Astrid Foldal, astrid.foldal@nhh.noNina Hagen, nina.hagen@nhh.no

Information meeting about student exchange, academic year 2010/2011

Friday 22 January at 12:15 pm,Auditorium 24

NHH: International Relations Office• Responsible for:

– student exchange – CEMS MIM– Double Degrees

• Staff:– John Andersen– Norunn J. Økland– Nina Hagen– Astrid Foldal– Nina Gry Stein– Ole Johan Berge– Lena Håre– Svein Olav Svoldal (Student assistant)

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NHH – An international arena• 1984: NHH’s first exchange agreement established

• 1986: Launch of the MiB programme

• 1992: Member of

• 1995: Member of

• 2007: Launch of the Graduate Summer School

• 2009: Double degrees (HEC Paris, UCL Louvain, EGADE Monterrey)

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NHH - an international arena

• 248 Incoming students (08/09)

• 344 Outgoing students (08/09)

• Cooperation with 140 institutions

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Expand your horizon• Academic outcome

• Language skills

• Social outcome

• Cultural outcome

• International experience

• Employment return

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Course selection• Student exchange - an integrated part of your NHH degree

• Full work load during your study abroad stay:

– Minor degree: 30 ECTS

– 4 courses worth 7,5 ECTS

– Courses within NHH’s academic profile

– Courses on master level / equal to what is considered as master level at NHH

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Application procedures and deadlines• Information and application form to be downloaded

• Internet: http://www.nhh.no/en/student-pages/exchange.aspx

• Student reports

• Handbooks/host institutions’ web pages

• Contact international students at NHH

• Contact former exchange students

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Application procedures and deadlines• Application deadline: February 1, 2010

• Application form to be downloaded on our webpage– Motivation– CV– List of schools you wish to apply for– Documentation of higher education before NHH– Permission to issue an academic transcript from NHH (part of

application form)

– Remember to include a photo

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Selection criteria• GPA

• Motivation

• Language skills

• International experience

• Non-academic commitments

• Study progress

• General/specific conditions apply for some schools

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Feedback on your application• Nomination letter will be sent to you by e-mail by Friday 12 March

• Conditional offer, NHH will nominate you for exchange

• Mandatory information session for all nominated exchange students approximately one week later

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Financial matters• NORDPLUS

• SOKRATES/ERASMUS

• RUHRGAS

• TUITION FEE *

• (NORWEGIAN STATE EDUCATIONAL LOAN FUND)

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Student exchange academic year 2010/2011• Nordic countries

• Europe

• North-America

• Latin-America

• Asia

• Australia/New Zealand

• South Africa

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How to make your choice• 116 schools to choose from

• Some schools charge tuition, information about this could be found on our webpage

• Handbooks/host institutions’ web pages

• Find out where you can study in English and where you need to be proficient in other languages

• Make sure that the academic calendar at host institution is compatible with the semesters at NHH

• You may apply for as many schools as you like

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The Nordic countries• Denmark

– Handelshøjskolen i København – Syddansk Universitet– Handelshøjskolen i Århus

• Sweden– Stockholms Universitet– Stockholm School of Economics– Uppsala Universitet– Gøteborgs Universitet – Umeå Universitet – Jönköping Universitet

• Finland– Aalto University School of Economics (previously HSE)– Svenska Handelshögskolan i Helsingfors – Åbo Handelshøgskola– Åbo Akademi – University of Vaasa – University of Tampere – Jyväskylä University

• Iceland– Reykjavik University

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Europe• Lithuania

– Vytautas Magnus University

• Estonia– University of Tartu

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Europe• France

– Ecole Supérieur Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC)– HEC Paris– Ecole Supérieur de Commerce de Lille (ESC Lille)– Audencia Nantes– Université Nancy II– Reims Management School– Université de Toulouse 1 (UT1)– Universite de Nantes– ESC Rennes School of Business

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Europe• Germany

– Universität zu Köln – Universität Mannheim– Ruhr-Universität Bochum– Universität Münster– Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel – Humboldt Universität zu Berlin– Technische Universität Berlin– WHU – Vallendar

• RUHRGAS– Scholarship programs for students, candidates and academic staff 6

months or 1 years stay– For Norwegian and German students only– E-application to The Research Council of Norway by February 17th

