Business Administration
The Business Administration programme is available at several campuses, each offering tailored coursepackages comprising 30 ECTS credits. These packages are designed to highlight the unique expertise and strengths of each campus. Explore the variety of courses available at each campus to discover which aligns best with your academic and career goals.
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Closing dates: 15.04.2025
Study facts
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Campus: Hønefoss -
Study level: Exchange programmes, bachelor level -
Progression of study: Full time -
Start up: Autumn 2025 -
Teaching model: Campus -
Credits: 30 -
Charge: No tuition fee. -
Closing dates: 15.04.2025 -
Semesters: 1 -
Teaching Language: English
Why study at USN?
USN offer an informal and student friendly environment. Our campuses are small with an open-door policy where our staff dedicates time and attention to each student. USN offers a safe living and study environment as well as a multicultural society where English is widely spoken. Our programmes are focused on practical study methods with a problem-based approach that should help students to prepare for real-life situations.
About campus Hønefoss
With its own student tavern on campus, student society, own student sports club and student associations that go on trips both domestically and internationally, it's hard not to be taken by Campus Hønefoss' vibrant student community. USN Campus Hønefoss is known for its friendly and inclusive learning environment with faculty and staff who work closely with students. Hønefoss is a peaceful and safe town located in the midst of spectacular Norwegian scenery where most shopping and recreational activities are within walking distance. Oslo is only a 60-minute drive from USN.
Student life at campus Hønefoss
Why study Business Administration at campus Hønefoss?
Studying Business Administration at campus Hønefoss offers you a valuable opportunity to acquire skills and knowledge that will help you meet the challenges in the ever-changing landscape of global business. Many of these challenges are related to managing effectively in an increasingly globalized and interconnected world, where interactions with coworkers, managers, suppliers, or customers from diverse national cultures are common. The Business Administration program at Hønefoss aims to enhance your intercultural competence, gain deeper self-insight and improve your career prospects.
What you will learn
The program consists of four courses taught in English: Sales Management and Selling, Entrepreneurship, Negotiation, and Cross-Cultural Management. You will gain up-to-date knowledge about the global business environment and the strategic and managerial challenges facing global firms.
Upon completion of the program, you should be able to apply the knowledge to identify challenges and opportunities arising in global organizations; propose and evaluate solutions to international challenges; and communicate, reflect upon and take into consideration ethical issues and the consequences to problems that arise in an international setting.
In this program, you will join classes comprising a diverse mix of both exchange students and USN students. This diversity within the classroom offers a unique opportunity to explore and experience different approaches to business across cultures.
Courses offered at campus Hønefoss
For a description of the courses taught in the autumn semester, please see the study plan below.
Study Plan and Course Plans
A study plan describes the content, structure and organization of a study programme. To each study plan there is a set of course plans that describe the different courses. In the course plan you will also find a reading list. Below you will find a study model that shows you which courses that are taught in each term. In the study model you'll also find links to each course plan.
Study model
Admission requirements
The programme is open to international exchange students studying at one of USN's bilateral partner institutions. Exchange students at the bachelor-level must have completed at least 60 ECTS or equivalent within the relevant study field, and be officially nominated by their home university in order to apply. Admission to the programme requires a good command of the English language, both spoken and written. An English proficiency equivalent to B2 (Cambridge) level is recommended.
Academic background: Bachelor students in business administration, management, marketing, entrepreneurship, or related fields.
