Career paths of CBS alumni: Where are they today?

In 2019, more than 3,000 master students graduated from Copenhagen Business School (CBS), and in 2018 another 3,000 graduated. Here, you get an overview of how they landed their first job after graduating, their choice of field and sector, and what they consider to be the most important factors in landing their first job following graduation.

03/26/2020

Career Paths of CBS alumni: Where are they today?

In the period of October 2015 to September 2017, exactly two years, 7,968 master students graduated from CBS. In 2018, the Ministry of Higher Education and Science conducted a survey among graduates in order to assess the quality of education and of their relevance to the labour market. 25 per cent of the 7,968 graduates from CBS participated in the examination and self-assessed their competencies from the study programme at CBS and of the competencies they have used in their current job. Alumni from CBS also answered a series of questions regarding job relevancy and working methods.

The survey is conducted every second year among the higher education institutions in Denmark.

Data on field and sector from Statistics Denmark and data from LinkedIn create an outline of what CBS’ alumni do today. See how alumni from CBS land their first job following graduation, their choice of field and sector, and what they consider to be the most important factors in landing their first job after graduating from their master’s programme. 

 

100,000 alumni have graduated from CBS – are you part of the global network?

More than 100,000 alumni have graduated from CBS since 1922. You can become part of a global network on LinkedIn with more than 20,000 alumni. The CBS Alumni group on LinkedIn is an exclusive network for alumni from CBS. As a member of the CBS Alumni group on LinkedIn you have the opportunity of keeping in touch with more than 20,000 alumni from CBS, who live and work across the globe.

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Data sources:
Ministry of Higher Education and Science and Statistics Denmark, and includes data on students who have graduated from CBS in the period 1st October 2015 to 30th September 2017.
*Copenhagen Business School on LinkedIn. Data covers all persons who have registered on their LinkedIn profile that they have a degree from Copenhagen Business School in the years 1917-2019.

 

What are alumni from your study programme doing today?

Curious what alumni from your specific study programme have answered? You can use UddannelsesZOOM to find the answer. UddannelsesZOOM is a tool that uses data from the survey from the Ministry of Higher Education and Science and from Statistics Denmark. You can search for a specific programme or compare other alumni’s responses from up to three study programmes.

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The page was last edited by: Alumni // 01/30/2023