After you have applied
Winter Application Round - MSc in Business Administration and Ebusiness
If you have applied for admission to MSc in Business Administration and Ebusiness in the Winter application round, your answer letter has now been uploaded to the Application Portal. You have received an e-mail - remember to check your spam filter. The e-mail contains a direct link to your application, and once you log in, you will find your letter under the tab Messages.
Find more information on MSc in Business Administration and Ebusiness winter round
If you need help understanding your letter, please read more under the headline "The Admission Letter".
Remember, if you have been offered a study place at CBS, you have only 5 days to accept it. See under the headline "Application Answer” for information on how to confirm your study place.
If your application has been rejected, please keep in mind that admission to Master’s programmes at CBS is always competitive. Please see statistics on admission below for more information.
Application answer
If you need to clarify which group you belong to please see the information on the page Deadlines.
The answer (group 1)
You will receive an answer to your application no later than the 10th of June 2021. You only have 5 days to accept the study place, from the day you received the answer.
You will receive an email containing a direct link to your application when the answer has been uploaded in the Application Portal - remember to check your spam filter. Once logged in, you will find your letter under the tab "messages".
Your applicant ID number is in the upper right-hand corner of the letter. Please make a note of it in case you need to contact us about your application.
If you applied to several programmes, you’ll receive a letter for each programme that was assessed. If you are accepted on one of your higher priorities, your lower priorities were not assessed and you will therefore not receive a letter regarding them.
You will receive an answer to your application no later than the 15th of March 2021. You only have 5 days to accept the study place, from the day you received the answer.
You will receive an email containing a direct link to your application when the answer has been uploaded in the Application Portal - remember to check your spam filter. Once logged in, you will find your letter under the tab "messages".
Your applicant ID number is in the upper right-hand corner of the letter. Please make a note of it in case you need to contact us about your application.
If you applied to several programmes, you’ll receive a letter for each programme that was assessed. If you are accepted on one of your higher priorities, your lower priorities were not assessed and you will therefore not receive a letter regarding them.
If you have problems logging in, or have forgotten your username, please contact IT Support help@student.cbs.dk.
After receiving your letter, you have 5 days to accept or reject your place in the Application Portal. Please read your answer letter carefully. You should only accept or reject your offered place after reading it thoroughly.
You can accept or reject the study place under the tab "see the status of application" (marked with a blue box in the image below).
- Click on the "action" tab (marked with a red box in the image below).
- After clicking "accept" or "reject offer", the status of your application will change.
- You will receive a confirmation in the Application Portal and you will see that the status of your application changes:
| Language: | Status: When offered a study place: | Status: When you have accepted: |
| English: | Assessment completed, Offered admission | Assessment completed, Admitted |
| Assessment completed, Offered conditional admission | Assessment completed, Conditionally admitted | |
| Danish: | Afgjort, Optagelse tilbudt | Afgjort, Optaget |
| Afgjort, Betinget optagelse tilbudt | Afgjort, Betinget optaget |
The admission letter
The admission letter informs, whether or not, you’re accepted to any of the graduate programmes that you’ve applied for. Below you can read about the various types of letters you could receive as well as the deadlines for accepting your place.
Did you get a study place at CBS?
You must accept or reject the offered place no later than 5 days after you have received the offer. If other deadlines apply, they’ll be mentioned in your letter of (conditional) acceptance.
What does accepting a place of study mean?
It means that you have reserved your place and are officially enrolled in the offered programme starting 1 September / 1 February (MSc in Business Administration and Ebusiness - Winter). If you do not accept the offered place by the deadline, shown above, you will lose your offered place. You will not be offered a place at a lower priority.
What if I change my mind?
If you have accepted the offered place of study, but then change your mind and decide not to study at CBS after all, you must withdraw from the programme. You cannot do this automatically through the Application Portal. If you change your mind before study start, please write an email to Graduate Admission stating that you do not wish to start the programme. If you change your mind after study start, you need to use the withdrawal form available at my.cbs.dk / My studies > Study planning > De-enrolment
What does rejecting a place of study mean?
If you reject the offered place of study, you will not be offered a place at a lower priority. Also, you will not be able to change your mind at a later point.
If you have received a letter of full acceptance, and there are no conditions attached to your acceptance, the only thing you need to do is indicate if you wish to accept the offered place of study or not. Once you have confirmed your place of study, you are enrolled in the programme and your application process is completed.
