World-recognised qualification

International outlook, Scandinavian values.

<h6 class="subtitle-1">Tomorrow’s business leaders will need all the skills that create, grow and run successful organisations today. And much, much more.</h6>
Our three MBA programmes are built on proven practices that have stood the test of time through sustainability and innovation. Combined with a modern and collaborative leadership approach based on trust, teamwork and respect for the individual.
With Copenhagen Business School, opportunities are boundless. That’s why we’re one of only a few MBA programmes worldwide to be <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.cbs.dk/en/about-cbs/profile/accreditations-and-rankings" target="_blank">triple-crown-accredited</a>.

A modern and collaborative leadership approach.

<h6>We’ll connect you with the very best.</h6>
All three programmes benefit from access to Denmark’s many and vibrant clusters of excellence. Plus the longest-running and most extensive alumni network in Scandinavia.
Move forward with an MBA built around deep business knowledge and creative thinking. All designed to stretch your mind and challenge your perspectives.

Join us for the Copenhagen MBA Open Day - Saturday, March 29 

Our MBAs 

The Full-Time MBA

The Executive MBA

The Executive MBA in Shipping and Logistics 

Executive Certificates

If you find the EMBA programme the right mid-career development for you but are not able to commit to two years of consecutive studies up front, we also offer our outstanding executive education through a certificate path. We offer flexibility so you can choose the right time for you to start. Complete each freestanding term, receive an Executive Certificate and then choose if or when you wish to move on to the next. <a href="/en/mba/programmes/executive-certificates" title="Executive Certificates">Discover the Executive Certificates.</a>

Join one of Europe's largest business schools

CBS has been providing lifelong learning and cutting-edge education for business leaders who want to take their careers to the next level for over a century.

A global MBA Alumni Society

With the longest-running and most extensive international MBA alumni network in Scandinavia, CBS is committed to providing you with opportunities for creating lifelong professional relationships as well as continued learning and personal development through business events and social gatherings.

A global industry, a worldwide network

When you study at CBS, you will be choosing to study alongside industry professionals from a variety of job roles and locations. The Blue MBA Alumni Association was established as a membership group for all graduated and current students of the programme. But this alumni association is different from other networks to which you might belong because all of the association's members have one thing in common: a similar mind-set about how to look at the many challenges faced in the shipping arena.

Copenhagen: An ideal city to learn & live

Sustainable business practices 

Green city 

Buzzing business hub 

Excellent safety and security

MBA programmes

Full-Time MBA

Elevate your career with the triple-accredited Full-time MBA programme. The Copenhagen MBA is designed to accelerate your career and prepare you for sustainable business leadership.

Full-time MBA

Executive MBA

Executive MBA in Shipping and Logistics

Executive MBA in Shipping & Logistics Logistics

MBA Programmes

Next intake: October 2025

Become the leader our future needs

When it comes to sustainability, the best place to learn is here in the Nordics. It is lived and breathed throughout the culture and implemented through sustainable business practices. We are leaders in education and have the highest happiness and quality of life ratings. In Denmark, companies know that innovation and solutions are the best way to prosper as a small country, so team building and creative approaches to problems are paramount. Careers here are as fulfilling as they are engaging. 
CBS is among the 1% of business schools worldwide to hold the triple crown of international accreditations: AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB. The Financial Times ranks CBS as #31 b-school globally (3 year average rank). The Full-Time MBA is ranked the #11 MBA in Europe by QS Global MBA Rankings and #16 MBA in Europe by Bloomberg Businessweek. 
The Copenhagen MBA is the only Full-Time MBA in Scandinavia.

Better Leaders for Better Business

Meet the Admissions Manager, Andrew Mellor, and discover unique aspects of the Copenhagen MBA and how we create better leaders for better business.

From Excellence to leadership

Book a meeting with us

Is the Copenhagen MBA right for you? 

Are you ready to become the leader our future needs? Take the 4-minute quiz to see if our Full-time MBA is right for you.

I chose Copenhagen Business School because in Denmark, and Scandinavia in general, there are a lot of leading companies in terms of sustainability. Moreover, in the EU, these companies are also leaders in terms of sustainability regulations, compared to other regions in the world. I now get to experience working in a culture that prioritises sustainability, and the agenda here is relatively advanced.

Questions? 

The Copenhagen MBA

Executive MBA Information Meeting 13th of March 2025

Why the CBS Executive MBA

CBS EMBA is recognised as #1 in Scandinavia, #6 Globally for 'WORK EXPERIENCE’ in the Financial Times Global Executive MBA Ranking

The CBS Executive MBA programme continues to lead in Scandinavia according to the Financial Times Global Executive MBA Ranking 2024 holding its position as the top Executive MBA in the region.
The #6 rank of the cohort highlights the exceptional quality of the professionals, ensuring that networking and collaborative learning opportunities are the best in the world.
Graduates enjoy an impressive 52% average salary increase three years post-graduation.
In 'Research Rank' the programme is #37 based on faculty articles in respected academic journals.

Book a meeting 

Our Admissions Managers are available for individual meetings, in-person or online, to answer any questions you have about the Executive MBA programme. You can contact them directly or schedule a meeting:
Lone Ryevad Boysen:
E: lrb.ee@cbs.dk  
T: +45 3815 6002
Marcel Austin-Martin:
E: mau.ee@cbs.dk  
T: +45 3815 6032

LEARN. DEVELOP. LEAD. 

