BI Norwegian School of Management has just decided to start a joint research centre for European and Chinese economic studies at Fudan University in China.

President, BI Norwegian School of Management - Prof. Tom Colbjørnsen,
Dean, School of Management, Fudan University - Prof. Lu Xiongwen

BI and Fudan University recently agreed to establish a new research center located at School of Management, Fudan University in Shanghai. The center is a co-operation project between BI and Fudan that they hope will improve the foundation to run a more research-based education than they already have. BI wants to build stronger alliances in Asia to be part of a new and important international research base with close ties to business in market that is rapidly expanding. BI Norwegian School of Management and Fudan University both thrive on great ambitions and they agree that the opening of this research center is a step in the right direction.

BI Norwegian School of Management has just been gradually expanding. Both parties agree that a common platform where the BI Professors, Fudan professors and other Chinese Professors can meet and exchange ideas in addition to having a meeting place is going to produce new educational impulses and innovative theories and ideas. Not to mention they are given a setting to share their previous work. In the beginning they will arrange two workshops each year, one to be held at BI Norwegian School of Management in Oslo, and one to be held here in Shanghai at Fudan University.

The new research center in China is an important part of BI`s internationalization strategy.