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Official name: The Federative Republic of Brazil Capital: Brasilia President: Dilma Rousseff Population: 199,321,413 (July 2012 est.) BI Norwegian Business School is an internationally recognized and accredited, private institution located in Oslo, the capital of Norway. BI has one of Europe’s largest and most productive academic environments in the area of business economics and administration, marketing, finance and general management. Bachelor of Business Administration This three-year, full-time programme is taught entirely in English and has an international focus and student body. The BBA programme will give you a taste of what globalisation and internationalisation are all about: a taste with a Scandinavian flavour, which will prepare you thoroughly for a career in international business or further postgraduate studies. BBA students choose one of the following options for their third year specialisation: • BBA – International Business • BBA – Shipping Management Master of Science BI offers five different two-year, full-time programmes that provide professional skills to meet the increasing needs of businesses. BI's Master of Science programmes provide a stimulating and multi-cultural learning environment with an international outlook. A fundamental curiosity towards the subject areas unites faculty and students. Our Master of Science programmes are thorough, demanding and interactive, and require the active participation of students. • • • • •
MSc in Business MSc in Financial Economics MSc in Strategic Marketing Management MSc in Leadership and Organisational Psychology MSc in Professional Accountancy (taught in Norwegian)
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Executive Programmes BI offers part-time Executive Master programmes taught entirely in English in collaboration with international institutions and partners. BI cooperates with several highly ranked international partners: Fudan University in Shanghai, Nanyang Business School in Singapore, IE Business School in Madrid, the University of California, Berkeley in San Francisco and IFP School in Paris. • Executive MBA • BI-Fudan MBA Programme • Executive Master of Management in Energy Doctoral Programme BI offers a full-time doctoral programme leading to the title PhD. The programme’s objective is to develop and educate high-potential individuals to serve the society in academic, business and other working life communities through research, publication, consulting and other professional services within their field of expert knowledge. Summer Programme The theme of the 2013 Summer Programme will be Intercultural Management: A Scandinavian Perspective. This four-week programme runs from 22 June – 19 July, 2013. BI’s Summer Programme provides extensive exposure to Norwegian shipping, software and other industries through guest lectures and company visits. Various social and cultural activities are included in the programme too.
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Population growth rate: 0.86% (2012 est.) Major cities: Sao Paulo 19.96 million; Rio de Janeiro 11.836 million; Belo Horizonte 5.736 million; Porto Alegre 4.034 million; Brasilia (capital) 3.789 million (2009) Ethnic Groups: white 53.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 38.5%, black 6.2%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 0.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2000 census) Languages: Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language) note: less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages Religions: Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census)
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