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Incoming Exhange at BI The application process • Nomination mail to partners abt 2 months prior to application deadline 1 May and 1 October • Automatic e-mail to students generated when nominated to BI by Home Institution • All supporting documents can be attached to the application form • Registering the applications • Processing and sending the Acceptance Packages March 1 May Nomination email Application deadline June Admission Housing package confirmation Mid August Introduction programme Housing • All International students are guaranteed housing through BI • Separate application form on: www.housing.bi • Prices from BOK 2200 – 4200 NOK per month – BSN www.bsn.no – SiO www.sio.no Courses in English at BI • 3 yr BBA program conducted in English – spesialisation in Finance or Marketing 3rd year • Elective courses for Bachelor students in English • Basic language courses in French, German and Spanish • 2 year Master of Science program in English with a wide variety of courses • Online course registration 15 June – 1 July • Add/drop period first during the week of lectures Entry requirements • Language • Bachelor – minimum one academic year • Master – grades and specialization from Bachelor degree Grades –Transcript • ECTS • 21 working days after the exam • Continuous assesment – in addition to written exams and term paper Pick-up • BI have a pick-up service for all exchange students – Oslo Central Station to the student dormitory • Information and pick-up form on web INSA • A student organisation looking after the Exchange Students social activities • Pick-up, intruduction week • Organises events and trips: – One weekend trip within Norway and one to a Scandinavian Capital – Rafting, skitrips in the winter, sledge riding, ice-skating, movie nights, International Cooking Dinner nights, bowling etc.. • IRO sponsors 530,- per student each semester • IRO pay NOK 50,- per student for pick-up Events and meetings with the International Exchange Students • • • • • Welcome and Information Meeting Cross Cultural Workshop Exam meeting by the end of the term Student Exchange Fair/ Student Exchange seminar Farwell party Communication Channels • • • • • Web E-mail Newsletters It’s Learning Front desk International Office • Brochures • International Student Handbook • Student Exchange Programme Brochure • Challenge: how do we reach our students with information? Norwegian Language Course • Offered every semester • Classes 2 afternoons a week. Language certificate at the end, but no credits • A level two course in the spring semester • NOK 1500,- for the course + the text book Working in Norway • Students are allowed to work up to 20 hours a week • Information on work possibilities in the Acceptance package • Type of work they can expect: – Language assistants – Newspaper delivery – Bars and Restaurants • Career Service at BI www.bi.edu/career Challenges ?