Throughout 2013, BI Norwegian Business School has reached important milestones on its journey toward a position as one of Europe's leading business schools. In 2013, the Board of Trustees has seen the results of a goal-oriented strategy for the 2010-2014 period.
In November 2013, BI Norwegian Business School, as the only Norwegian school, was accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA). This accreditation is a hallmark of quality, and signifies that BI's MBA programmes have joined the ranks of the proud few.
A record number of 11 100 applicants applied to BI's bachelor and master programmes in fall 2013
Styret vedtok å samle BIs ressurser til færre og større fagmiljø for fortsatt å kunne levere forskningsbasert undervisning på det høye nivået studentene og norsk næringsliv forventer.
In December, BI Norwegian Business School advanced considerably in Financial Times’ annual ranking of European business schools. With a rank of 44, BI Norwegian Business School advanced a total of 18 places, which continues the positive growth from last year, when BI advanced eight places.
In 2013, BI Norwegian Business School signed an agreement to purchase the D block, the last of the four buildings that make up BI's campus at Nydalen. This investment gives BI Norwegian Business School the opportunity to expand in the years to come. The BI building will be a building for competence.
In 2013, the Board of Trustees followed up measures implemented to concentrate and strengthen BI's activities. BI Norwegian Business School has continued its efforts to reduce the number of regional campuses. With the closure of BI Drammen and BI Kristiansand, BI Norwegian Business School has gone from 13 campuses in 2006 to four in 2013. The Board of Trustees decided to strengthen BI Bergen, BI Stavanger and BI Trondheim in 2013 by allocating additional resources.
As the only Norwegian school, BI was accredited by AMBA in 2013.
Nineteen students who excelled academically were awarded a Presidential Scholarship, which covers the tuition fees for a two-year Master of Science programme.
BI Norwegian Business School's academic clusters are its most important strategic resource, and priorities have been set in order to concentrate the academic resources in larger, more agile clusters. Programmes have been discontinued and merged in an effort to concentrate the programme portfolio for both bachelor and master programmes.
BI Norwegian Business School's academic clusters are its most important strategic resource
The Board of Trustees increased its focus on the Executive division in 2013. A new strategy for BI Executive stipulates that BI's Executive programme shall be characterised by internationally competitive professional content that is directly applicable in working life. An expansive investment program for digitisation was a priority in 2013. Throughout the year, our Digital Channels project has delivered new solutions that simplify the application process for new students and streamlines the administration's work in the admission process. The DigiEx project has been a successful pilot for BI Norwegian Business School's first digital examinations. The Board of Trustees' ambition is for BI students to meet a fully digitised school in just a few semesters.