Bio business
Shorter programme

Bio-Business

Steinkjer

Business and Biology provides a comprehensive curriculum that equips students with a strong foundation in both business and circular bioeconomy.

​​​​This semester package is only offered for international exchange students interested in business-related courses.


Programme description

Business and Biology provides a comprehensive curriculum that equips students with a strong foundation in both business and circular bioeconomy.

​​​​This semester package is only offered for international exchange students interested in business-related courses.

Career opportunities

The semester package credits 30 ETCS and can generally be acknowledged as one semester of undergraduate education at universities.

This semester package is only offered for exchange students from partner universities. Please go to student exchange to Nord for more information about the admissions process at Nord University.

Exchange students are admitted on the basis of nomination by their home institution. This means that the student will have to apply to their home university first to participate. The home institution will provide the student with information about the admission requirements.

It is expected that the student have completed at least 60 ECTS credits within a relevant academic field.

The semester package credits 30 ETCS and can generally be acknowledged as one semester of undergraduate education at universities.

KNOWLEDGE

The student has knowledge about:

  • biological resources, processes and technological possibilities
  • the relationship between nature, society and economics
  • business strategic theories, management and analysis
  • theories, processes, tools and methods within digital marketing and customer value

SKILLS

The student can:

  • outline various processes in bioprocessing and biorefining
  • use knowledge about sustainability and transdisciplinarity to make reasoned choices on practical and theoretical issues at the intersection points between disciplines
  • understand and do elementary strategic analysis
  • apply professional knowledge and relevant results from research and development work to practical and theoretical issues about digital marketing and digital value in business contexts

GENERAL COMPETENCE

The student can:

  • assess the processes and technologies that are relevant for processing various bio-raw materials
  • communicate combined information from different disciplines
  • demonstrate insight into the area of business strategy and relevant ethical issues
  • plan and carry out varied tasks and projects that extend over time, alone and as a participant in a group, and in line with ethical requirements and guidelines within digital marketing
Cost for course literature applies. There are no tuition fees for exchange students.