BI Norwegian School of Management is a leading business school located in Oslo, Norway. It offers various undergraduate and graduate degree programs taught fully in English. Students can expect a high-quality education focused on research and real-world business applications. BI prides itself on its international student body and global network of partner universities. It provides housing, student services, and opportunities for cultural and social activities to help exchange students thrive during their time in Norway.
The sliodes that follow give more detailed information on the BBA and the Master programmes. You might want to skip them, unless there are students in your audience who consider taking a degree at BI. You can find out by simply asking whether anybody is interested.
Housing: all incoming exchange students is offered accommodation in student home The International Relations Office (IRO) and the International Student Assosiation (InSA) offers pick-up service to all exchange students upon their arrival in Norway. Students are picked up at the Oslo Central Station (Oslo S) and taken to the housing allocated to them, provided they have returned and filled in the correct information on the online pick-up form More information on www.bi.edu/exchange
The housing facilities that BI can offer vary in price. Over 4,000 NOK (500 EURO) for the BSN facilities within walking distance from the BI campus; prices are lower elsewhere: under 3,000 (380 EURO at Kringsjå for example. The international relations office at BI will do its utmost to find appropriate housing for the incoming students.
Norwegian language Norway has three official written languages: Bokmål, Nynorsk and Sami. Bokmål is based on written Danish, which was the official language of Norway for several hundred years. Nynorsk was created in the 1850s by linguist Ivar Aasen, and is a compilation and combination of some regional dialects. Generally, if you understand Bokmål you can understand Nynorsk fairly easily, and vice versa. Officially Bokmål and Nynorsk have been accorded equal status, although Bokmål is more widely used in Oslo and the larger towns. Sami, a member of the Finno-Ugric branch of languages is a minority language used by the indigenous Sami people. English is widely spoken and you can manage quite well in Norway without knowing any Norwegian. However, knowing a few words and phrases may be useful.
