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UiS Business School

Coordinates: 58°56′19″N 5°41′48″E / 58.9385°N 5.6966°E / 58.9385; 5.6966
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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

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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

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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.

Departments

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  • Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing
  • Department of Economics and Finance
  • Department of Accounting and Law

Research centers and Research groups

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  • Centre for Innovation Research
  • Energy and Commodity Finance Research group
  • Behavioural Economics and Finance Research group
  • Synapse lab
  • Capital markets accounting research

Educational Programmes

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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.[5]

Notable faculty and alumni

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Academics

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References

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58°56′19″N 5°41′48″E / 58.9385°N 5.6966°E / 58.9385; 5.6966