The UiS Business School (Norwegian: Handelshøyskolen ved UiS) is a business school situated in Stavanger, Norway, and a faculty under the University of Stavanger. The business school is one of the largest institutions in Norway educating students at the masters level in business administration.
History
The origin for the UiS Business School was the establishment of the Rogaland Regional College in Stavanger in 1969 with a two-year program in Business Administration. The regional College became the University College of Rogaland in 1985 and in 1995 changed the name to Høgskolen i Stavanger/Stavanger University College (HiS). The University of Stavanger UiS was established in 2005 when the former Høgskolen i Stavanger (HiS) received university status.
Staff & Students
The UiS Business School consists of about 75 faculty members and staff, 750 undergraduate students, 300 graduate students, 100 Executive MBA students, and 22 PhD candidates.
Departments
- Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing
- Department of Economics and Finance
- Department of Accounting and Law
Research centers and Research groups
- Centre for Innovation Research
- Energy and Commodity Finance Research group
- Behavioural Economics and Finance Research group
- Synapse lab
- Capital markets accounting research
Educational Programmes
The UiS Business School offer Bachelor Programmes in Business Administration, Accounting & Auditing, and Law and Master of Science Programmes in Business Administration, Accounting and Auditing, and Law. In addition, the UIS Business School also offers an Executive MBA programme.
Notable faculty and alumni
Academics
- Mari Rege
- Ola Kvaløy
- Klaus Mohn
- Ragnar Tveterås
- Rune Dahl Fitjar
- Tom Broekel
- Marte Cecilie Wilhelmsen Solheim
- Kenneth Henning Wathne
- Bjørn Terje Asheim
- Benn Folkvord
- Bård Misund
- Tatiana Iakovleva
- Bernt Arne Ødegaard
- Aslaug Mikkelsen
References
- Forskning.no
- Aftenbladet
- Revisorforeningen
- Staff at the UiS Business School
- Youtube presentation of education programmes in economics and finance
- https://www.uis.no/about-the-university/contact-us/employees/brokel-tom-article134336-11199.html
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