Former CBS students


Documentation for degrees at CBS

Find out how to get your diploma or get third party verifications.

New diploma
If your your diploma is lost or destroyed, we can make replacement diploma, please send an email to:

You must include the following in the email:

  • Your full name (Please mention if you have changed your name(s) since your time at CBS)
  • Date of birth
  • The study programme in question and the years of your enrollment
  • Whether you need the documentation in Danish or English
  • Your current address

 

Digital copy of your diploma
CBS does not hold any copies of your diploma.
You need to scan your own diploma if you need a digital version of it.  
Grade transcript

If you have graduated from CBS
As a general rule, you cannot get a grade transcript if you have graduated. You have to use your diploma instead. Your diploma includes your grades, and it is your diploma you will need for job applications etc.

You need to scan your own diploma if you need a digital version of it. 

CBS does not store any physical or digital copies of diplomas.

If your diploma is lost, you can ask for a replacement diploma from diploma-bachelor@cbs.dk or diploma-graduate@cbs.dk

Unfinished education

If you did not complete your degree at CBS and need a grade transcript for credit transfer, you can ask for a grade transcript from: formerstudent@cbs.dk

Please include the following information in your email:

  • Your full name (If you have changed your name(s), please include your full name from your time at CBS)
  • Date of birth
  • The study programme in question and the years of your enrolment

Whether you need the documentation in Danish or in English (Please note, all activities from 2007 and before can only be made in Danish and we cannot provide any translation into English)

Companies or other third parties
If you need verification that a student has finished a degree at CBS, please send an email to: verification@cbs.dk.

Please note: we can only confirm or deny that a person has completed a specific degree. We cannot give out any other information about the student or the degree.
Course descriptions

You can find previous course descriptions in the CBS course catalogue.

Stamped/signed course description:

You cannot have a course description signed or stamped. The material is available through an official CBS site and thus original.

UK workers VISA/documentation for "language of instruction"

Diploma Supplement section 2.5 of your diploma states the language of instruction and examination of your programme.

The language of instruction for the individual courses is stated in the course description in your programme regulations. You can find your programme regulations here.

You can also find a separate confirmation of which bachelor programmes and which graduate programme are taught in English here:

PDF iconBachelor - English taught programmes

PDF iconMaster - English taught programmes

It is not possible to receive a personal “Medium of Instruction letter” as requested by the Visas and Nationality Services (ECCTIS). The information needed for the English language proficiency application is already documented and verified through the final diploma from CBS (the diploma supplement).

Verified copy of diploma/grade transcript for: WES (World Education Services), The Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Apostille or other

Typically, WES and institutions alike will accept a verified grade transcript.

We need your written consent if we are to send your grade transcript directly to a third party. Consequently, in your email to formerstudent@cbs.dk, please include a consent form with the following:

  • Your full name, date of birth and address
  • That you allow Copenhagen Business School to share your exam information (grade transcript) directly with a third party
  • State the address and contact information for the recipient
  • Your consent must include today’s date and a signature (by hand)
  • If the recipient is WES, please include your WES reference number
  • Scan and send your consent along with your request for a verified grade transcript


A physical copy
If you need a verified, physical copy of your diploma, please contact formerstudent@cbs.dk and arrange to come by CBS with your original diploma as well as the copy. We will then verify the copy for you.
If you are living/staying abroad and cannot come by CBS, you can have a notary verify your copy based on the original version.

Programme regulations

Here you find all current and former programme regulations.

Stamped/signed programme regulations:

You cannot have the programme regulations signed or stamped. The material is available through an offcial CBS site and thus original.

Old programme regulations
If you need programme regulations older than what is available on the site, please contact formerstudent@cbs.dk, and we will help you to the extent possible.

Please include the following information in your email:

  • Your full name (If you have changed your name(s), please include your full name from your time at CBS)
  • Date of birth
  • The study programme in question and the years of your enrollment
Confirmation of enrolment period or similar

Please order a confirmation by contacting formerstudent@cbs.dk.
Please describe what you need the confirmation to include, and we will get back to you as soon as possible to let you know what is possible.

Please include the following information in your email:

  • Your full name (If you have changed your name(s), please include your full name from your time at CBS)
  • Date of birth
  • The study programme in question and the years of your enrolment
  • Whether you need the confirmation in Danish or in English
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Security clearance

If you need a confirmation for a security clearance in connection with an employment, we kindly ask that you send us an email with information about what you need CBS to confirm and to whom.

Please include the following information in your email:

  • Your name
  • Name of your study programme at CBS
  • The years of your enrollment
  • Name, phone number, email address as well as name of the department for the person we should send the confirmation to.

If you need us to give out further information about your studies at CBS, you must include a signed letter of consent with clear instructions on what information we may give and to whom.

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How to continue your studies and find information about previously offered programmes.

Transfering to CBS
If you have passed a considerable amount of courses as part of a degree programme at CBS or at another university, you can find more information about how to transfer to a programme at CBS under Transfer.
Re-enrolment
If you have previously been enrolled in a programme at CBS, which you now want to finish, you can find more information about how to aplly for re-enrolment in a programme under Re-enrolment.
Previously offered programmes
Find information about programmes that are no longer offered at CBS under Previously offered programmes.
Register with CBS Alumni
Through CBS Alumni you can grow your network, tab into lifelong learning and gain access to several benefits. Learn more and register with CBS Alumni.

Teaching qualifications for upper secondary schools (in Danish)

CBS primarily educates candidates for the business sector. But some degrees gives access to teach at upper secondary schools.

You can find general information about the requirements for the teaching qualifications at the Ministry of Children and Education’s website.

Here you can find information about which courses CBS candidates can teach in – see Liste over universitetsfag og gymnasiefag (pdf) on the Ministry of Children and Education’s website.

If you have questions about teaching qualifications, you can contact the Ministry of Children and Education. You can find the contact information on the same website in the top right corner.

You are also welcome to email us at formerstudents@cbs.dk

 

The page was last edited by: Web editor - Student Communications // 08/02/2022