FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND

SOCIAL SCIENCES

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UiA is organised into five faculties:> Faculty of Health and Sport

Sciences> Faculty of Humanities and

Education> Faculty of Fine Arts> Faculty of Engineering and

Science> Faculty of Economics and Social

Sciences

Research is the foundation of allactivities at the University of Agder.Research projects are connected tothe faculties and cover a variety ofdisciplines.

Internationalisation is a focus areaat UiA. The university cooperateswith several universities andcolleges abroad and has signed

agreements with 175 universities inall parts of the world.

Regional cooperation is also adistinguishing feature at UiA andincludes close collaboration with thebusiness community, public sectorand non-government organisations.This way, UiA contributesconsiderably to regional economic,social and cultural development.

New and modern campus facilitiesprovide updated classrooms, ITsystems, computer labs andexcellent library services.

UNIVERSITY OF AGDER

The University of Agder(UiA) is the mostrecently established university in Norway, but itshistory goes back to 1839. UiA is situated on thesouthern tip of Norway with 8,700 students, and1,000 faculty and staff members.

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Strong emphasis on research andinternationalisationThe majority of faculty members atthe Faculty of Economics and SocialSciences have full professor/associate professor competence,and the Faculty contributessignificantly to UiA’s list ofpublications, including internationalpublications.

The Faculty’s international profile isreflected in all activities, instruction,student and staff exchange, andresearch cooperation. The Faculty isinvolved in both bilateral andmultilateral exchange programs ofstudents and faculty members atuniversities in all parts of the world.

DepartmentsThere are five departments, and onecentre at the Faculty of Economicsand Social Sciences:> Centre for Development Studies> Department of Economics

and Business Administration> Department of Information

Systems> Department of Political Science

and Management> Department of Sociology, Social

Work and Welfare Studies> Department of Working Life and

Innovation

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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

> the largest Faculty at the University of Agder> more than 2,600 students and nearly 150 faculty

and staff members> responsible for study programmes, research and

dissemination in the fields of businessadministration, economics, organisation theory,political science, social work, development studiesand information systems

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The Faculty offers the followingprogrammes in English:> MSc in Business Administration,

concentration in InternationalManagementwww.uia.no/business

> MSc in DevelopmentManagementwww.uia.no/mastdev

> European Integration SummerSemester – 30 ECTS creditsmaster level courseswww.uia.no/eiss

In addition, several courses areoffered in English each semester forincoming exchange students, bothon bachelor and master level.

STUDY PROGRAMMES

BACHELOR’S DEGREES(3 YEARS)

MSC DEGREES(2 YEARS)

PHD(3 YEARS)

> BusinessAdministration

> Auditing

> BusinessAdministration– Siviløkonom

> InternationalManagement

> Development Studies> Development

Management

> IT and InformationSystems

> Information Systems> Information

Systems

> Political Science> Social Change and

Communication> Tourism Management

and ExperienceEconomy

> Public Policy andManagement

> PublicAdministration

> Social Work> Welfare

Administration> Welfare Studies

> MBA/MPA(1.5 years - executivemaster)

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The overall purpose of theseprogrammes is to give the PhDcandidate a deep and broadtheoretical and methodologicalknowledge, along with theexperience of completing asubstantial piece of originalscientific work (the dissertation).

Information SystemsThe PhD programme in InformationSystems concentrates on research related to the development,implementation, use, andevaluation of informationsystems at different organisationallevels and in both private and publicsectors.

For more information, refer towww.uia.no/infsys

International ManagementThe International Management PhDprogramme focuses on issuesrelated to international activities oforganisations - ranging frommultinational corporations tonon-profit organisations - and theirinteractions with foreigngovernments, customers,competitors, and partners indeveloped and emerging markets.

For more information, refer towww.uia.no/intphd

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PhD PROGRAMMES

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Public AdministrationThe Public Administration PhDprogramme focuses on issuesrelated to public policy andadministration and aims atunderstanding the development andimplication of compositeadministrative systems at differentlevels of government.

The focus is two-folded. First a focuson the multiple governancedynamics embedded in singularadministrative systems, such as theEuropean commission, and regionaland local government. Second afocus on how the publicadministrations of internationalexecutive institutions and regional

and local administrations areincreasingly interlinked,intermeshed and intertwined

For more information, refer towww.uia.no/pubadm

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OSLO

KRISTIANSAND

BERGEN

STAVANGER

UNIVERSITY OF AGDERSERVICEBOX 422 NO-4604 KRISTIANSAND NORWAYPHONE +47 38 14 10 00 POSTMOTTAK@UIA.NO WWW.UIA.NO

NORWAY

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