Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration

Norwegian School of Economics

Norges Handelshøyskole
Type	Public
Established	1936
Rector	Frøystein Gjesdal
Administrative staff	300 (total)
Students	3,250
Location	Bergen, Norway
Affiliations	CEMS, PIM, Erasmus, EQUIS
Website	www.nhh.no

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The Norwegian School of Economics (Norwegian: Norges Handelshøyskole) or NHH is a business school situated in Bergen, Norway. Opened in 1936 by King Haakon VII, it is Norway's oldest business school and has since its foundation been a leading Norwegian teaching and research institution in the fields of economics and business administration. The school celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2011.

NHH has a strong international orientation. The school participates in exchange programs with more than 130 foreign institutions in over 30 countries, and around 40 percent of the school's students spend at least one semester on exchange. The school is member of CEMS (The Global Alliance for Management Education) and the Partnership in International Management (PIM) network, and is accredited by EQUIS.

Admission to NHH is the most selective in its field in Norway. For seven years in a row (2007–13), the NHH undergraduate programme received more applications than any other undergraduate study programme in Norway, and around 10,8% of applicants are admitted annually. In 2016, NHH received 4343 applications for 470 spots in its undergraduate program.

NHH has changed much since it was first opened. Norway's first business school is now part of a global network universities and business schools. This has been achieved over the last 100 years, with much work being done before the doors opened in 1936.

The business communities in Oslo and Bergen began discussing the establishment of a Norwegian business school at the end of the 19th century. A number of schools had been opened across Europe and during the early 20th century several business schools were established in Scandinavia based on the German handelshochschule (business school) model. Amongst them, the and the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki were both established in 1909, followed by the Helsinki School of Economics in 1911 and Copenhagen Business School in 1917. In 1917, Norway's parliament (the Storting) passed a resolution to establish a Norwegian business school.