Full Time MBA

Next intake: October 2024

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.

From Excellence to leadership

Preparing you to lead responsibly

Cross-disciplinary approach

An informal learning environment

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.

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Is the Copenhagen MBA right for you? 

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With sustainability and ESG becoming a growing focus for companies around the globe, the Copenhagen MBA has helped me to enter the market with the competencies to create change and a skill set that enables me to be a leader in these issues.

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The Copenhagen 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

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.

We adapt our programmes in response to current global realities. Our programmes are transformative and highly relevant, we elevate professionals and organisations. Graduates are equipped with holistic business knowledge and a vast, reliable network to navigate challenges and recognise opportunity.

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.

Join our upcoming events 

The Executive MBA Information Meeting: October 11

The Copenhagen MBA around the world 

Leadership and Start-ups in Shipping (in-person event & networking reception) 

Why is it that small start-ups at times out-compete and out-smart much larger companies with much more resources and competences?
Date: Thursday, 21 September 2023 Time: 17.00 – 19.00 Location:  Porcelaenshaven 22, Room S.20
NYSHEX has it as their mission to provide liner shipping with digitally enforceable contracts. Why is that important and how is the journey going.  
The event is hosted by the Blue MBA and will be presented by Jesper Praestengaard - Humanostics’ Managing Partner &amp; the Executive Chairman at NYSHEX. Jesper has over 30 years of leadership experience in the shipping &amp; logistics industry (25 years at A.P. Møller-Mærsk) and is an expert in the discipline of talent optimisation.

Copenhagen: An ideal city to learn & live

Sustainable business practices 

Green city 

Buzzing business hub 

Excellent safety and security

MBA programmes

Executive MBA

Executive MBA in Shipping and Logistics

Executive MBA in Shipping & Logistics Logistics

MBA Programmes

Fees & Funding

The Copenhagen MBA fees and funding 

Pre-MBA Course (OPTIONAL)

You may take part in the one-week optional pre-MBA course to refresh or pick up business fundamentals like accounting and economics (costing approx. DKK 8,000). We see around 25% of the admitted participants signing up for this pre-MBA course.

Fees & Funding

Pre-MBA Course (OPTIONAL)

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