Copenhagen Business School

Copenhagen Business School is a public research university in Frederiksberg, next to the centre of Copenhagen. It is one of the eight Danish universities and the Danish name is Handelshøjskolen i København. The campus is urban, spread across four modern buildings in Frederiksberg. The main complex, Solbjerg Plads, opened in 2000 and holds auditoriums, the main library, a cafeteria, a student bar and the campus bookstore. Dalgas Have, designed by Henning Larsen Architects, provides classrooms, study space and offices.

The school was founded in 1917 by the Danish Society for the Advancement of Business Education, now FUHU. Accounting became the first full study programme in 1920, and the school became an independent institution in 1922. In 1965 it was integrated into the Danish higher education system, with running costs covered by the state. It took the English name Copenhagen Business School in 1988 and has used it as the primary designation since 2003. Since the Universities Act of 2003, a board with an external majority appoints the president.

Teaching runs at three levels: a three-year bachelor's degree, a two-year master's degree awarding the Cand.Merc title, and a three-year PhD. Programmes sit in economics and business administration, and many combine business with politics, sociology, language, IT, philosophy or communication. CBS holds triple-crown accreditation from AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. It is the Danish member of CEMS and a member of PIM, with exchange agreements with 390 universities and business schools. Partner companies give students real business cases to work on.

The Study in Denmark register lists 29 English-taught degree programmes at CBS: 6 at bachelor's level and 23 at master's level. Subjects include accounting, business administration (MBA), computer science, entrepreneurship, international business, development studies, public administration, law, tourism management, fine arts and humanities. The register also notes 18 bachelor programmes and more than 30 graduate programmes and PhDs in total, each with its own specialisation.

International students are a normal part of campus life. Each year CBS welcomes 1,200 full-degree students and 1,000 exchange students from more than 50 countries, and there are over 130 student organisations. Undergraduate applications go through optagelse.dk, while master's applications go directly to CBS. Students from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland need a residence permit from SIRI. Study is free for EU, EEA and Swiss students; others pay an institutional fee set by CBS.