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Single course stu­dents

With CBS' single courses you can ac­quire new com­pet­ences or en­hance your ex­pert­ise and skills with­in a spe­cif­ic area.

Which courses can you ap­ply for?

Each semester, CBS of­fers a wide range of single courses at both under­graduate and gradu­ate level.

All single courses are also offered as elect­ives to full-time stu­dents on CBS' under­graduate and gradu­ate pro­grammes, as well as to guest or cred­it trans­fer stu­dents from oth­er uni­ver­sit­ies. This means that you will be study­ing with stu­dents from both CBS's bach­el­or or gradu­ate pro­grammes as well as oth­er cred­it trans­fer stu­dents and single course stu­dents.

You will find the biggest se­lec­tion of courses in the au­tumn semester, when full­time CBS stu­dents are also tak­ing their elect­ives.

Find the level and dir­ec­tion that suit you

Bachelor or master

See a list of all offered courses on bachelor- and master level here:

Minors

As a single course student, you also have the opportunity to apply for a so called minor, which is an complete package of courses within a particular academic field.

What you need to know be­fore you ap­ply

Here you can see which entry re­quire­ments you need to meet to ap­ply, and what it costs to take a single course at CBS.

Re­quire­ments

Single courses at bachelor level

To apply for single courses at bachelor level, you need to provide documentation that you have a Danish studentereksamen or a corresponding upper secondary exam.

Single courses at master level

To apply for single courses at master level, you need to provide documentation that you have a bachelor degree. All bachelor degrees are accepted.

Please upload the documentation in the application portal with your application.

Knowledge of certain subjects

CBS does not require documentation that you have passed an exam in any specific subjects. However, knowledge of certain subjects may be a prerequisite for taking a course. We recommend that you read the course description to assess whether you have the academic qualifications to complete the course. If you do not complete the course, you cannot get your payment refunded. 

Few courses require motivational application

Please be aware that a few courses require a motivational application – this is specified in the list of courses offered.

Res­id­ence per­mits and cit­izen­ship

To be able to apply for single courses, you have to be an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen or have one of the following residence permits for Denmark (or other nordic countires: Sweden, Norway, Island, Greenland, Faeroe Islands):

  • "Permanent opholdstilladelse" - permanent residence permit in Denmark
  • "Opholdstilladelse med mulighed for varigt ophold" - residence permit with a view to permanent residence in Denmark
  • "Opholdstilladelse jævnfør EU-opholdsbekendtgørelsen" - residence permit in Denmark according to the EU/EEA regulations
  • "Opholdstilladelse som medfølgende barn" - residence in Denmark as acoompanying child (the documentation must state that you are "medfølgende barn" - the text "medfølgende familie" is not sufficient)

Please note that it is not possible to get a residence permit based on your application for one or more single courses.

You can read more about residence permits on newtodenmark.dk.

Price

You have to pay a tuition fee in order to take a single course. The tuition fee covers the teaching and two exam attempts within the same exam period.

Single courses Price DKK Price EUR
Bachelor (7,5 ECTS) 6,150 kr. 820 EUR
Master (7,5 ECTS) 6,150 kr. 820 EUR

 

Price for non-EU/EEA citizens

If you are not an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen, and if you have any of the following residence permits for Denmark (or other nordic countires: Sweden, Norway, Island, Greenland, Faeroe Islands), you will be charged the same price as EU/EEA/Swiss citizens:

  • "Permanent opholdstilladelse" - permanent residence permit in Denmark
  • "Opholdstilladelse med mulighed for varigt ophold" - residence permit with a view to permanent residence in Denmark
  • "Opholdstilladelse jævnfør EU-opholdsbekendtgørelsen" - residence permit in Denmark according to the EU/EEA regulations
  • "Opholdstilladelse som medfølgende barn" - residence in Denmark as acoompanying child (the documentation must state that you are "medfølgende barn" - the text "medfølgende familie" is not sufficient)

If you are not an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen and do not have any of the residence permits mentioned above, the tution fee is: 

Single courses Pris DKK Pris EUR
Bachelor (7,5 ECTS) 12,500 kr. 1625 EUR
Master (7,5 ECTS) 15,000 kr. 2000 EUR

Pay­ment

  • You pay through CBS's digital payment portal.
  • Once you have registered for the course, we will send you an email with access to CBS's digital platforms and information about how to pay. Here you can also see the payment deadline.
  • Timely payment is a prerequisite for you to attend classes and exams. If you fail to meet the deadline, you will be de-registered from the course and lose all access to CBS's digital platforms.
  • You should also note that a refund of the tuition fee is not possible unless the circumstances are extraordinary, such as cases of severe illness.

Re­gis­tra­tion, with­draw­al and al­loc­a­tion of places

Registration

Read more about Registration and deadlines. 

Withdrawal

Do you wish to withdraw from one of the courses, you must contact us on: valgfag@cbs.dk

The deadline for withdrawal from courses is: 

  • Autumn semester: 1 September
  • Spring semester: 1 February

As a single course student, you will receive a diploma for the individual courses you complete. Please note, that you cannot obtain a complete bachelor's or master's degree from CBS through single courses. 

Allocations of places

In some courses there is a limited amount of places. Therefore, we cannot gurarantee, that you will get a place in the courses you register for. 

If there are more applicants than there are places, we distribute the available places by drawing lots.

Teach­ing and timetable

When can you see your timetable?

When you have re­gistered for the course, you will get ac­cess to your own per­son­al timetable.

If you are you tak­ing a man­dat­ory course offered as an elect­ive, you can see when the teach­ing takes place once you are re­gistered for the course.

Please note that the timetable may be sub­ject to change after it is pub­lished, so you should keep your­self up­dated by check­ing it reg­u­larly.

Classes and ex­ams

All single courses are offered as either quarter courses or semester courses. You can find a general overview of teaching and exam periods here:

Autumn Teaching Exam Retake
1st quarter week 36 to 42 week 43/44 week 51/ 1
2nd quarter week 45 to 51 week 1 to 4 week 9/ 10
Semester week 36 to 49 week 50 to 4 February

 

Spring Teaching Exam Retake
3rd quarter week 6 to 12 week 13/14 week 21/ 22
4th quarter week 15 to 21  week 22 to 26  week 31 to 35
Semester week 6 to 19 week 20 to 26  August

Exam

Exam dates
You can find the exam dates for the courses you are re­gistered for in Di­git­al Exam by the be­gin­ning of the semester:

1 Septem­ber for the au­tumn semester
1 Feb­ru­ary for the spring semester
Go to Digital Exam
Exam at­tempts
As a single course stu­dent, you have 2 exam at­tempts in total - one or­din­ary exam and one exam re­take.

The re­take is typ­ic­ally 1-2 months after the or­din­ary exam

Once you are re­gistered for the course, you can see when the re­take is held in Di­git­al Exam by the be­gi­ninng of the semester.

If you have used both exam at­tempts and wish to get more at­tempts, you can re­gister and pay for the course the next time it is offered. After this, you will get ac­cess to teach­ing and two ad­di­tion­al exam at­tempts.
See schedule for retake exam in Digital Exam
Dip­loma
You will re­ceive a dip­loma for each course that you com­plete.

Please note that you can­not ob­tain a com­plete dip­loma for a bach­el­or's or mas­ter's de­gree through single courses.