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Double Degrees

Education is, just like business, becoming increasingly global. Many students choose to study for a period abroad. The majority of students, who go abroad, do so for a single semester, where they fulfil elective requirements not necessarily related to their academic programme.
Over the past few years, Copenhagen Business School has worked to establish further opportunities for students to get a truly international education. One of the most challenging of these is the development of double degree programmes with carefully chosen overseas partners.
What is a double degree?
  • A double degree programme involves studying towards two university degrees in parallel, at two internationally acclaimed institutions, and completing them in the time that it would take to earn one degree. This means that:
    • You spend the first academic year at your home institution, CBS, and the second academic year at the host institution
    • You satisfy degree requirements of both institutions
    • You receive two full degrees.
Why chose a double degree?
  • Why not? The double degree programme is suited to a wide range of interests, but it is particularly relevant for those of you, who plan on a career in organisations which transcend domestic borders. The programme considerably broadens the options and professional horizons available to you as graduates.
  • For students who want to challenge themselves academically.
  • The double degree programme is an outstanding opportunity for students seeking not only academic knowledge, but also intercultural experience and competence.
Who is eligible?
  • The double degree programme is designed for highly skilled and motivated candidates and entry into the programme is competitive.
  • To be eligible to apply for the double degree programme, candidates must be admitted to one of the graduate degree programmes at CBS, which offer the double degree option.
  • Candidates with a minimum final GPA (gennemsnit) at the bachelor level of 7.0 on the Danish scale or C on the ECTS scale.
  • Candidates with an English Language TOEFL score of 578 or above (or equivalent e.g. IELTS score of 6.5). Students, who have taken their Bachelor degree entirely in English in an English speaking country, are exempt from submitting this test, as are candidates with English as their mother tongue.
Application and Selection Procedure
Applicants must submit a written application in English including:
  • A CBS Double Degree Application form (available on e-campus under “Study Abroad”)
  • A motivational essay
  • A Curriculum Vitae (CV) in English
  • English language test results TOEFL and IELTS tests have a shelf-life of 2 years.  (If you have not already taken a test in connection with admission to the graduate programme, make sure to sign up for one of the first TOEFL tests offered by the Language Center at CBS – latest test date September 28, 2011).
  • A Bachelor’s degree transcript, including an official explanation of the grading scale (If your bachelor’s degree is from CBS, this explanation is not required).  If your Bachelor GPA is not given in either the Danish or the ECTS scale, you must apply to have your Bachelor GPA converted to the Danish grading scale. You must apply to the International Office to have your GPA converted by October 1, 2011.
  • Relevant references/recommendations.
The application can be found on e-campus.
 
Selection Procedure:
  1. The application must be submitted in three copies to The International Office by November 1, 2011 .
  2. Based on the written application, candidates may be invited to attend an interview in week 45. .
  3. Candidates will be informed of their admission into the programme by week 47.
  4. Application to the host university will be undertaken during the following spring semester.
For further enquiries, please contact:
René Barseghian
CBS Double Degree Coordinator / CBS CEMS Coordinator
Copenhagen Business School
The International Office
Dalgas Have 15, 2V
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Tel: +45 3815 3018 (reception)
Fax: +45 3815 3825
E-mail: doubledegree@cbs.dk
Web: www.cbs.dk/doubledegree

Last updated by CBS International Webmaster 19/10/2011