Conditional acceptance
If you have received a letter of conditional acceptance, you are not fully admitted at the programme until you have fulfilled all the requirements for admission listed in your letter.
Read your letter of conditional acceptance carefully: make sure you understand what the conditions are and the deadlines for them to be fulfilled. If you have any questions, please go to the contact pages.
Remember, you must confirm or reject the offered place of study.
If you accept your place, it’s important that you upload the necessary documentation proving that you have fulfilled the remaining conditions no later than 31 August 2021 (other deadlines may apply to non-EU/EEA citizens who need a student residence permit). If you are conditionally accepted at MSc in Business Administration and Ebusiness in the Winter application round, the deadline is 31 January 2021.
You will receive an email, when it’s possible to upload the necessary documentation.
Things to remember:
- You are provisionally enrolled and your enrolment will be annulled if you do not fulfil each of the conditions by the deadlines stated in your letter.
- If you are eligible for SU (Student Grant), being annulled will have consequences for your SU grant.
- You need a letter of full acceptance in order to register as an EU resident in Denmark, and in many cases, to obtain financial support for your studies from your home country. It is therefore important to document that you fulfil all your conditions as soon as possible.
- If you apply again in the future and have planned to take supplementary courses during the summer, be aware of the rules regarding supplementary courses. See the Graduate Admission pages for further information.
There are two categories of conditions you may receive:
- Courses
- Bachelor degree
See more details about each below.
If you are conditionally accepted at at MSc in Business Administration and Ebusiness with study start 1 February 2021, fulfilment of the English language requirement may also be a condition.
Courses
Qualifying supplementary course(s), not taken as part of your bachelor’s degree and taken outside of CBS, must be officially documented and uploaded on the Application Portal. Note that you must have informed us about these when you applied. Please do this when you’ve passed your final exam(s) for the course(s) and bear in mind that we will be checking whether or not you have passed so you must provide adequate documentation.
ISUP courses (that you informed us about when you applied) must be passed before 31 August 2021. We will check whether or not you have passed the exams for any ISUP courses taken.
If you do not pass the courses listed on your letter of conditional acceptance before the start of your study programme, you will not be fully admitted and your admission will be annulled.
Bachelor Degree
- If you are from a university other than CBS, you must upload documentation that you've completed your bachelor degree to the Application Portal. You will receive an email when it is possible to do so. It is not possible to upload documentation after 31 August 2021. See below for instructions regarding what documentation is necessary to prove that you have finished your bachelor degree.
- If you are from CBS, we check ourselves to see whether you have finished your degree.
- If you completed all components of your degree (submitted all papers, participated in all exams and the like) by 31 August but your university has not issued your graduation certificate (or diploma) just yet, you may be eligible for a short deadline extension.
If you cannot finish your bachelor degree by 31 August 2021, you are not allowed to begin studying a master's programme, as this is one of the entry requirements for all CBS master's programmes.
Documentation and procedures
The "finish your undergraduate degree" condition will only be removed from your letter of acceptance when you have uploaded one of the following:
a) Your final bachelor diploma, or
b) An official letter from your university, clearly stating that the bachelor degree has been awarded, and the date on which it has been awarded, or
c) An official grade transcript, clearly stating that the degree has been awarded and the date on which it has been awarded.
An undergraduate grade transcript showing that you have completed 180 ECTS-points is not sufficient.
Exemption
If you are not studying a bachelor degree at CBS, it is not possible to get an exemption to begin your graduate studies while completing your bachelor degree.
Read about how to apply for an exemption if you are a student from CBS
If you are rejected, it is because you do not fulfil the requirements for admission. Possible rejection reasons could be that you:
1. Did not fulfil one or several of the entry requirements for the programme
2. Did not upload sufficient documentation
3. Were not selected for the programme or for the concentration that you applied for
4. Applied too late
5. Did not pay the required application fee
6. Did not pay the required tuition fee
Not fulfilling the general entry requirement of having an academic bachelor degree is not in itself a reason for rejection. Please read more about the general entry requirements on the programmes’ individual admission and entry requirements pages.
If you wish to apply for admission to the same programme next year, you are to make sure that you fulfil the entry requirements; however, please note that fulfilment of the entry requirements does not guarantee admission.
If you are rejected and had planned to take supplementary courses during the summer, you should be aware of the rules regarding supplementary courses. Please see "Are you qualified?" for further information.
