Executive Certificates

FLEXIBLE EXECUTIVE LEARNING

<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">Choose your own learning path and build your skills through your choice of one or more of our Executive Certificates.</p>
<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>
<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.</p>

A choice of certificates

Executive Certificate in General Management

Executive Certificate in Exploring Business potentials

Executive Certificate in a Concentration of Your Choice

Managing Strategic Execution + Integrated Strategy Project

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>
<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.</p>

Why choose our Executive Certificates? 

<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Avenir Book';" lang="EN-US">In today’s competitive and volatile business environment, organisations need executives and board members with the insights, tools and expertise to guide them towards new heights.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Avenir Book';" lang="EN-US">As a leading educational player on the global business stage, CBS is uniquely positioned to offer Accredited certifications at Executive Master level that meet the evolving needs of today's executives and directors.</span></p>

Stay cutting-edge

<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Avenir Book';" lang="EN-US">We are offering a world-class teaching experience together with the EMBA participants, in an intimate setting where the focus is on combining your personal development with the development of your workplace. You will become a confident multi-faceted leader, able to thrive across many different fields and equipped for a volatile and uncertain global economy. </span></p>

Personal & professional development 

<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Avenir Book';" lang="EN-US">In today’s volatile business environment, organisations need board members with the expertise to guide them towards sustainable value creation. As a leading educational player on the global business stage, CBS is uniquely positioned to help executives hone their skills and enable more effective corporate governance to meet the demands of an increasingly fast-changing world. </span></p>

Hone your skills

<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Avenir Book';" lang="EN-US">Executive Certificates will secure that you get a global understanding and expertise in many different business areas. They are part of the MBA programme of CBS whereby we secure that all learning and teaching is delivered at an accredited Master level. Executive Certificate participants have classes together with the Executive MBA participants, which is why our application process and stringent admission criteria is the same for both the Executive Certificate path and the EMBA.</span></p>

Stay business relevant

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, 6th of May 2025, 17:00 - 19:00 

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>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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>.</p>

A modern and collaborative leadership approach.

<h6>We’ll connect you with the very best.</h6>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Move forward with an MBA built around deep business knowledge and creative thinking. All designed to stretch your mind and challenge your perspectives.</p>

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 

<p>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></p>

Join one of Europe's largest business schools

<p>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.</p>

A global MBA Alumni Society

<p>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.</p>

A global industry, a worldwide network

<p>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.</p>

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

Connect

Book an in-person meeting

<p>Interested in our Executive Certificates? Come and meet with our Admissions Managers to discuss your profile and visit our campus to experience our modern and state-of-the-art building.</p>
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Book a virtual meeting 

<p>If you can't get to us, we can arrange a virtual face-to-face meeting instead.</p>

Profile Assessment

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<p>Feel free to send your resume to our Admissions Managers, and we'll set up a meeting where we will evaluate your personal profile, discuss your eligibility and give you feedback and recommendations for your Executive Certificates or Executive MBA journey. <strong><br></strong></p>
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Executive Certificates & Executive MBA Information Meeting, 6th of May 2025, 17.00 to 19.00 (CET)

<p>Come to visit our campus or participate virtually to learn more about the CBS Executive Certificates and the Executive MBA and what life as an Executive MBA student at Copenhagen Business School is like.</p>
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Meet us around the world 

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<p><strong>Our admissions team travels extensively and are always happy to set up a 1-2-1 meeting with you when visiting cities. Check our events listed below and don't hesitate to reach out if you'd like to meet with us in you city. </strong><a rel="noopener" href="https://apply-mp.cbs.dk/e/66c828836ab7286c20ce754c" target="_blank"></a></p>
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<li><a rel="noopener" href="https://apply-mp.cbs.dk/e/67a4c0996ab728ee70313e58" target="_blank"><strong class="richtext_block_strong__9JHKM">Stockholm, April 30</strong></a></li>
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Questions?