– www.forskningsradet.no/is/

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Europe• The Netherlands

– Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Spring only)– Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam– Tilburg University (Spring recommended)

• Belgium– Universiteit Leuven– Université Catholique de Louvain – Facultes Universitaires Catholique de Mons (FUCAM)

• Switzerland– HEC Lausanne– Universitet St. Gallen

• Austria– WU Wien

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Europe• Italy

– Universitá Luigi Bocconi, Milano – LUISS, Roma– Universitá Degli Studi di Siena– Universitá Degli Studi di Pisa– Universitá Degli Studi di Torino– Universitá Degli Studi di Bologna

• Greece– Athens University of Economics And Business

• Spain– Universidad de Barcelona– Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao– Universidad de Granada– Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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Europe• Portugal

– Universidade da Beira Interior, Colvilha – Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa – Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

• UK– MBS Manchester– Lancaster University *(ca 1.500 GBP, spring only)

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Europe• Hungary

– Corvinus University of Budapest

• Poland – Warsaw School of Economics– Cracow University of Economics

• Czech Republic – University of Economics Prague

• Slovakia– Comenius University in Bratislava

• Russia – St. Petersburg State University

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North America• USA

– Cornell University *(ca. 10.000 US $)

– Vanderbilt University *(ca 3.000 US $)

– University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) – Fall only

– University of Cincinnati *(ca 7.500 US$) – Spring only

– Monterey Institute of International Studies *(ca 7600 US$)

– University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

– University of California – San Diego *(ca 10.000 US$ per semester, Spring strongly recommended)

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North America• USA

– Duke University NEW

– Indiana University NEW

– University of California, Berkeley *(ca 7500 US$ per semester) NB: Agreement with the Department of Sociology! NEW

– American University - Washington Semester Program *(ca 6200 US$ per semester, could be higher if “field trip” is a part of the program) TOEFL-test required NEW

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North America• Canada

– University of Western Ontario – spring only

– University of British Columbia *(3.500 CAN $)

– HEC Montreal

– University of Calgary

– Wilfrid Laurier University

– McGill University

– Université Laval

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Latin America• Mexico

– ITAM, Mexico City

• Brazil – Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo

• Chile– Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Chile, Santiago

• Argentina– Univ. Torcuato de Tella, Buenos Aires

• Venezuela– IESA, Caracas

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Asia• China

– Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology *(ca. 84.800 HK$)– FUDAN University, Shanghai (1 year work experience required)– Tsinghua University, Bejjing– CEIBS- China Europe Int. Business School, Shanghai – Fall only– Peking University, Guanghua School of Management

• Singapore– National University of Singapore *(ca. 4.500 S$)– Nanyang Business School *(ca 7.250 S$) (2 års work experience required)

• Taiwan– National Chengchi University

• Korea– Yonsei University (TOEFL)

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Asia• Japan

– International University of Japan – Spring only– Kobe University– Nagoya University of Commerce and Business

• India– Indian Institute of Mangement Ahmedabad, fall only – Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, fall only– Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, fall only NEW

• Filippinene – Asian Institute of Management –2 years work experience required

• Malaysia– University of Malaya – Fall recommended

• Thailand– Thammasat University, Bangkok (TOEFL)

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Oceania and South Africa• Australia NB: English requirement, grade 4 or better from

Norwegian High School Diploma or TOEFL/IELTS

– Macquaire University *(ca 8.500 AU$)– The University of New South Wales *(ca 10 500 AU$)– University of Western Australia *(ca 10 500 AU$)– University of Melbourne *(ca 11 800 AU$)– University of Sydney *(tuition fee waiver slots + ca 10 500 AU$)– University of Queensland *(tuition fee waiver slots + ca 9 500 AU$)NEW

• New Zealand NB: English requirement, grade 4 or better from Norwegian High School Diploma or TOEFL/IELTS

– University of Otago *(tuition fee waiver slots + ca 10 000 NZ$)– The University of Waikato *(ca 10 000 NZ$)

• South Africa– University of Cape Town (work experience required)

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Is student exchange for everybody?• Motivation

• Sufficient language skills

• Good academic standing

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Questions?

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