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Re­ports and key fig­ures

CBS en­joys a glob­al repu­ta­tion for high-qual­ity re­search and teach­ing across in­di­vidu­al fields as well as in­ter­dis­cip­lin­ary areas. Here you can find key fig­ures, facts, stat­ist­ics and an­nu­al re­ports about CBS.

CBS in num­bers

21.108 stu­dents

Of these, 4,174 are in­ter­na­tion­al stu­dents and 150 are PhD stu­dents

63 pro­grammes

Bach­el­or, mas­ter, ex­ec­ut­ive mas­ter and dip­loma pro­grammes.

291 ex­change pro­grammes

Agree­ments with uni­ver­sit­ies on every con­tin­ent

Rank­ings

In­dic­at­ors of the qual­ity of CBS’ edu­ca­tion, re­search and im­pact in­ter­na­tion­ally

Triple Crown ac­cred­it­a­tion

CBS takes part in in­ter­na­tion­al and na­tion­al ac­cred­it­a­tions

The main purposes of the international accreditations are:

  1. International branding and
  2. Learning about international best practice in quality within education, research and administration.

The national accreditation was introduced by law in 2007.

CBS is Triple Crown accredited, which is a distinction achieved by only about 130 business schools worldwide. These schools rank among the very best globally. The group includes INSEAD, London Business School, IMD and Rotterdam School of Management.

Four accreditations

Since 2000, CBS has been accredited by:

CBS was the first school in Scandinavia to be accredited by the American AACSB.

The three international accreditations are necessary because they carry different brand value in different parts of the world and focus on distinct aspects despite several similarities.

EQUIS has a strong emphasis on research, internationalisation and partnerships with the business community, while AACSB focuses strongly on management, employee qualifications, education and learning. AMBA covers only MBA/MPA programmes.

The Danish accreditation is required by law and focuses on CBS' quality assurance systems for education. It is administered by the Danish Accreditation Institution.

Re­ports and plans

Stra­tegic frame­work con­tract

A strategic framework contract has been concluded with the Minister for Higher Education and Science for the period 2022-2025.

Strategic objectives for the contract period 2022-2025

  1. CBS' knowledge contributes to addressing major societal challenges.
  2. CBS graduates have competences that match the future needs of the business community.
  3. CBS increases diversity among employees and students.
  4. CBS strengthens students’ academic development and well-being.
  5. CBS enhances lifelong learning and leads the way in developing the learning society.

Download Strategisk rammekontrakt 2022-2025 (.pdf) 

Status reports

 

 

 

CBS in num­bers

11 de­part­ments

A sig­ni­fic­ant share of Den­mark’s lead­ing re­search in sus­tain­able man­age­ment, fin­ance, in­nov­a­tion and more ori­gin­ates here.

224 mil­lion euro

in total rev­en­ue

848 fac­ulty

of which 188 are part-time. 722 are tech­nic­al and ad­min­is­trat­ive em­ploy­ees.

Oth­er key fig­ures

Cred­it trans­fer stat­ist­ics

Below overview for the 2020-2021 academic year shows the number of decisions and the total number of ECTS credits across the three types of credit transfer: Credit from previous education, pre-approval and final credit transfer.

  Bachelor Master
Decisions ECTS Decisions ECTS
Credit from 
previous education		 203 1,362 12 180
Pre-approval 343 4,643 76 1,380
Final credit transfer 609 20,216 466 9,231
Credit transfer in total 1,155 26,220 554 10,791

Source: STADS data from the report on credit transfer from studies abroad submitted to the ministry/Statistics Denmark for the period 1 September 2020 to 31 August 2021

Sub­sidies for stu­dent or­gan­isa­tions

CBS receives an annual subsidy from the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science (UFM) for the Student Council. In 2024, CBS received a subsidy of DKK 113,867.

Each year, CBS allocates subsidies to student organisations that have elected representatives in the governing bodies. The distribution is proportional to the number of elected representatives, but a prerequisite for receiving funds is that the elected member represents an association that is active at CBS.

The allocated amount may only be used to cover expenses related to student-oriented activities as well as office assistance and office operations supporting the elected representatives. The funds may not be used to pay or cater for the representatives themselves, and they may only be used in connection with the elected members’ activities at CBS.

The amounts are transferred by CBS to the accounts provided by the organisations. From that point on, it is the organisations’ responsibility to ensure that the subsidy is used in compliance with the rules and can be accounted for at the request of Internal Audit.

The tables below show the distribution of the funds that CBS has allocated to student organisations over the past three years.

Distribution of CBS' subsidies for student organisations

ASSOCIATION SUBSIDIES 2024 ELECTED 2024
CBS Students 1.144.918 -
Foreningen af Erhvervsjurister 61.887 -
Aud-udvalget   -
ABC Students   -
Konservative Studerende på CBS 123.775 -
I alt 1.330.580 -

 

ASSOCIATION SUBSIDIES 2023 ELECTED 2023
CBS Students 1.216.993 74
Foreningen af Erhvervsjurister 64.906 4
Aud-udvalget    
ABC Students    
Konservative Studerende på CBS 48.679 8
I alt 1.330.580 86

 

ASSOCIATION SUBSIDIES 2022 ELECTED 2022
CBS Students 1.172.114 75
Foreningen af Erhvervsjurister 61.690 4
Aud-udvalget 61.690  
ABC Students 15.423  
Konservative Studerende på CBS    
I alt 1.310.917 82