Questions about the admission letter
Here you can read more about what you can do if you have questions regarding the answer to your application.
Keep an eye on the website – we will announce when we have finished uploading the letters with the answers for all the applicants.
If by the end of the day you have not received an e-mail informing you that there is an update to your application (remember to check your Junk E-mail folder too!), log in to your application in the Application Portal and check if your letter has been uploaded under the “Messages” tab.
If you cannot find any letter at all, please go to the contact pages.
Appealing
What can you appeal against?
The conditional letter of acceptance/letter of rejection that you have received is termed a "decision", meaning that we have made a decision concerning your application. Under Danish law you may appeal our decision if you believe that the legal basis for the decision is not correct and/or not in accordance with the rules and regulations governing admission at higher education in Denmark. You cannot appeal our professional judgement, as CBS Admissions Office's decision is final and cannot be tried before any other authority.
Contact us before you appeal
We recommend that you please contact us in either case, as this could clear up any misunderstanding or mistake. To see how to contact us, please go to the contact pages.
CBS Legal treats complaints on behalf of the president. Therefore, the complaint is to be addressed to the president and sent to CBS Legal, Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg or by e-mail to legal@cbs.dk.
Please note that CBS Legal does not make a re-assessment of your application. CBS Legal checks whether your case has been treated in accordance with applicable rules and practice, see the "Admission Order" on Admission and Enrolment to Bachelor's and Master’s Programmes at Universities ("Adgangsbekendtgørelsen"). Consequently, CBS Legal does not re-assess your case as regards the professional assessment made by Student Affairs.
Late applications
It is not possible to apply for admission after the given deadlines; also, it is not possible to change priorities after the deadline. This means that you cannot switch programmes or concentrations after having received your answer.
Please note that most of the programmes at CBS only start up once a year in September. Only the MSc programme in Business Administration and E-business has a winter application round.
Statistics on admission
Below you will find application numbers, number of place and information on the use of selection criteria. Please note that programmes are written in bold and concentrations in italics.
NB: the selection criteria used for various programmes/concentrations may change from one application year to another.
| Programme | Number of applicants | Number of places | Status 10 December |
| MSc in Business Administration and Ebusiness | 310 | 65 | Qualified applicants rejected |
2020
If your application has been rejected, please keep in mind that admission to Master’s programmes at CBS is always competitive.
| Programme |
Number of 1st priorities
(deviation from 2019) |
Number of places
|
Status 10 June
|
| MA in International Business Communication | 121 (-27%) | 75 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Advanced Economics & Finance | 211 (-12%) | 40 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business Administration & Bioentrepreneurship | 82 (+5%) | 25 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business Administration & Data Science | 249 (new) | 90 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business Administration & Ebusiness | 330 (-17%) | 90 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business Administration & Information Systems | 200 (+2%) | 100 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business Administration & Innovation in Health Care | 127 (-5%) | 40 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business Administration & Philosophy | 73 (+11%) | 20 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business, Language & Culture | 257 (+11%) | 100 | |
| MSc BLC - Business & Development Studies | 165 (+11%) | 60 | All qualified applicants accepted; no available places |
| MSc BLC - Diversity & Change Management | 92 (+12%) | 40 | All qualified applicants accepted; no available places |
|
MSc in Economics & Business Administration / cand.merc.
