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| Handelshøyskolen BI | |
|---|---|
| Name | Handelshøyskolen BI |
| Established | 1943 |
| Type | Private |
| City | Oslo |
| Country | Norway |
| Students | ~22,000 |
Handelshøyskolen BI is a private Norwegian business school founded in 1943 that operates multiple campuses and offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs. It is one of the largest business institutions in Northern Europe and engages with corporate partners, public institutions, and international networks. The school emphasizes professional education, applied research, and executive training linked to Nordic and global markets.
The institution originated in 1943 with links to Norwegian commercial circles and expanded through postwar reconstruction and economic integration with ties to OEEC, Marshall Plan, United Nations, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Nordic Council, Norwegian Labour Party, Conservative Party (Norway), Jonas Gahr Støre, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Erna Solberg, Harald V, Haakon VII and Christian Michelsen. During the Cold War era it adapted curricula influenced by Harvard Business School, INSEAD, London School of Economics, University of Chicago, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Wharton School approaches. In the 1990s and 2000s BI established accredited doctoral studies and international partnerships with Erasmus University Rotterdam, HEC Paris, Bocconi University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Columbia University, New York University, University of Michigan, University of California, Berkeley and Australian National University. Institutional reforms involved Norwegian regulatory bodies such as Ministry of Education and Research (Norway), Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education and engagement with private foundations like Ullern donors and business federations including Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise.
Campuses are located in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger and Sandnes with architecture influenced by Scandinavian design movements and planners who have collaborated with firms connected to Snøhetta, Sverre Fehn, Arne Korsmo, Kjell Lund, Are Vesterlid, Nordic Office of Architecture and municipal authorities like Oslo Municipality. Major facilities include lecture halls named after leaders and benefactors with collections that collaborate with National Library of Norway, Nofima, SINTEF, University of Oslo, BI Norwegian Business School Library and corporate learning centers used by Telenor, Equinor, DNB ASA, Norfund and Aker Horizons. Executive education spaces host seminars linked to World Economic Forum, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, OECD Forum, European Commission, NATO meetings and visiting scholars from IMD and IE Business School.
Programs span bachelor, master, MBA and PhD degrees with courses referencing frameworks from Bologna Process, European Higher Education Area, AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA accreditation standards. Undergraduate programs include specializations tied to corporate sectors represented by Telenor Group, Statoil/Equinor, DNB ASA, KPMG, PwC, EY (Ernst & Young), McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group and Accenture. Graduate and MBA programs feature modules in leadership and strategy influenced by case methods from Harvard Business School Case Collection, partnerships with Chicago Booth, IESE Business School, Said Business School, Rotman School of Management and exchange options with University of Toronto, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and Fudan University. Doctoral studies link to research centers and supervisory networks involving scholars who have published in journals such as Journal of Finance, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies and Management Science.
Research units cover finance, marketing, strategy, innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability, collaborating with institutions like Norges Bank, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, CICERO, Zero Emission Resource Organisation, Research Council of Norway, European Research Council and industry partners including Yara International, Statkraft and Hydro. Centers host projects funded by Horizon 2020, EIT, NordForsk and national grants; notable initiatives examine digital transformation with partners such as Microsoft, SAP, IBM, Cisco Systems and Google. Visiting research fellows have come from MIT Sloan, London Business School, ESSEC Business School, Keio University and Seoul National University.
The school is governed by a board drawing representatives from business, academia and public life, working with regulatory frameworks overseen by Ministry of Education and Research (Norway) and quality assurance by Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education. Leadership has included rectors and deans with profiles linked to BI Norwegian Business School leadership alumni networks and collaborations with university partners such as University of Bergen, Norwegian School of Economics, NTNU, University of Tromsø and OsloMet. Corporate advisory boards include executives from Aker ASA, Schibsted, Orkla Group, Yara International, Storebrand and Gjensidige.
Admissions procedures align with Norwegian admission systems including Samordna opptak for some programs and international recruitment that attracts students from Nordic countries, European Union, United States, China, India, Nigeria, Brazil, Kenya and Russia. Student organizations host chapters of international networks such as AIESEC, Erasmus Student Network, Rotaract, Beta Gamma Sigma, Enactus, Model United Nations and career fairs featuring recruiters from PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, McKinsey & Company and major Norwegian employers like Equinor and Telenor. Campus life includes sports clubs affiliated with Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports, cultural events tied to Oslo Jazz Festival, Oslo International Film Festival, Nobel Peace Prize Concert and entrepreneurship incubators connected to StartupLab and Oslo Science Park.
The institution's reputation is assessed in international and regional rankings compiled by Financial Times, QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education, U-Multirank and Eduniversal, with program-level recognition in lists produced by The Economist and Bloomberg Businessweek. Reputation among corporate recruiters is influenced by alumni in firms such as McKinsey & Company, Accenture, PwC, EY (Ernst & Young), DNB ASA and Telenor, while research impact is measured via citations in journals like Journal of Marketing, Journal of Accounting Research and Review of Financial Studies.
Category:Business schools in Norway