This year's entry requirements at CBS

A warm welcome to new students. Again this year many applicants have picked CBS as their 1st priority and President Per Holten-Andersen is pleased:

"I am happy that so many want to study at CBS. It's a sign of confidence that we are trying our best to live up to. It is a good choice for the students that are accepted, because at CBS you will receive an international education and a solid theoretical foundation for a professional career. These are demanding programmes which will provide good opportunities for getting interesting jobs," the President says.

CBS has essentially just as many applicants and places as last year, which means that many qualified students will be rejected again this year – to the President's regret:

"Unfortunately we have to turn away many skilled people again this year. It's a shame because the business sector needs more well-educated graduates from CBS, and we would like to accept more – but between CBS' funding and the Ministry's current position on the matter we are unable to accept more students. I would very much like to discuss with the Ministry how we can ensure more places next year for the skilled applicants that we know the businesses need," says Per Holten-Andersen.

Entry requirements
There are several interesting items among this year's entry requirements.

The BSc in Economics and Business Administration is interesting because the GPA has risen from 8.5 to 9.1. Anne Mette Hou, Head of Student Affairs, says:

"BSc in Economics and Business Administration is the most popular bachelor programme, and therefore many qualified applicants who have applied through quota 1 with a good GPA will unfortunately be rejected."

This year's biggest application increase is found in the BSc in Business Administration and Service Management where the total number of applicants has increased by 38% since last year, which means that e.g. Tourism and Hospitality will see a rise in entry requirements from 4.4 to 8.5.

The very popular BSc in International Business has previously been at the top of list when it comes to programmes requiring high GPAs. The entry requirement has increased again this year: "With a 16% increase in 1st priority applications for the programme it is no surprise that the requirement has increased from 12.1 last year to 12.3 this year," says Anne Mette Hou.

As expected International Shipping and Trade fell from 11.3 last year to 10.9 this year. Despite the number of applications being halved and the number of places being doubled, the entry requirements are still very high.

Greater intake through quota 2
In some programmes the rising requirements are a results of i.e. more places being given to quota 2 applicants.

"This year CBS has increased its intake through quota 2," explains Per Holten-Andersen: "We want a diverse student body, so this year we have once again increased the intake through quota 2, where not only the GPA is considered, but also the applicant's other relevant experience."

Because of the very high entry requirements to several of CBS' programmes, he encourages politicians to abolish the bonus system that raises the upper secondary GPA:

"The rise in entry requirements is of course in part due to the bonus schemes, which we would like to see abolished. They are irrelevant in terms of ability, and to applicants requirements of around 12 are both obscure and discouraging," says Per Holten-Andersen.

For further information please contact Wilbert van der Meer, Head of Secretariat, mobile 23 49 34 50, or Patrick Gram, Head of External Affairs, mobile 29 93 44 91.