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Why Kalmar?
Your experiences during your abroad studies should be more than just a time to study hard. It is an opportunity for you to recognise new cultures and perhaps meet life time friends. |
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You will learn a great deal about yourself – your strengths, ambitions and motivations.
Kalmar is a beautiful university town with its old monuments and a mixture of the wooden and modern buildings. The number of inhabitants is rather low, with only some sixty thousand inhabitants and with approximately 10 000 students at the University of Kalmar, it is easy to have a good connection with fellow students. The Baltic Sea and the unique island of Öland, just a stone’s throw away from the mainland, contribute to the intimate atmosphere of Kalmar where past meet present.
Our students often say that during the year they spent at our school they have lived their life intensely; they have met interesting people and formed friendships of their lives.
Why Baltic Business School?
You will find excellent facilities with the modern computer conveniences
You will find interesting academic programmes and courses
You will recognise the nearness between students and teachers among your study period
You will feel the unique international atmosphere
You will feel the individual attention and flexible approach.
After all, specialising in a particular area and gaining international experience can give you the edge in your career.
Education
We offer many different elective courses at bachelor level and we have two one year International Master’s programmes.
Research
Research activities at BBS are clearly linked to the curricula of our degree programmes. Research projects are carried out in fields such as Business Administration, Culture Economy, Political Science, law, Leadership and Management, International Marketing and Entrepreneurship.
Academic Structure
Academic year is divided into two semesters which each consist of 20 weeks duration. Autumn semester runs in the last week of August to the middle of January with a short Christmas break; and the spring semester runs from the middle of January to the first week of June. During the Christmas holidays there are normally no lectures, although these weeks are counted as part of the course as they are intended for studying.
A system of credit points is used to define the extent of a study-programme where 1,5 Swedish credit point corresponds to one week of full-time study. Subsequently within the European Credit Transfer System, one Swedish credit point corresponds to one ECTS.
Our education is offered in the form of courses or subcourses. One course or subcourse is most frequently between 5–10 weeks in length, and you read one course at a time. The examination/assessment is held in adherence to each course. There are 6 to 8 contact hours of classes per week meanwhile the rest of time is dedicated to self studies or group assignments is the common scheme of the offered courses.
Teaching methods
The language of instruction of our courses given to exchange students are in English, even our two international Master’s programmes are entirely taught in English.
Lectures, group activities, research work and case studies are some of the teaching and learning strategies used throughout the courses and programmes, and when appropriate, guest lecturers supplement the programmes.
Students are expected to participate actively in both class and group work as well as in seminars.
Examination methods
Assessments may take the form of essays, seminars, case studies or projects, with some parts of the course being assessed by examination under closed conditions.
Unless otherwise stipulated in the course syllabus, grades are to be awarded for a completed course and dissertation. A specially appointed examiner determines grades. The normal categories used in our grading are fail, pass or pass with distinction. In addition to a local grading scale the ECTS grades are warded.
Examination results are normally published within one month after the examination.
