Executive MBA in Shipping and Logistics

About the CBS Blue MBA

World-class industry reputation

A holistic view of the shipping industry

Cutting-edge & Competitive

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<p><strong>To find out more and discuss your profile</strong>, contact Programme Director Irene Rosberg directly:</p>
<p>E: <a href="mailto:ir.mba@cbs.dk">ir.mba@cbs.dk</a>  </p>
<p>T: +45 3815 6007</p>
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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

Grooming the next generation of leaders

The ideal education for shipping and logictics professionals

Reach the top with the CBS Blue MBA

A unique industry needs a unique MBA

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

THE #1 WOMAN IN SHIPPING 

<p class="body1">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.</p>

THE BLUE MBA IN 60 SECONDS

The Blue MBA

Executive MBA in Shipping & Logistics Logistics

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>

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<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>

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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.

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Embrace business agility & drive change

<p><strong>If recent events have taught us anything, it is that nothing is predictable. We need to work dynamically, strategically and be open to transformation.</strong></p>
<p>From digitalisation to sustainability, to stay truly relevant in such a fast-paced industry it is no longer enough to just know how to get things done. You need a holistic appreciation, a bigger picture, a 21st century skillset that keeps you at the forefront of your industry. And, crucially, you need a network of life-minded executives around you, representing a wealth of different areas withing the sector.</p>

Our ambitious goal is to help the industry actively identify, groom and recruit the next generation of shipping leaders and build a vibrant and creative business community.

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The Blue MBA is the way not only to the vital skills and expertise required for success in the shipping industry, but it also ignites a sense of purpose and responsibility in the MBA students which can inspire them to steer the industry towards a greener future.

Why the CBS Blue MBA

Take a holistic view of the shipping industry

Stay relevant and up to date

Seize global opportunities

It is a very dynamic industry and it changes all the time. For this reason, it was required that I do the Blue MBA as I wanted to improve and progress in my career. Networking in this industry is critical as we are facing different challenges across the world and shipping is what glues the global economy.