Why InternshipWhy Mentor

Why go Abroad?Why Double Degree?

International experience

International network

Improved languageskills

Cultural experience

New academic impulses

Social experience

Attractive for internationalcompanies

Friends for life

Possibilites 2nd Year Master

Internship minor Internship GRA 2260

12 ECTS Credits

Project ManagementGRA 2416

6 ECTS Credits

GRA New Product DevelopmentGRA Business Development GRA Managing Business NetworkGRA New Venture Creation

6 ECTS Credits

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MSc in Business And Economics BI Internship as minor -who and how to apply

Examples of positions

Read more at www.bi.edu/internship

Who can apply

•MSc in Business and Economics•3rd semester•Minimum GPA = B •No pending subjects(fail)

How to apply

•Motivation letter + CV with a photo (ONE document, max two pages in total)

•Read about the positions and companies

•Prioritise 3 Internship positions among the companies listed in the application form

•Position doesn’t have to be linked to your specialisation

Selection process

•Pre-screening in the first week after 1st of February•Interview with BI•Interview with BI and Company•Yes or No, the company make the final decision•Note! No guarantee for internship position in your first choice company.

Several Options

•International Office and Careers Service coordinate the application process.

•Note! You may consider several options in the application form. However you need to prioritise.

International Mentor Programme for MSc students

•Starts up in April 2012.•Selected number of students – approx. 16-18 places.•The programme has an international focus and all

seminars and network meetings are in English.•Each student is matched with a mentor.•5 joint seminars throughout the year – final seminar in

april 2013.•Monthly individual meetings with mentor.•Smaller networking groups – 2 per semester.•Can combine the mentor programme with the internship

minor, but unfortunately not with exchange/double degree .

Who are the mentors?

•Mentors come from various types positions and a wide range of sectors.

•All are experienced and interested in the role as mentor.

•Average age of 40+

•Mentors are motivated to help students with their career and personal development – neutral discussion partners.

•Relevant mentors are interviewed and matched to a relevant student.

Which students can apply?

•Open to all our 1st year MSc students.

•Students apply online with a motivation letter and CV with photo. One application form for mentor programme, internship and exchange – important that you prioritise!

•Students not screened by grades, but full progression is necessary.

•Most relevant and motivated students are interviewed.

•Matching process will be the final deciding factor.

Questions

•Internships, Careers Service - www.bi.edu/internshipJudith Marie Holter, Project Manager judith.m.holter@bi.no

•Mentor Programme – www.bi.edu/mentorAdriana Jansen, Careers Service.

adriana.jansen@bi.no

What is a Double Degree?

•Study at two internationally acclaimed institutions and receive two degrees

•Spend the first academic year at BI and the second academic year at the host institution

•Receive two full degrees completing them in the ”same time” it would take to earn one

Go abroad with BI

•One year abroad – Double degree

•Tuition fee to BI

•Challenging, but rewarding

Why take a Double Degree?Benefits!• A one-year cultural and social experience abroad

• A degree from a top ranked international institution in addition to your BI degree

• Possibility to take courses and specializations that are not available at BI

• Exposure to excellent research environments

• An international network

• Excellent preparation for a career in international organisations

’Triple crown’ double degree partners”siv.øk” for all majors

Triple Crown = AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA accreditation

• Only approx. 50 business schools world wide have ’triple’ accreditation

•Queen’s School of Business, Kingston, Canada

•EDHEC Business School, Lille, France

•Catholic University of Portugal, School of Economics and Management (FCEE), Lisbon, Portugal

•University of Ljubljana for major Finance students; UL is EQUIS and AACSB accredited

Triple crown’ double degree partners

•Tilburg University – AASCB and AMBAMSc Leadership & Organisational Psychology

•University of GroningenMSc in Strategic Marketing Management

Queen’s School of Business

•First year BI•Second year: Master of International

Business program at Queen’s• One of Canada’s top ranked business

schools• MBA type program• Double major: BI major + Global

Management• Small classes with excellent faculty• Team based learning approach : ’the power

of teams’• Thesis: at BI• Typical ’American’ campus environment• 5 places in 2012/2013

