give the students knowledge on how to do business with a focus

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on sustainability, both from the perspective of the company and the society as such. It is a joint degree program with russian universities and the students will spend time both in Bodø and at a Russian partner university.

Admission to the master programs is based on three or four years of study (Bachelor or equivalent) in business/management related fields with certain requirements to relevant courses.

MBA

Bodø Graduate School of Business offers two MBA programs, one general MBA-HHB program without tuitionfee, and Executive MBA (EMBA) wich is constructed for an certain topic and industry. The MBA-HHB program is,as compared to the MSc-programs, closely related to practice and the master thesis is normally solving a business problem. The current EMBA program available is Business in the High North. The programs aim to give

the candidates a good knowledge of business and management topics and train the ability to identify business related problems to solve them in a professional manner. During the first semester the students are introduced to a wide range of business topics. Later in the program further insight into the various topics and how to integrate them are given.The programs are organized in blocks and the candidate may choose whether to be part or full time student. Some of the subjects are taught in English.

Phd

The doctorate degree education will first and foremost qualify a student for research and development, but also for other work in society that requires insight into academic work methods and results. The program requires independent research in a specialized field which will be presented in a dissertation. The doctorate degree is usually completed over a three-year

BACHELoR PRoGRAMS• Auditing and Accounting• Business Administration• Business and IT• Real Estate Business

MASTER of SCIENCE(MSc) PRoGRAMS• MSc in Business

Administration• MSc in Energy Management• MSc in Sustainable

Management

MBA PRoGRAMS• MBA-HHB• MBA Business in Russia• MBA Ecological Economics• MBA Aviation Management

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period. During that time 40 ECTS will be reserved for organized training. The program includes philosophy of science, scientific method and theory course.

The decision to admit students is based on evaluation of project descriptions, documents of graduation (master of science in business required), research proposal and the plan for the doctorate period. Applications are considered on an ongoing basis throughout the academic year.

The research goal of Bodø Graduate School of Business is to be a leading centre for research on business topics in the High North - with a global focus. Internationally, we aim at being up front when it comes to the following research areas:

• Entrepreneurship• Innovation management• Ecological economy• Ethical management• Transport economy• Energy management• Management Control• Experience economy

Research up front among Norwegian business Schools!

HIGH NORTH CENTREThe High North Centre for Business is based on the possibilities and challenges in the high north and is focused towards business development. The objective of the centre is to utilize existing and develop new competence at Bodø University College, Innovation Norway and partners and make this expertise available for Norwegian and International businesses. It will also be a Network centre for High North problem solving.

The centre offers master programs, research, reports, courses for the private and public sector. The centre aims to create networks between research – and educational institutions, the public- and private sector and businesses in Northern Norway in particularly as well as in the rest of Norway and internationally.The High North Business centre cooperates with several universities in

CentresRussia, USA and Canada and plans to broaden the activities towards other countries as well.

SIB AS - CENTRE FOR INNOvATION AND ECONOMICSCentre for Innovation and Economics, SIB AS, is a centre of expertise for applied research at the business school. SIB AS is owned by Bodø Graduate School of Business (80%). The centre was founded in 2004 and the research so far has mainly been directed towards transport economy, logistics, tourism and entrepreneurship.

CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS AND ETHICSCentre for Ecological Economics and Ethics is a multidisciplinary communicative arena for education, research and professional training. The centre develops courses and

educational programs in the field of ecological economics and ethics. Research focus is within the field of ecological economics and ethics. Staff at the Centre participate actively in national and international networks in Europe and they contribute ac-tively to the process of societal development through participation in public debates andpublishing articles nationally and internationally.

CENTRE FOR ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE AND INFORMATION SySTEMSEnterprise architecture is a system oriented and holistic approach to understanding the different elements that make up an enterprise, and how those elements inter-relate. Methods and perspectives focus on how the business side of operations and the necessary technological foundation can be aligned in order to achieve the strategic goals of the enterprise.

Our professors regularly publish papers in international and national publications, and many travel abroad on conferences and networks meetings. Among business schools in Norway we were a leadning when it comes to publications per researcher in 2006.

Approximately 5 doctors defend their dissertations at the business school every year. So far, the dominant Ph.D topics reflect our research flag ships: Entrepreneurship and innovation management, and management control in the new economies. There are about 35 PhD students enrolled to our program.

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offer semester packages to attract international semester students.

Bodø University College has approximately 90 partners around the world, including countries such as Russia, Australia, USA, Spain, Italy, Great Britain, Canada, France, Sri Lanka, China and the Nordic countries, just to name a few. In addition, we are an active member of the university networks University of the Arctic and Barents Education Network.

Internationalisation is an important issue in Bodø Graduate School of Business’ strategy of improving quality in education and research. We are actively engaged in facilitating student and staff exchange, as well as joint development of study programmes. We strongly encourage our students to spend at least one semester at one of our partner institutions. The exchange is reciprocal and all our master of science programs are taught in English. At the bachelor level we

Internationalisation

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N-8049 Bodø, Norway Tel: (+47) 75 51 72 00E-mail: hhb@uin.no

www.uin.no | www.hhb.noBODØ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

The International Business SchoolBodø Graduate School of Business has an international strategy, and our High North strategy is

founded on 20 years of experience with international companies and highly recognized universities in

Russia, USA, Asia, Canada and Europe. This means that our education and research are international.

This academic emphasis is valued by national and multinational corporations. Over the years, our

international ambitions within energy management, logistics, ecological economy, innovation

management, entrepreneurship, sustainability, experience economy and management control had not

been possible without the support from many companies and academic partners.

Bodø Graduate School of Business aims for international academic recognition. We apply for

international quality accreditation, the so-called EQUIS accreditation, through the European

Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). We are also an active partner in the Norwegian

Research School in Business Administration which coordinates PhD education on a national level.

The consequence for our students is that many of our international partners contribute on our

academic programs. This brings quality into both research and education, and we are proud that many

international students value our position as the International Business School of the High North!

Application deadlineThe application deadline for degree seeking international students is February 1st.

The application deadline for semester students from exchange partners must be received by:

• April 15th for the following fall semester

• September 15th for the following spring semester.

CostsAs a student at Bodø Graduate School of Business you pay no tuition fees.There is a semester fee of NOK 695,- (approximately 130 USD or 90 Euros).

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