Umeå School of Business
Handelshögskolan vid Umeå Universitet | |
| Type | Public University |
|---|---|
| Established | 1989 |
Parent institution | Umeå University |
| Accreditation | GBSN, EQUIS, EFMD, EIASM |
| Rector | Sofia Lundberg |
Administrative staff | 250 |
| Students | 2,000 |
| Undergraduates | 1,500 |
| Postgraduates | 500 |
| 90 | |
| Location | , 63°49′14″N 20°18′13″E / 63.8206°N 20.3036°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | USBE |
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.