BSc in International Business
The BSc programme in International Business prepares you for a career in the growing global economy.
As an undergraduate on the BSc International Business programme you can learn from first-hand experience what it takes to succeed in today’s global business world. You will receive a thorough academic grounding that allows you to identify, analyse and solve the problems you will meet in future careers as managers and consultants in multinational companies.
But more than that, you will also develop your personal skills and abilities by working in multicultural teams that replicate the business environment after graduation.
The BSc International Business programme is a degree that fits you for the global workplace, and our graduates find work in leading multinational companies such as Nokia , McKinsey and AP Moller-Maersk. The programme is also the ideal starting point for further study. Many graduates go on to study MBAs in some of the most prestigious business schools around the world - including, of course, Copenhagen Business School.
Real business settings
International Business courses are taught in intensive quarters, rather than traditional semesters. During each quarter you will study only two courses at a time, followed by an exam. Each quarter will also see you working on a new demanding project, working with and against your fellow students in a true representation of business life.
To maintain this close contact with business, the programme encourages internships with companies in Denmark or elsewhere. An advisory board makes sure that the programme’s course and teaching are up to date.
Hong Kong, North Carolina or…?
The programme has a truly international environment with 50% Danish and 50% non-Danish students. With an emphasis on cross-cultural teamwork, you will experience cross-border cooperation from the moment you enter the classroom.
Each year 15 hopeful International Business students are selected to the GLOBE exchange programme . Along with 15 students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and 15 students from Keenan Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina, you will sample European, Asian and American business at each of the universities.
Copenhagen Business School has a long tradition of student and lecturer exchanges, and if you are not chosen for the GLOBE programme, opportunities are available to study in other universities around the world.
Work hard, play hard
Even though it is a demanding programme, the students and acknowledge that the way to success in life is not entirely through heavy books, but also through friendship and fun. Nearly all IB students take part in extracurricular activities ranging from internships at Credit Suisse to setting up their own soccer team, and from managing a development project in Zambia to participating in business simulation competitions.
Starting in CBS. What do I need to know?
What's happening in intro week?
The intro programme for the International Business class starting every August is a good mix of various social activities and introductions to different parts of CBS and the IB programme in general. The idea of the intro week is that the new students have a chance to meet their new classmates before school starts and at the same time get an introduction to all of the different things important to know when studying International Business at CBS
Last updated by Communications & Marketing 05/12/2009
Do you have a question?
Why choose International Business?
Lectures in English, an international programme and career opportunities are among the reasons given by current students.
"I had just finished high school and I was looking for an opportunity to study business," says Robert, a first year IB student from China. "Chinese businesses strongly emphasise internationally-oriented employees these days, and I knew I would have a better chance in the competitive business environment if I left China for my university studies."
A unique approach to international business education
The main task of the International Business programme is to educate students so they can work in, or be consultants for companies and organisations with international operations, says Associate Professor Jens Gammelgaard who took over as director of the International Business programme in 2009.
