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Copenhagen Business School (CBS)

About CBS
Copenhagen Business School

Copenhagen Business School has around 15,000 students and an annual intake of around 1,000 exchange students. With this number of students as well as around 400 full-time researchers and around 500 administrative employees, CBS is one of the 3 largest business schools in Northern Europe.

CBS aims to:

* contribute to the creation of value in society and in enterprises
* train Master's graduates who are competitive in an international labour market
* develop research-based knowledge in partnership with the business community

Strategy
Strategically, CBS primarily focuses on three target areas:

* Internationalisation
* Partnership with the business community
* The Learning University

Management
CBS's most senior executive is the President, who is appointed by a governing board composed of a majority of external members.

Address:


Transportation

Copenhagen Business School
Solbjerg Plads 3
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Tel: (+45) 3815 3815
E-mail:


Busses:
18 (Falkoner Alle),
29 (Nyelandsvej),
4A (Nordre Fasanvej)
Metro:
M1 and M2

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Key figures - 2007


Number of students


15,791

Foreign degree students


1,534

Exchange students (incoming - excl. International Summer University Program students)


1,081

Full-time academic staff


427

Part-time academic staff


707

PhD students


168

Visiting professors


21

Administrative staff


548

Funding (million euro)


127.7

Exchange and cooperation agreements


360

Corporate Partners


25

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 as an institution of higher education in the Danish education system and today is regulated by the Danish Universities Act 2003.
source:CBS - Copenhagen Business School | CBS Executive Programs

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Full time MBA

The Copenhagen MBA - Attracts the best brains to Denmark

Exercising leadership engages you as a whole being and explores your potential it is a first step in the direction of executive excellence. Investing in a full-time MBA is a big decision and you have to be sure that you get a return on the significant investment. Copenhagen Business School makes sure that you get that return and much more.

Copenhagen Business School (CBS) is located in the centre of Copenhagen, also known as the Scandinavian city of the future . By enrolling in the one year Full-time MBA program CBS offers an intensive and collaborative action learning experience , where the focus is on putting theory into practice.


Taught entirely in English, this general management, post-experience business program attracts talented professionals from around the world to Copenhagen. There are several compelling reasons why you should enroll in the full-time MBA at CBS:

An international learning environment

Over 80% of our participants are from outside Denmark. This enables you to build a formidable international network from all over the world that you can benefit from many years to come. In 2007 we had participants from the India, Japan, Iceland, China, Moldavia, UK, USA, Austria, Venezuela, Zambia, Uganda, Germany and of course the Scandinavia countries. If you want to know more about the background of our participants please look in our CV Book. CBS Full-time MBA CV Book for the Class of 2007-2008
The best faculty in Scandinavia

The Full-time MBA program offers an international faculty composed of leading professors from Denmark and abroad. The challenging curriculum focuses on combining the latest research with practical hands-on cases. Click here for the faculty list.

A unique MBA program

This MBA program gives you a thorough grounding on the business essentials. You will learn about identifying business opportunities in the entrepreneurship focus of the program. The Leadership Discovery Process during the program develops you personally and professionally. Drawing upon CBS extensive connection with the business community, the Copenhagen MBA combines academic rigor with practical relevance. Full-time MBA Program Outline

Career Services

Many participants that enroll in the Full-time MBA are looking for new opportunities in their careers. You might already have a good idea how you want your future career to be shaped, but when you are being exposed to the many new ideas and inspiration that the program offers this might change. CBS offers therefore services that can help you in defining your new role in business. Click here for Career Services.
Quick Links

* Click here to visit our student blog about the program and get an impression of life as a CBS Full time MBA.
* To find out what our alumni are saying about the CBS Full time MBA, visit Alumni Endorsements
* To find out what our corporate contacts are saying about the CBS Full-time MBA, visit Company Endorsements
* Accreditation and Ranking
* Download our brochure and application material:
o CBS FTMBA Brochure 2008 Start
o CBS FTMBA Application Form and Instructions for applications or
o Apply online
o There are many ways to finance a MBA: Alternative ways of financing your fulltime MBA
o To apply for scholarships, visit Admissions & Fees

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Executive Master of Business Administration
The Copenhagen Business School (CBS) Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) program is a 22-month part-time program. The program is designed to significantly boost participants' managerial and leadership skills, typically allowing participants to break out of their role as functional managers to a role in general management. Apply today for the next executive MBA starting January 2009.

CBS Executive MBA

* The best faculty in Scandinavia: The Executive MBA program offers an international faculty composed of leading professors from Denmark and abroad. The challenging curriculum focuses on combining the latest research with practical hands-on cases. Click here for the faculty list.

