Master in Management of Innovation and Business Development (MSc)

Master in Management of Innovation and Business Development (MSc) is one of 10 English-taught Development Studies programmes at Master's Degree level in the register, offered by 5 institutions. 10 of them list an annual fee for students from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland, from EUR 4,250 to EUR 17,300; this programme lists EUR 8,000 a year. 7 are recorded as free for EU, EEA and Swiss students.

MSc EBA MIB is a two-year, 120 ECTS master's at Copenhagen Business School in Frederiksberg. It is taught in English and takes a full-time commitment. The programme has around 140 students, split roughly 46% men and 54% women, with an average age of 24.4 and about half coming from outside Denmark.

What you study

The programme sits between innovation and entrepreneurship (50%) and organisation and management (50%). You learn how innovation and entrepreneurship create growth and value, and how leadership, collaboration and organisational design support innovation and change.

Courses named on the programme page include Entrepreneurship: Theory and Evidence (7.5 ECTS), Innovation and Knowledge (15 ECTS), Project Management and Product Development (7.5 ECTS), Strategy and Market Development (7.5 ECTS), Management Control and Finance (7.5 ECTS), Growth and Entrepreneurial Strategies (7.5 ECTS) and Business Project (7.5 ECTS). The programme ends with a Kandidatspeciale, the master's thesis, at 30 ECTS.

You work with new products, services, processes and business models. You look at how the innovation process has moved from closed to open, involving customers, suppliers and universities. You also cover the finances of innovation projects: budgets, business plans, forecasting product innovation needs and financial control. Start-ups are part of the picture too: recognising entrepreneurial opportunities, new venture creation, founding teams, hiring key employees and entrepreneurial finance.

How the programme is organised

The first year is built from the named courses above, with written assignments, group exams and oral exams on campus. Expect roughly 40% theory comprehension and 60% application, and group work in most courses.

The third semester (30 ECTS) is flexible. You can take electives, go on exchange, do an academic internship, take a minor, or apply for CEMS or a double degree. CBS has more than 300 partner universities for exchange, and you can bring your SU while on exchange through CBS. An academic internship can replace some electives and ends with a project report.

There is a double degree with Università Bocconi in Milan: first year at CBS, second year at Bocconi, with degrees from both. Bocconi will not accept students with an Italian bachelor's degree, and students who have previously applied to Bocconi are not eligible. CEMS is a one-year programme taken alongside your CBS degree in the third and fourth semesters, partly at a CEMS university abroad.

Who it suits

You should have a strong interest in innovation management and entrepreneurship and a strategic view of how firms gain and keep competitive advantage. The curriculum is fairly large and academic, so you need to analyse and apply theory to real business cases. Teamwork matters: most courses involve group work and practical projects, so collaboration and communication in diverse teams are essential.

Admission, language and next steps

Teaching is in English. For the Bocconi double degree, English proficiency must be documented by TOEFL iBT (minimum 100, no more than two years old, MyBest Scores not accepted, Home Edition accepted), IELTS Academic (minimum 7, no more than two years old), or Cambridge C1 Advanced (minimum B) or CPE (minimum C). Applicants who completed a bachelor's taught entirely in English at CBS or at an EQUIS/AACSB accredited institution, or their entire bachelor's in an English-speaking country, are exempt.

Applications for master's programmes go directly to CBS. EU/EEA and Swiss students study free of charge; other students pay a fee set by the institution. Check the CBS programme page for deadlines and document requirements, and consider visiting Open Day to meet students and staff.

Master’s applications go straight to Copenhagen Business School, not through optagelse.dk, and the institution sets its own deadline. Entry requirements and language tests are set by the institution, so start from the official programme page. Our guides cover tuition fees, residence permits and housing.