Copenhagen Business School

The Copenhagen MBA commences in early October and ends the following September.

The Executive MBA commences in May or September each year. Depending on which study start you choose, it will take 21 or 25 months and will end in June two years after start.

The Executive MBA in shipping and logistics (the Blue MBA) commences in September each year ends in August two years after start. 

The sooner we receive your documents, the sooner we can process your application. We strive to provide feedback and assessment on applications on an ongoing basis for all MBA's.

Please note that we have three application deadlines for the Copenhagen Full-Time MBA for the October 2023 intake: 10 January 2023,10 April 2023, 10 June 2023 (non-EU candidates) and 10 July 2023 (EU candidates).

If you want to apply for the Executive MBA with start in May 2023 there are also three application deadlines: 12 December 2022, 13 February 2023, 23 march 2023.

There is no official application deadline for the Executive MBA in shipping and Logistics, applicants are admitted on an ongoing basis. 

These are the essential requirements for the Copenhagen MBA:

• Bachelor degree or an equivalent professional qualification
• At least three years of full-time post-bachelor degree work experience
• A GMAT score of at least 600 (the class average is 655) or a GRE score of 300 (Class average is 320)

These are the essential requirements for the Executive MBA:

• A university or business school degree* (An undergraduate degree or a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration - HD)
• A minimum of three years' managerial experience in projects, budgets, processes, or people over a continuous period. 
• GMAT, GMAC Executive Assessment, GRE or strong performance in the CBS MBA Admissions Test

These are the essential requirements for the Executive MBA in shipping and logistics:

• Bachelor's degree from a recognised academic institution
• Graduate management admission test or similar documented qualification
• Minimum of five years relevant work experience
• Two personal recommendations

We offer scholarships for exceptional candidates joining the full-time MBA. These are merit-based regardless of your nationality, although we do also offer some merit- and country-specific scholarships.

Please note that admission decisions will be made prior to decision on the scholarships. Admission decisions are not influenced by your application for scholarships.

There is no application fee when applying for any of the CBS MBA programmes.