* Your personal mentor: The mentor corp consisting of both distinguished top executives and younger executives provide competent sparring for the participants. With this blend of professional expertise the participants have the benefit of the experienced executives and the direct support from executives that have recently graduated from the Executive MBA program.

* Your personal journey: The recognized team of industrial psychologists assists in progressing the participants’ personal development as leaders. Click here for more info on the leadership development program.

* Your personal network: Together with your fellow participants you form a formidable network that consists of highly qualified participants who through the group work exchange accumulated, valuable knowledge and case stories during class sessions – and in addition to the course network participants are from the outset part of the CBS MBA alumni network. Click here for more information on the CBS MBA Alumni.

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Why CBS full time MBA?

Here are ten good reasons why you should enroll in the full-time MBA program at Copenhagen Business School (CBS).

1. Specifically designed to develop general management skills. Through a comprehensive learning program CBS aims at providing the participants the best possible platform from where to develop into an executive management position. Full-time MBA Program Outline

2. MBA Leadership focuses through leadership fundamentals, mentoring by executives and coaching. Through the Leadership development process (LDP) you take a journey through personal and professional development that goes through out the whole year. Together with your mentors and coaches you participate in a number of workshops where you work with the dilemmas and challenges of modern leadership. Click here for more information about the Leadership Development Program

3. MBA Entrepreneurship The MBA program focus offers coursework in entrepreneurship with MBAs gaining experience by sitting on (A-Board) advisory boards of start up companies and growing companies. We also offer opportunities for MBA participants to network with up and coming companies and start-ups through events hosted by Venture Cup Denmark. Click here for more inforation about the MBA Entrepreneurship program.

4. The best faculty in Scandinavia The Full-time MBA program offers an international faculty composed of leading professors from Denmark and abroad. The challenging curriculum focuses on combining the latest research with practical hands-on cases. Click here for the faculty list.

5. Real world experience through the integrated strategy project of 4 months with client companies. Working together with companies in the role of executive consultants gives valuable insight into business processes. By using the newly gained knowledge in a real life situation gives further understanding of how theory and practice can be fused to sooth the individual firm.

CBS Full time MBA 2006

6. Dedicated career service. We offer a careers service that is dedicated to the further development of our participants’ careers. By working together with partner companies we support, help and guide you to network opportunities. Click here for more information.

7. Strong CBS corporate network and the CBS MBA alumni society. It has for a long time been the ambition of CBS to have a strong connection with the business community. Through the years CBS have been able to use these connections to fulfill the ambitions of our participants. Together with the Alumni society a strong base is provided to network and come in contact with companies and persons that can support your career goals. Click here for more information.

8. Diverse, international student population: Almost 90% are international and more than 35% are women. Part of the learning philosophy at CBS is that we strive for a diverse student population. We believe that providing the opportunity to interact with students with other professional and personal backgrounds, we give the best possible starting point for creative and innovative thinking. Click here for more information.

9. A small class size of about 40 participants offers individualized attention from faculty and the staff. The small size of the call is important to maintain a learning environment where all participants have equal opportunities to be hard and listened to. By keeping the class around 40 we ensure that there is a good balance between the program curriculum, project work and social activities. Click here for more information.

10. A Strong Danish Economy Denmark belongs to one of the most competitive economies in the world with a mix of low unemployment and favorable business environment. Denmark offers a wealth of successful and innovative businesses, which are always happy to be engaged with the CBS MBA.

Why the CBS EMBA
Boost Your Career Significantly - Scandinavia's leading Executive MBA

The Executive MBA program at CBS is designed to boost their managerial capacity and leadership skills of the participants.The program, with its international outlook and focus on action learning, provides maximum value for both participants and their employers.The majority of participants experienced a vertical promotion and a significant increase of 55% in income within 3 years of graduation. This excellent result has insured that the EMBA from CBS is among the top 25 in the Financial Times Executive MBA ranking for 2007.

"In many ways the CBS Executive model is unique - when the participants are testing whether their theories hold water in real life, they perform the tests within their own organizations. This is one of the clear advantages of the CBS model - that sponsoring companies are an active part of the program and its output."

Anders Knutsen

Chairman of the Board of Copenhagen Business School & Danisco A/S

Deputy Chairman of the Board of Fritz Hansen and Topdanmark

Ambassador for the CBS Executive MBA Chapter 4 (1997-1998)



Many sponsoring companies have discovered the immense potential that follows from having their employees participate in the program. By sponsoring participants, they have found that the personal development of the individual have entailed new opportunities for the business.

Also small or medium size businesses have been part of this success, where participants have been instrumental in creating new products and developing already existing markets even before they graduated. The return on investment has already started on the first day of the program.