EDHEC Business School

•First year at BI•Second year in one of EDHEC’s Msc programs:

• One of France’s top Grande Ecole schools (# 14 in FT ranking)• MSc in Marketing Management, Legal and Tax Management, Arts

and NGO Management, Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Organisation Consultancy; MSc in Global Business? (TBC)

• Double major: BI major + EDHEC specialization• 3- month Internship (International or in France)• Thesis: at BI• New campus in Lille (one hour north from Paris)• 5 places in 2012/2013

FCEE Catholic University of Portugal

•First year at BI•Second year in FCEE’s International MSc in

Business Administration• One of Portugal’s top schools• Interesting business and skills oriented courses (e.g.

Leadership Laboratory) that are not available at BI• Majors in Finance, Strategy, Marketing, Innovation and

Technology, General Management• Some BI majors (Finance, Strategy, Marketing, Business

Law) can stay with their major• Some BI majors (HRM and Logistics ) need to take

Catolica’s General Management major• Thesis: at Catolica• Located only 10 minutes from Lisbon’s sprawling

city center• 5 places in 2012/2013

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia•First year at BI (MSc BE major Finance)•Second year at UL’s MSc in Banking and Finance•First year at BI (MSc Financial Economics)•Second year at UL’s Msc in Money and Finance

• UL is EQUIS and AACSB accredited• Possibility to combine BI major in Finance with excellent courses in

Economics and Strategic Management• Excellent research in Economics• Thesis: at Ljubljana• One of the Mediterranean’s hidden jewels

Tilburg University MSC in Organisation Studies

•First year at BI•Second year – 1 years MSc in Organisation studies – Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• 3 mandatory courses • 2 elective courses from the one –year• Thesis seminar 6 ECTS• Thesis 24 ECTS in the Spring term written individually

•11,900 students •TU is situated in Southern Netherlands

Academic

•Associate Dean Astrid Richardsen approves course portfolio (subject to change) - Learning agreement

University of Groningen•First year at BI•Second Year at University of Groningen

• Research University• 2.250 international students (10%)• MSc in Business administration – major Marketing

3 mandatory courses:

Advanced Marketing research 10 ects

Marketing Model Building 10 ects

Marketing Leadership 5 ects

Electives 10 ects

Individual thesis 30 ects

•Groningen – University town

180000 inhabitans, 45.000 students•Best and safest city in the Netherlands

Student Exchange Programme

Exchange – A Unique Opportunity!

Where can you go?North America

• Acknowledged universities• Few places, high interest, free electives

South- and Central America• Mexico, Chile, Peru• Speak Spanish? – great possibilities

Europe• Erasmus scholarship for EU member• Important political trading partners

The Nordic Countries• International environment• Erasmus or Norek

Asia• Rapidly becoming a more important trading

partner

Australia and New Zealand• Few places, many applicants• Exciting, but consider alternative destinations

Diploma

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Who’s Eligible?• Selection takes place in the first year of your MSc•We are looking for motivated candidates with good GPA’s•DD: Recommended GPA average B, no pending subjects• Exchange: Strong C, one pending subject may apply for

Europe• Letter of motivation (in English)• CV (in English)• Application deadline: February 1

• http://www.bi.edu/outgoing

Application process

• A two-step process

1. Apply to the International Relations Office– 1 February, 2011– Online application form:

www.bi.edu/exchange– Letter of motivation– CV

– Exchange/DD offer beginning of March

2. Apply to the host university– Final letter of admission from the

DD/Exchange university place

Costs & Scholarship

•You pay tuition to BI

•Loan and scholarship in Lånekassen

•Scholarship: Erasmus

www.lanekassen.nowww.ansa.no

Questions:

Hege Jordheim (exchange)Hege.jordheim@bi.no

Ellen Tobiasson (DD)Ellen.tobiasson@bi.no

Challenge yourself!