Copenhagen Business School

Copenhagen Business School (Danish'': Handelshøjskolen i København'') often abbreviated and referred to as CBS (also in Danish), is a public university situated in Copenhagen, Denmark and is considered one of the most prestigious business schools in Western Europe and the world.

CBS was established in 1917 by the Danish Society for the Advancement of Business Education and Research (FUHU); however, it was not until 1920 that accounting became the first full study programme at CBS. Today CBS has approximately 20,000 students and 2,000 employees, and offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programmes within business, typically with an interdisciplinary and international focus. CBS is accredited by EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System), AMBA (Association of MBAs), as well as AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), thus making it one of the few schools worldwide to hold the "triple-crown" accreditation, and along with Aarhus BSS, the only two in Denmark.

The CBS campus is located in Frederiksberg, close to the center of Copenhagen, and centers on the school's main campus of Solbjerg Plads, completed in 2000. Since the Danish Universities Act of 2003, CBS has had a board of directors with an external majority. The Board of Directors appoints the President of CBS, who is currently Nikolaj Malchow-Møller. Most of the programs are taught in English, and more than half of the faculty is recruited from abroad, making CBS an international academic environment.

The university's alumni include Søren Skou, CEO of A.P Moller-Maersk, Lise Kingo, executive director of the United Nations Global Compact, Fritz Henrik Schur Junior, Chairman of Ørsted, David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails, Kasper Rørsted, CEO of Adidas, Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Jacob Schram, CEO of Norwegian Air, Lars Dalgaard, founder of SuccessFactors, Thor Haraldsson, as well as several other entrepreneurs and Danish politicians.

History

CBS was established in 1917 by the Danish Society for the Advancement of Business Education (now known as FUHU), which is a private educational institution. In 1965 the business school became integrated into the Danish educational system as an institution of higher education. Today, it is regulated by the Danish Universities Act of 2003.

Presidents

Programme structure

CBS offers a comprehensive range of university degrees in economics and business administration. Other programmes combine business studies with social sciences and the humanities, offering education in the fields of IT, philosophy, politics, language, sociology, communication and others.

The selection of full-time programmes complies with the three levels:

* 3-year bachelor's degree
* 2-year master's degree
* 3-year PhD

CBS also offers part-time and full-time programmes in continuing education:
* Executive Master Programmes
* Full-time MBA
* Diploma programmes and short courses

Bachelor programmes

CBS offers 18 bachelor programmes, eight taught in English** and ten taught in Danish*, in business administration and international business communication.

* BSc in Business Administration and Commercial Law *
* BSc in Business Administration and Digital Management **
* BSc in Business Administration and Information Systems *
* BSc in Business Administration and Management Science *
* BSc in Business Administration and Market Dynamics and Cultural Analysis * (new programme in 2019)
* BSc in Business Administration and Organisational Communication *
* BSc in Business Administration and Philosophy *
* BSc in Business Administration and Project Management *
* BSc in Business Administration and Psychology *
* BSc in Business Administration and Service Management **
* BSc in Business Administration and Sociology **
* BSc in Business, Asian Language and Culture - International Business Asia **
* BSc in Business, Language and Culture **
* BSc in Economics and Business Administration *
* BSc in European Business *
* BSc in International Business **
* BSc in International Business and Politics **
* BSc in International Shipping and Trade **

Master's programmes

CBS offers thirty-nine master's programmes, eleven taught in English** and twenty-eight taught in Danish*, in Social Science, Business Administration, Economics and Business Administration, International Business Communication, Language and Culture, etc. The largest master's programme is MSc in Economics and Business Administration with 14 concentrations and more than 3,000 students.

Exchange programmes

CBS is the Danish member of CEMS - Global Alliance in Management Education and a member of Partnership in International Management (PIM), and focuses on double degree agreements with other top business schools. CBS has exchange and cooperation agreements with 390 universities and business schools around the world, half of which are European. 43% of CBS programmes are taught in English and CBS offers approximately 200 separate courses taught in English.

Partner universities and schools include, among others:
*In the USA: Ross School of Business, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, New York University Stern School of Business, Northwestern University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Michigan, Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of Texas at Austin, Emory University, University of Southern California, Texas A&M University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Indiana University, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Purdue University, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Washington Business School, Washington University in St. Louis.
*In Canada: McGill University, University of Western Ontario, University of British Columbia, HEC Montréal, University of Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan University, York University, Queen's University, University of Alberta School of Business, University of Calgary, Simon Fraser University.
*In Europe: Bocconi University, London School of Economics, HEC Paris, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Warwick Business School, ESADE, Manchester Business School, University of St. Gallen, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Stockholm School of Economics, Louvain School of Management, Aalto University School of Business, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, ESSEC Business School, University of Mannheim, University College Dublin, Sciences Po Paris, Tilburg University, Norwegian School of Economics, EMLYON Business School, University of Navarra, Lancaster University Management School, King's College London, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Warsaw School of Economics

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