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The CBS International Committee: Terms of Reference

§1 The International Committee (IC) reports to the Board of Directors through the President.

The IC is appointed on an annual basis as are other committees established by the Boards of Faculties and the Board of Directors. The IC is required to submit an annual report on its activities to the Board of Directors.

§2 The mission of the IC is to promote the internationalisation of CBS at all levels in accordance with the fact that internationalisation is one of the strategic goals of CBS.

§3 The IC is responsible for submitting an overall strategy paper on internationalisation at CBS for the consideration of the Board of Directors.

§4 The IC will submit an annual plan of activities in accordance with the strategic policy in order to support the president and the deans in their efforts to implement the internationalisation strategy.

§5.1 The IC supports internationalisation by entering into agreements with partner schools for student exchange. Student exchange may take place at the undergraduate, graduate and executive level. Student exchange may cover any period from short study visits through mini-semesters to semesters and a full year. Student exchange may take the shape of course work, internship, thesis writing or any combination of these. The IC is responsible for maintaining these agreements and insuring their relevancy on a continuous basis.

The IC will convey interest in PhD student exchange to the appropriate study boards or departments at CBS as well as to relevant foreign partner universities.

§5.2 The IC will support the study boards in internationalising CBS courses and entire programmes. This includes support for admission of foreign non-degree as well as degree students.

§5.3 The IC is actively involved in setting up specific programme agreements (joint development, dual degree, joint degree, faculty exchange) with partner universities in collaboration with the appropriate study board /department.

§5.4 The IC is actively involved in setting up school wide agreements of cooperation that go beyond student exchange and specific programme agreements with the deans and the president of CBS.

This also involves multilateral agreements at CBS' side (such as Øresund University) as multilateral agreements at the partner university's side.

§6 The IC determines the principles of allocation of scholarships for exchange students.

§7 The annual budget for the international activities is prepared by the International Office (IO), submitted to the IC, which after approval, is negotiated with the Deans. The budget covers the activities of the IC and the IO. Expenses related to the housing of international students are not included in this budget.

§8 The Board of the Faculty of Language, Communication and Cultural Studies appoints two faculty members and two student members. The Board of the Faculty for Economics and Business Administration appoints three faculty members and three student members, of which one faculty member and one student member ought to represent The Department of Intercultural Communication. One member of the faculty, representing faculty with an international background, is appointed by the President.

§9 The President appoints the chairman of the committee. The chairman carries the title of Vice President for International Affairs. The IC appoints a vice-chairman representing the Faculty that does not hold the chair.

Approved by the CBS Board of Directors April 2003.

Last updated by The International Office 28/04/2009