Power-up your career with immediate impact

The design of our EMBA programme allows you to make an impact quickly. EMBA graduates become invaluable assets to their organisation - and often make a dramatic, lasting impact thanks to the wide-ranging skillsets they have developed during their time with us.
Our all-round education covers everything from marketing, digitalisation, innovation and sustainability, to accounting and economics, not to mention real world assignments which encourage you to chose genuine organisational challenges on which to practice your new-found skills. As you grow with the programme, so do the business tools in your arsenal. And each time you head back to 'base', you will feel more confident about the innovative leader you are becoming.

Two key outcomes from the EMBA programme at CBS are the development of my business analysis and strategy toolbox and the diverse network of professionals. Combined with my technical engineering degree, the EMBA has given me an understanding of a business as a whole.

Aim for excellence

About the CBS Blue MBA

Book a meeting

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The Blue MBA provides great insight into essential aspects of the shipping and logistics industry. It gives an insightful overview of the industry and delves deeply into fundamentals like the key drivers, opportunities and risks for the various players in the industry. With world-class teaching staff and senior participants from many parts of the industry, it is a dynamic learning experience coupling theory and practice in interaction.

Next intake: September 2025

A unique holistic approach to shipping and logictics

A unique industry needs a unique MBA

Join one of the top shipping and maritime professionals networks and study alongside inspiring leaders from around the globe. Our unrivalled MBA programme is designed for high-potential shipping professionals.
The Executive MBA in Shipping &amp; Logistics (AKA: The Blue MBA) will take you to the top international level in business administration, reflecting the needs of the industry in a world where globalisation, enhanced competition and the speed of technological change place ever-increasing demands on executive management skills.

THE #1 WOMAN IN SHIPPING 

Irene Rosberg, our CBS Blue MBA programme director, has been named the #1 woman in shipping: "We proved that we can indeed go beyond welcoming only people with a technical background, which might have excluded some women, and create an all-inclusive executive education with a level playing field for women who will be groomed as the upcoming leaders for the industry. By championing diversity, the Blue MBA is supporting our female colleagues to take their rightful place at the helm of the industry, ensuring they have a platform from which to build successful and rewarding careers.

THE BLUE MBA IN 60 SECONDS

The Blue MBA

FLEXIBLE EXECUTIVE LEARNING

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<p style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; line-height: 13.5pt;" class="MsoNormal">We understand that executives have demanding lives with competing priorities. The CBS Executive Certificates make it possible to fit high level education around a busy lifestyle to make sure to keep ambitious executives updated on the business demands of a dynamic and unpredictable globalized market. 
<p style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; line-height: 13.5pt;" class="MsoNormal">Each Executive Certificate stands alone as a business qualification and offers its own focus providing you with tools and knowledge to:  understand your own organization and how to optimize within (EC in General Management), how to power growth and secure a good understanding of the competitive landscape (EC in Business Potentials), dig deep into an area of specialization, with the choice between studying for the Executive Certificate in Entrepreneurship, the Executive Certificate in Digitalisation or the Executive Certificate in Governance and Sustainability. The final step will include 4 months of strategic courses, concluding with a capstone thesis designed to be applied in to your own organisation, which will earn you the exclusive MBA degree from CBS. You will find value in studying each certificate individually, as well as one after the other, at your preferred pace.

A choice of certificates

The Executive Certificate path 

<p style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; line-height: 13.5pt;" class="MsoNormal">The duration of the Executive Certificates varies from certificate to certificate, but all are designed to be part time studies alongside a full time job. Each Certificate lasts between 2-9 months with monthly modules lasting 4-7 days. You have a choice of two annual start dates: in May or in September.
<p style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; line-height: 13.5pt;" class="MsoNormal">The Executive Certificates can be combined so that you, after successful completion of 4 executive certificates within 5 years, will obtain the CBS EMBA degree. Each Executive Certificate stands alone as a business qualification and every certificate offers different focus and provides you with relevant tools within a specific area. The majority  of our participants end up taking more certificates over time, very often completing the full EMBA journey with us via the certificate path.

Why choose our Executive Certificates? 

The pursuit of Executive Certificates not only enhances my professional capabilities but also provides essential intervals for in-depth reflection, allowing me to digest and apply newfound knowledge more effectively. The business that I'm in is booming and these pauses enable me to devote dedicated time to propel the business to new heights.

One of the most valuable insights I gained was how to steer an organisation toward more sustainable practices. I was fascinated by how regulators direct capital towards sustainability, which extends beyond technical efficiency and touches on corporate governance, fair trade, and long-term environmental goals.

Executive Certificates & Executive MBA Information Meeting, 13th of March 2025, 17:00 - 19:00 

Programmes

Executive MBA Information Meeting 29th of August 2023

EMBA INFO MEETING - August 29

Executive MBA Information Meeting 29th August 2023 from 17.00 to 19.00 (CEST)

Come to visit our campus or participate virtually to learn more about the CBS Executive MBA and what life as an Executive MBA student at Copenhagen Business School is like.