Friends for life New academic impulses Why go Abroad? Why Double Degree? Cultural experience Improved language skills Attractive for international companies International experience International network Social experience Possibilites 2nd Year Master Why take a Double Degree? Benefits! • A one-year cultural and social experience abroad • A degree from a top ranked international institution in addition to your BI degree • Possibility to take courses and specializations that are not available at BI • Exposure to excellent research environments • An international network • Excellent preparation for a career in international organisations ’Triple crown’ double degree partners ”siv.øk” for all majors Triple Crown = AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA accreditation • Only approx. 50 business schools world wide have ’triple’ accreditation • Queen’s School of Business, Kingston, Canada • EDHEC Business School, Lille, France • Catholic University of Portugal, School of Economics and Management (FCEE), Lisbon, Portugal • University of Ljubljana for major Finance students; UL is EQUIS and AACSB accredited Triple crown’ double degree partners • Tilburg University – AASCB and AMBA MSc Leadership & Organisational Psychology • University of Groningen MSc in Strategic Marketing Management Queen’s School of Business • First year BI • Second year: Master of International Business program at Queen’s • One of Canada’s top ranked business schools • MBA type program • Double major: BI major + Global Management • Small classes with excellent faculty • Team based learning approach : ’the power of teams’ • Thesis: at BI • Typical ’American’ campus environment • 5 places in 2012/2013 EDHEC Business School • First year at BI • Second year in one of EDHEC’s Msc programs: • One of France’s top Grande Ecole schools (# 14 in FT ranking) • MSc in Marketing Management, Legal and Tax Management, Arts and NGO Management, Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Organisation Consultancy; MSc in Global Business? (TBC) • Double major: BI major + EDHEC specialization • 3- month Internship (International or in France) • Thesis: at BI • New campus in Lille (one hour north from Paris) • 5 places in 2012/2013 FCEE Catholic University of Portugal • First year at BI • Second year in FCEE’s International MSc in Business Administration • One of Portugal’s top schools • Interesting business and skills oriented courses (e.g. Leadership Laboratory) that are not available at BI • Majors in Finance, Strategy, Marketing, Innovation and Technology, General Management • Some BI majors (Finance, Strategy, Marketing, Business Law) can stay with their major • Some BI majors (HRM and Logistics ) need to take Catolica’s General Management major • Thesis: at Catolica • Located only 10 minutes from Lisbon’s sprawling city center • 5 places in 2012/2013 University of Ljubljana, Slovenia • • • • First year at BI Second year at First year at BI Second year at (MSc BE major Finance) UL’s MSc in Banking and Finance (MSc Financial Economics) UL’s Msc in Money and Finance • UL is EQUIS and AACSB accredited • Possibility to combine BI major in Finance with excellent courses in Economics and Strategic Management • Excellent research in Economics • Thesis: at Ljubljana • One of the Mediterranean’s hidden jewels Tilburg University MSC in Organisation Studies • First year at BI • Second year – 1 years MSc in Organisation studies – Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences • • • • 3 mandatory courses 2 elective courses from the one –year Thesis seminar 6 ECTS Thesis 24 ECTS in the Spring term written individually • 11,900 students • TU is situated in Southern Netherlands Academic • Associate Dean Astrid Richardsen approves course portfolio (subject to change) - Learning agreement University of Groningen • First year at BI • Second Year at University of Groningen • Research University • 2.250 international students (10%) • MSc in Business administration – major Marketing 3 mandatory courses: Advanced Marketing research 10 ects Marketing Model Building 10 ects Marketing Leadership 5 ects Electives 10 ects Individual thesis 30 ects • Groningen – University town 180000 inhabitans, 45.000 students • Best and safest city in the Netherlands