|
4500 (-2%)
|
1425 | |
| MSc EBA - Accounting, Strategy & Control | 219 (+5%) | 140 | Qualified applicants rejected |
|
MSc EBA - Applied Economics & Finance
|
300 (-9%) | 125 |
Qualified applicants rejected
|
| MSc EBA - Brand and Communication Management | 384 (-12%) | 85 | Qualified applicants rejected |
|
MSc EBA - Finance & Investments
|
448 (0%) | 85 |
Qualified applicants rejected
|
| MSc EBA - Finance & Strategic Management | 670 (+3%) | 145 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - International Business | 423 (0%) | 110 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - International Marketing & Management | 405 (-14%) | 110 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - Management of Innovation & Business Development | 504 (+5%) | 125 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - Sales Management | 112 (-28%) | 55 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - Strategy, Organisation & Leadership | 366 (+6%) | 80 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - Supply Chain Management | 193 (-12%) | 85 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.merc. - Økonomisk Markedsføring | 109 (+4%) | 80 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.merc. - Finansiering & Regnskab | 306 (+11%) | 160 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.merc. - Human Resource Management | 61 (-8%) | 40 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in International Business & Politics | 229 (-5%) | 75 | Qualified applicants rejected |
|
MSc in Social Sciences in Management of Creative Business Processes
|
268 (+21%) | 70 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Social Sciences in Organisational Innovation & Entrepreneurship | 351 (0%) | 90 | |
| Organisational Innovation & Entrepreneurship | 245 (-2%) | 70 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Strategic Design & Entrepreneurship | 106 (+6%) | 20 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Social Sciences in Public Management & Social Development (in China) | 16 (-50%) | 10 | All qualified applicants accepted; no available places |
| Cand.merc.(jur.) | 181 (+11%) | 140 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.merc.(kom.) | 195 (+9%) | 155 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.merc.(mat.) | 56 (-8%) | 55 | All qualified applicants accepted; no available places |
| Cand.merc.(psyk.) | 104 (+1%) | 80 | All qualified applicants accepted; no available places |
| Cand.merc.aud. | 418 (+15%) | 240 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.soc. i human ressource management | 176 (+27%) | 95 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.soc. i politisk kommunikation & ledelse | 108 (-7%) | 70 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Programme | Number of applicants | Number of places | Status 5 December |
| MSc in Business Administration and Ebusiness | 286 | 65 | Qualified applicants rejected |
2019
If your application has been rejected, please keep in mind that admission to Master’s programmes at CBS is always competitive; in 2019 especially so as a consequence of the government-mandated reduction in the number of study places in English-language programmes.
| Programme |
Number of 1st priorities
(deviation from 2018) |
Number of places
|
Status 10 June
|
| MA in International Business Communication | 166 (-42%) | 95 | |
| MA IBC - Intercultural Marketing | 118 (-39%) | 75 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MA IBC - Multicultural Communication in Organisations | 48 (-48%) | 20 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Advanced Economics & Finance | 253 (+12%) | 40 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business Administration & Bioentrepreneurship | 78 (-2%) | 25 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business Administration & Ebusiness | 396 (-4%) | 100 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business Administration & Information Systems | 313 (+15%) | 140 | |
| MSc BAIT - Data Science | 117 (+8%) | 30 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc BAIT - Digitalization | 196 (+20%) | 105 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business Administration & Innovation in Health Care | 134 (+26%) | 40 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business Administration & Philosophy | 66 (-1,5%) | 25 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business, Language & Culture | 231 (-9%) | 110 | |
| MSc BLC - Business & Development Studies | 149 (+1%) | 65 | All qualified applicants accepted |
| MSc BLC - Diversity & Change Management | 82 (-25%) | 45 | All qualified applicants accepted |
|
MSc in Economics & Business Administration / cand.merc.
|
4609 (-4%)
|
1375 | |
| MSc EBA - Accounting, Strategy & Control | 208 (-16%) | 100 | Qualified applicants rejected |
|
MSc EBA - Applied Economics & Finance
|
328 (-7%) | 140 |
Qualified applicants rejected
|
| MSc EBA - Brand and Communication Management | 434 (+9%) | 95 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - Customer & Commercial Development | 156 (+7%) | 40 | Qualified applicants rejected |
|
MSc EBA - Finance & Investments
|
450 (-5%) | 110 |
Qualified applicants rejected
|
| MSc EBA - Finance & Strategic Management | 648 (-7%) | 145 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - International Business | 424 (-13%) | 125 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - International Marketing & Management | 469 (-7%) | 105 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - Management of Innovation & Business Development | 482 (-1%) | 125 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - Strategy, Organisation & Leadership | 345 (+2%) | 85 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - Supply Chain Management | 219 (-17%) | 60 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.merc. - Økonomisk Markedsføring | 105 (-17%) | 50 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.merc. - Finansiering & Regnskab | 275 (+26%) | 165 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.merc. - Human Resource Management | 66 (-7%) | 30 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in International Business & Politics | 242 (+6%) | 85 | Qualified applicants rejected |
