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Courses

The NORD-IB program is structured in six different modules and it spans over a one and a half year period, which corresponds to approximately 6 months of studies. The rest of your doctoral education, including the dissertation, as well as the transfer of the 30 ECTS credits that you will earn from the program, will be handled by the student's own institute.

Each module corresponds to 100 student work hours. The whole program is 30 ECTS (5 ECTS each module). Lectures are concentrated to 2-3 days and will be held at the arranging institute. All modules include a pre-reading package and pre-assignments.

The first module is planned to take place in autumn of 2025 in Västerås, Mälardalen University, Sweden.

Time for the first module (Mälardalen University), will be announced at the end of August.

Updates of respective module will be announced as soon as possible.

Modules, 2025-2027 Program

Introduction - kick-off

Year 1: Autumn 2025, in Västerås, Mälardalen University.
'IB Overview of the the IB field. Research methods in IB'

Economic perspectives

Year 2: Spring 2026, Mancherster with Leeds partner
'Theory of the multinational enterprise – Foreign direct investment (FDI)'

Internationalisation and MNC management

Year 2: Spring 2026, Uppsala
'The internationalisation process – Network perspectives'

Politics and IB

Year 2: Autumn 2026, Copenhagen
'IB and political perspectives'

Social Dimensions of MNCs

Year 2: Autumn 2026, Helsinki
'People-related issues in MNCs – Cross-cultural Management'

Final session

Year 3: Spring 2027, in Oslo
'New Developments in International Business Research. Thesis Proposal'

Contact us

  • NORD-IB Program Leadership:
  • Philip Kappen, philip.kappen@fek.uu.se
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  • Program Coordination:
  • Elisabeth Hallmén, elisabeth.hallmen@fek.uu.se

Visit us

Address:

Uppsala University
Department of Business Studies
Box 513
751 20 Uppsala
Sweden