The Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics, USBE, or Handelshögskolan vid Umeå Universitet, is the business school of Umeå University in the north of Sweden, founded in 1989 "to strengthen education in research and business while contributing to the community". About 2000 students currently study at USBE. The School offers one Bachelor program, four undergraduate programs (Civilekonomprogram), seven Master's degree programs (including the Erasmus Mundus Master Program in Strategic Project Management) and doctoral programs.
The International atmosphere is important to the business school and it offers one undergraduate program (the International Business Program) and all Master's programs and doctoral programs entirely in English. USBE also accept many international students as exchange or degree students.
USBE is located at the very heart of the University campus, a meeting-place for all academic disciplines, improving its opportunities to co-operate across traditional academic boundaries. It also gives USBE-students an opportunity to take an active part of student environment created for the 37 000 students at Umeå University.
Organization
Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics has three departments: the Department of Business Administration, the Department of Economics and the Department of Statistics.
USBE Career Center USBE Career Center concentrates primarily on helping its graduates in the transition between graduation and the business world.
Research Within the Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics, the Umeå Research Institute promotes research and awards funding to prospective researchers. The School also hosts a group dedicated to research on decision-making in extreme environments. It is named Triple Ed (Research Group on Extreme Environments – Everyday Decisions).
Education
Master's programs Master's Program in Accounting Master's Program in Finance Master's Program in Business Development and Internationalization Master's Program in Management Master's Program in Marketing Master's Program in Economics Master's Program in Statistical Sciences Masters in Strategic Project Management (European): offered jointly with Heriot-Watt University and Politecnico di Milano Erasmus Mundus
Undergraduate programs International Business Program (in English) Business Administration and Economics Program (in Swedish) Retail and Supply Chain Management Program (in Swedish) Service Managementprogramet (in Swedish) Bachelor's Program in Statistics
Notable alumni
Students
Linus Berg – founder and CEO of "Rest & Fly" Frida Berglund – founder of the popular blog "Husmusen" Wilhelm Geijer – former CEO and board member of Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers Christian Hermelin – CEO, Fabege Leif Lindmark – former rector, Stockholm School of Economics Agneta Marell – professor of business administration Henrik P. Molin – author Göran Carstedt – Leading the global network "Society for Organizational Learning" Malin Moström – Swedish woman footballer, nominated best in Sweden and the world Lars Petterson – CEO, Atea Sweden Erik Wikström – CEO, Pizzeria Viking chain
Honorary doctors
Carl Kempe – Swedish businessman Robert H. Haveman – professor Lars Heikensten – former governor of the Swedish Riksbank
International partnerships
USBE has over 70 partner universities all over the world, including:
See also
External links Umeå University official site HHUS The Student Association at USBE
References