Stockholm School of Economics
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| Established | 1909 |
| Type | Private University |
| Rector | Prof. Lars Bergman |
| Staff | 300 |
| Undergraduates | 1,900 |
| Doctoral students | 230 |
| Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | CEMS, EUA, ICEDR |
| Website | http://www.sse.edu/ |
The Stockholm School of Economics or Handelshögskolan i Stockholm is a business school and private university in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1909 to improve business education in Sweden. Controlled by a private trust, it also receives government support.
The school operates a Master of Science program in Business and Economics (including an International Graduate Program) as well as a full-time MBA program and a Ph.D. program. At this time the school's Master of Science degree is the only degree offered to undergraduate students. The rigor of the program is comparable to other Master's programs in Europe and the United States. Within coming years the school will conform to the Bologna process and offer distinct BA/BS, MSc, and PhD programs.
The most well known scholars of the institution are arguably the economists Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin, who developed the so called Heckscher-Ohlin theory of international trade. Ohlin later received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1977. Heckscher is also known as the founder of economic history as an academic discipline in Sweden.
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[edit] SSE MBA
SSE MBA in Stockholm, Sweden is an international business school offering a full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. SSE MBA is Sweden’s first full-time MBA and was launched in August 2004 by the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), one of the leading business schools in the Nordic region.
SSE MBA rests on a sound foundation since for nearly a century SSE has trained young women and men for leading positions in business and public administration through its Master of Science (MSc) in Economics and Business program and through its thirty-year old executive education programs. SSE has a total enrolment in its MBA, MSc, and PhD programs of about 1600 students.
The school has an international reputation for its research as it is a member of the Nobel Prize Committee, and one of its professors, Bertil Ohlin - the SSE Professor of Economics, received the Nobel Prize in Economics. Additionally, the Nobel Laureate(s) in Economics visit SSE each year to talk about their research with students. SSE is the first educational institution in Sweden to receive accreditation by EQUIS, the European Quality Improvement System.
SSE MBA is an eleven-month full-time program, resting on three pillars that are integrated through MBALive. The first pillar is a knowledge-oriented agenda that covers more than twenty general international management subjects in areas such as Management & Organization, Marketing & Strategy, Finance & Accounting, and Business & Society. The second pillar is a leadership agenda focused on strengthening the students’ problem-solving, interpersonal, communication & process, and self-awareness skills. The third pillar of SSE enables students to enhance their global networks with executives through a variety of international trips, networking events, and the Mentor Program, in which each student receives his or her own personal mentor – a leading Swedish executive, such as Jacob Wallenberg.
Finally, the three pillars are integrated through MBALive in which students apply core management concepts and work together with leading executives in 1) three real-time cases or Master Cases and 2) one change management project or Capstone Project. The Master Cases each last three months and cover a range of organizational characteristics and market conditions. Master Case firms include multinationals such as H&M, Scania, and StoraEnso as well as a number of small biotech and ICT firms. As part of the Capstone Project, students pursue their own special interests in a six-month project with an organization of their choice. The project demands that students both propose and implement solutions to the extent possible in their Capstone organization.
Throughout the program, students work in highly multicultural, diverse teams of two to six people, with the purpose of developing a high degree of cross-cultural fluency – the ability to frame relevant questions and interpret fast changing conditions in global markets with increasingly transnational workforces.
Fees for the full-time MBA are approximately 300,000 SEK (including books and international trips but not living expenses). Many students are either sponsored by their employers or take advantage of variousscholarship and bank loan schemes. SSE MBA also has a considerable number of scholarships available.
SSE MBA's first graduating class in 2005 consisted of 36 students from 18 countries, such as India, Japan, Venezuela, Argentina, USA, France, and Sweden. These graduates received employment offers from companies such as Bain, Booz Allen Hamilton, Ericsson, H&M, IKEA, Johnson & Johnson, and McKinsey & Company.
[edit] International Graduate Program (IGP-SSE)
The International Graduate Program (IGP-SSE) at the Stockholm School of Economics is a full-time, three-semester program leading to a Master of Science degree in International Economics and Business. The program offers three main fields of specializations: Finance, Economics and Business. All courses are conducted in English and the students come from all over the world. The goal of the IGP-SSE is to develop the students’ ability to better understand and handle today’s challenges in the world of international economics, finance and business.
All students have attained at least a Bachelor's degree, outside of Sweden, in a business or economics-related field and most have worked in nationally or internationally renowned institutes.
The IGP is administrated by the Institute of International Business (IIB).
[edit] Notable alumni
[edit] See also
- Stockholm school (economics)
- Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
- International Graduate Program IGP-SSE
- Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law
- Umeå School of Business USBE
- Lund School of Economics and Management
- List of business schools in Scandinavia
[edit] External links
- Stockholm School of Economics - Official site
- SSE MBA - SSE's full-time MBA program
- SSE MBA brochure
- SSE IGP - SSE's International Graduate Program (IGP)
- SSE MBA Website
- SSE MBA Brochure
- Article in Management Magazine on SSE MBA
- Article in Financial Times on SSE MBA
