Career prospects
The future for IB students is bright. Increasing globalisation creates a greater demand for internationally-oriented business students.
The IB programme is renown for its strict entry requirements, so employers and recruiters – especially in Denmark – are aware of the highly-skilled and ambitious students found among future IB graduates. The programme’s intensive quarter structure gives its students a head start in understanding, what real business settings are actually like.
Diverse projects
Project work provides valuable experience in working in culturally-diverse groups. The continuous updating of the programme’s syllabus, in response to changes in the global environment and new research, ensures that the students are aware of the latest trends and efficient ways of conducting their work.
Whether your plan is to use the IB programme as a foundation for further education or to start forming your career immediately after completing your BSc. degree, the opportunities are numerous. Out of all bachelor programmes at CBS, the IB programme has the highest percentage of graduating students moving directly to professional employment.
Range of professions
Former IB students are currently employed within a wide range of professions such as international investment banking, supply chain management, intercultural communication, sales and marketing, consulting within management, strategy, accounting, operations and organisation. The IB programme can lead you to the most imaginable career opportunities.
Morten Rinder Steengaard graduated from the IB programme in 2007. After graduating, Morten started his own management consulting company, IDEALIZER, specializing in entrepreneurship.
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Last updated by Andrew Arnold 03/09/2009
Banking on a good career
Robin graduated from IB in 2009, where he also took part in the GLOBE programme. Alongside his MSc studies he now works at Saxo Bank as a Research Analyst in the bank's strategy group. He contributes to the bank's research reports and has had several research notes published.
"Studying IB does not only introduce and prepare you for an international career, it also opens doors and gives you opportunities to enter the professional field along with your studies. It is not unusual for students at IB to have jobs. Not just any student job, but positions at true multinational firms that enable you to practice what you have learned in real work-related environments."
A good international mix
"The thing I liked the best about IB was the mix of internationals and Danes - I have lived abroad most of my life so knew I would feel more at home in such a setting," says 2007 graduate Andrew Townsend.
"IB allowed me to meet many more nationalities and cultures than I expected, for one, and, for two, i was given the chance to work in groups a lot more than I was used to from the British system. The case studies were always a blend of local/international/and global firms giving you a perspective of how things interact in the markets."
'Think big and work hard'
That's the advice from IB graduate Ulrik Binzer. He graduated from the IB programme in 2003 and is now studying for an MBA degree at the prestigious Harvard Business School. Before starting his studies at Harvard, he worked as an analyst at McKinsey for two years and then as an associate in the venture capital firm Golden Gate Capital.
An ideal preparation for an international career
Thea Sørensen graduated from the International Business programme in 2007. Since then she has gone on to join Nokia's graduate programme, and has worked in Copenhagen, Beijing and Helsinki. "Practically, I learned a lot from studying in the multicultural environment that is IB. Already having an international network before I graduated made it easier to go in to a career in Nokia," she says.
