Our strategy

Our strategic plan for 2015 – 2018 can be summarized in three words: “International”, “Impact” and “Interaction”.

Our Vision

BI Norwegian Business School will be a leading business school in Europe attracting the best students and excellent faculty, both in terms of research and teaching. With the best minds on our team we are going to have an impact on international research, on the students' learning, and on the practice in the business and public sector.

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to build the knowledge economy and improving businesses through empowering people.

Our Aspirations

BI Norwegian Business School will rank among the top 20 business schools in Europe through:

Excellent research with impact
Attractive study programmes
Outstanding learning experience
Graduates in high demand

Our Core Values

Student oriented: BI employees put students first
Academic freedom and integrity: BI employees honour academic values
Respect, responsibility and ethical awareness: BI employees manage their positions in a responsible manner
Excellence in research, teaching and support services: BI employees nurture a culture of continuous improvement

Strengthen faculty quality

Target faculty recruitment
Reinforce faculty management with a focus on performance management
Develop PhD programmes as a driving force for BI's academic reputation

Strengthen programme quality

Increase interaction between faculty, businesses and students
Improve student and faculty exchange by creating strategic alliances with leading business schools
Increase interaction between faculty, market divisions and quality assurance in programme development

Strengthen delivery quality

Deliver cutting-edge teaching by stimulating pedagogic development and innovation
Improve learning outcome through more efficient individual follow-up
Create an inspirational 1st year experience

Strengthen graduate quality

Enhance MSc and EMBA student recruitment
Integrate skills development, ethical and critical reasoning in programmes' learning objectives
Increase international placement through career services

Strengthen relationship quality

Increase number of internships and scholarships financed by corporate partners
Increase number of chair professors in selected disciplines
Establish programme advisory boards

Apply corporate best practices

Utilise BI's China experience as a template for further internationalization
Digitalise to increase efficiency
Ensure cross-functional quality