Master of Business Development
Executive degree for those passionate about creating new, innovative solutions and want to take responsibility for elevating and developing the business – for those who want more.
What is MBD?
In a world where change is the only constant, the ability to evolve is the key to success. Master of Business Development (MBD) is designed to equip you with the essential tools and knowledge to drive innovation and growth within your company.
Learn to identify the broader perspectives, tackle specific challenges, and create ground-breaking solutions that can take your business to new heights.
The programme is targeted at professionals in the private sector and is your opportunity to become a catalyst for positive change—ensuring your company does not merely survive, but thrives in the dynamic market of the future.
Is the MBD right for you?
The programme is also highly relevant for companies looking to invest in their employees' development. This opportunity for upskilling provides new perspectives and ensures the organisation is well-positioned to seize future opportunities and navigate challenges.
Strategic depth with a specialisation in Innovation
Do you want to achieve greater professional depth, a clearer profile and a sharper strategic focus?
At MBD, our English-taught track offers a dedicated specialisation in Innovation. This path is designed for professionals who want a clear academic structure where courses build upon one another to systematically develop expertise in driving growth and change.
Why choose the Innovation specialisation?
✔️ Targeted Expertise: Gain the tools and strategic insight needed to lead innovation in the private sector
✔️ Professional Coherence: Build a coherent learning journey tailored to your professional profile.
✔️ Direct Application: Built for immediate impact, enabling you to apply new knowledge directly to your work.
Flexible composition
Do you want to strengthen your competencies – without necessarily following a fixed professional track?
With a flexible composition, you can choose individual courses across different themes to create a programme that matches your current needs. You can combine various subject areas, explore new perspectives, or focus on specific challenges within your organisation.
This option is for those who do not see themselves in our specialisation in Innovation, or who simply wish to take selected courses.
If you are in doubt, we are always on hand to offer advice on how to best structure your education.
Meet our participants
Anna Bjerre
CEO, GirlTalk
Kim Lundberg
Director for Tech & Venture Lending, EIFO
Tobias Keil
Head of Vendor Management Operations, Nets Group
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Any questions?
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Download video presentation
If you’d like to learn more about how the Master of Business Development can benefit you and your organisation, simply fill out the form to watch a video presentation of the programme.
You will also receive an overview of relevant courses. We’ll continue to keep you updated as new courses are launched.
Build your programme
You also decide whether to follow our specialisation in innovation or combine courses across different themes to gain a broader understanding of business development.
Explore this page to learn more about the elements of the MBD programme and how they can be combined.
Structure
A full MBD programme consists of individual courses that add up to 60 ECTS credits.
The programme can be completed over a period of 2-6 years.
A full MBD programme includes:
- 2 mandatory courses worth 5 ECTS credits each
- 4 core courses worth 5 ECTS credits each
- 3 elective courses worth 5 ECTS credits each
- 1 Master Project worth 15 ECTS credits
Read more about the different types of courses below.
Mandatory courses
The two mandatory courses form the foundation of the programme, which is why we recommend starting with these courses.
The mandatory courses provide you with a fundamental understanding of how to drive development and change within your organisation.
Both courses are offered in Danish and English.
Business Development
Organisational Change
Core courses
The purpose of the core courses is to provide you with the knowledge, skills and competencies within key business disciplines and topics that are essential to business development.
You can choose to delve into innovation through our specialisation, giving you both academic depth and targeted professional development, or you can combine core courses across different topics if you want a broader understanding of business development.
To complete the full MBD programme, you must complete four core courses.
Managing Innovation
Strategic Communication
Strategic Practices and Execution
Elective courses
The elective courses give you the flexibility to tailor your MBD programme to your needs and ambitions.
If you are following the specialisation in innovation, you can either choose the recommended elective courses for the specialisation, or select courses that provide insight into other aspects of business development, allowing you to build a broader professional profile.
Beyond the portfolio of elective courses, you also have the option of taking any of the core courses as electives.
As part of the full MBD programme, you must complete three elective courses.
Risk-based Compliance and AML in the national defence
Future Tech for Business
Risk Management and Compliance
Corporate Finance
The Master Project
You are responsible for collecting and processing data, but you will be assigned a supervisor to help you through the process.
Strategic Depth with a specialisation in Innovation
Do you want to achieve greater professional depth, a clearer profile, and a sharper strategic focus?
At the Master of Business Development (MBD), our English-taught track offers a dedicated specialisation in Innovation.
Why choose the Innovation specialisation?
✔️ Targeted Expertise: Gain the tools and strategic insight needed to lead innovation in the private sector
✔️ Professional Coherence: Build a coherent learning journey tailored to your professional profile.
✔️ Direct Application: Built for immediate impact, enabling you to apply new knowledge directly to your work.
Flexible composition
Do you want to strengthen your competencies – without necessarily following a fixed professional track?
With a flexible composition, you can choose individual courses across different themes to create a programme that matches your current needs. You can combine various subject areas, explore new perspectives, or focus on specific challenges within your organisation.
This option is for those who do not see themselves in our specialisation in Innovation, or who simply wish to take selected courses.
If you are in doubt, we are always on hand to offer advice on how to best structure your education.
Build your MBD
Here is an example of what an MBD path might look like. The participant begins with the two mandatory courses, continues with four core courses and completes the programme with three elective courses followed by the Master Project.
The programme can be tailored in terms of pace, sequence and content to match both your needs and those of your organisation.