|
MSc in Social Sciences in Management of Creative Business Processes
|
222 (+1%) | 70 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Social Sciences in Organisational Innovation & Entrepreneurship | 346 (+17%) | 90 | |
| Organisational Innovation & Entrepreneurship | 251 (+11%) | 70 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Strategic Design & Entrepreneurship | 95 (+40%) | 20 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in social Sciences in Public Management & Social Development | 32 (-32%) | 15 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Social Sciences in Service Management | 99 (0%) | 35 | All qualified applicants accepted |
| Cand.merc.(jur.) | 163 (0%) | 140 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.merc.(kom.) | 179 (-11%) | 165 | All qualified applicants accepted |
| Cand.merc.(mat.) | 61 (-3%) | 60 | All qualified applicants accepted |
| Cand.merc.(psyk.) | 103 (-6%) | 95 | All qualified applicants accepted |
| Cand.merc.aud. | 364 (-2%) | 230 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.soc. i human ressource management | 139 (-7%) | 80 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.soc. i politisk kommunikation & ledelse | 106 (+11%) | 60 | Qualified applicants rejected |
|
Programme
|
Number of applicants
|
Number of places
|
Status 28 November
|
| MSc in Business Administration and Ebusiness | 291 | 70 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Programme |
Number of 1st priorities
(deviation from 2017) |
Number of places
|
Status 10 June
|
| MA in International Business Communication | 286 (-11%) | 130 | NA |
| MA IBC - Intercultural Marketing | 194 (-15%) | 85 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MA IBC - Multicultural Communication in Organisations | 92 (+1%) | 45 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Advanced Economics & Finance | 226 (-9%) | 45 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business Administration & Bioentrepreneurship | 80 (+25%) | 30 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business Administration & Ebusiness | 413 (+45%) | 120 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business Administration & Information Systems | 272 (+43%) | 120 | NA |
| MSc BAIT - Data Science | 108 (new) | 30 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc BAIT - Digitalization | 164 (-14%) | 90 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business Administration & Innovation in Health Care | 106 (+41%) | 45 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Business Administration & Philosophy | 67 (+3%) | 35 | All qualified applicants accepted - fully booked/no available places |
| MSc in Business, Language & Culture | 256 (-2%) | 130 | NA |
| MSc BLC - Business & Development Studies | 147 (-2%) | 80 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc BLC - Diversity & Change Management | 109 (-2%) | 50 | Qualified applicants rejected |
|
MSc in Economics & Business Administration / cand.merc.
|
4319 (+11%)
|
1480 | NA |
| MSc EBA - Accounting, Strategy & Control | 248 (+3%) | 115 | Qualified applicants rejected |
|
MSc EBA - Applied Economics & Finance
|
354 (+18%) | 135 |
Qualified applicants rejected
|
| MSc EBA - Brand and Communication Management | 399 (+3%) | 100 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - Customer & Commercial Development | 146 (new) | 50 | Qualified applicants rejected |
|
MSc EBA - Finance & Investments
|
475 (+25%) | 115 |
Qualified applicants rejected
|
| MSc EBA - Finance & Strategic Management | 697 (+13%) | 145 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - International Business | 486 (+4%) | 130 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - International Marketing & Management | 502 (0%) | 130 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - Management of Innovation & Business Development | 489 (+23%) | 145 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - Strategy, Organisation & Leadership | 339 (+21%) | 105 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc EBA - Supply Chain Management | 248 (+22%) | 75 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.merc. - Økonomisk Markedsføring | 127 (+18%) | 75 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.merc. - Finansiering & Regnskab | 219 (-9%) | 120 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.merc. - Human Resource Management | 71 (+6%) | 40 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in International Business & Politics | 229 (-13%) | 110 | Qualified applicants rejected |
|
MSc in Social Sciences in Management of Creative Business Processes
|
221 (-15%) | 80 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Social Sciences in Organisational Innovation & Entrepreneurship | 295 (+26%) | 100 | NA |
| Organisational Innovation & Entrepreneurship | 227 (-3%) | 80 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Strategic Design & Entrepreneurship | 68 (new) | 20 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in social Sciences in Public Management & Social Development | 47 (+42%) | 15 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| MSc in Social Sciences in Service Management | 99 (+7%) | 60 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.merc.(jur.) | 163 (+11%) | 140 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.merc.(kom.) | 201 (-20%) | 175 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.merc.(mat.) | 63 (+15%) | 55 | All qualified applicants accepted - fully booked/no available places |
| Cand.merc.(psyk.) | 109 (+11%) | 90 | All qualified applicants accepted - fully booked/no available places |
| Cand.merc.aud. | 371 (-11%) | 250 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.soc. i human ressource management | 149 (+8%) | 80 | Qualified applicants rejected |
| Cand.soc. i politisk kommunikation & ledelse | 105 (-5%) | 60 | Qualified applicants rejected |