UiS Business School explained

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.^{[1] [2] [3]}

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,^[4] 750 undergraduate students, 300 graduate students, 100 Executive MBA students, and 22 PhD candidates.

Research centers and Research groups

• Centre for Innovation Research and Center for Entrepreneurship
• Energy and Commodity Finance Research group
• Behavioural Economics and Finance Research group
• Lemon 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 Applied Finance, Accounting and Auditing. In addition, the UIS Business School also offers an Executive MBA programme.^[5]

Notable faculty and alumni

Academics

• Mari Rege
• Ola Kvaløy
• Klaus Mohn
• Ragnar Tveterås
• Rune Dahl Fitjar
• Tom Broekel^[6]
• Marte Cecilie Wilhelmsen Solheim
• Kenneth Henning Wathne
• Bjørn Terje Åsheim
• Benn Folkvord
• Bård Misund
• Tatiana Iakovleva
• Bernt Arne Ødegaard
• Aslaug Mikkelsen

External links

• Official website

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Notes and References

1. http://forskning.no/institusjon/universitetet-i-stavanger-0 Forskning.no
2. http://www.aftenbladet.no/okonomi/To-handelshoyskoler-konkurrerer-om-studentene-529599b.html Aftenbladet
3. https://www.revisorforeningen.no/om-revisjon1/studiesteder-i-norge/ Revisorforeningen
4. http://www.uis.no/faculties-departments-and-centres/faculty-of-social-sciences/uis-business-school/faculty-and-staff/ Staff at the UiS Business School
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haBQaUfdaWc Youtube presentation of education programmes in economics and finance
6. https://www.uis.no/about-the-university/contact-us/employees/brokel-tom-article134336-11199.html