Documentation
You must upload all relevant documentation for your application to the Application Portal by the application deadline for the group that you are applying in.
It is your responsibility to upload all the relevant documentation. We base our assessment of your application exclusively on the documentation received by the deadline. If any documentation is missing or incomplete, this can result in a possible rejection.
Verification of Documentation
CBS reserves the right to contact any issuing institution of documentation you have attached to your application to verify its authenticity. If CBS suspects fraud, we are obliged to report this to the police and other relevant authorities.
You must upload the following as a bare minimum when applying for admission:
You must upload a copy of your passport, which clearly indicates your citizenship, when you apply via the Application Portal. If you do not have a valid passport, you may also upload a national identity card clearly stating your citizenship.
The language requirement must be fulfilled by the application deadline.
Start by checking the language requirement for the programme you are applying for on the programme's own admission page under Entry Requirements.
Next, verify if you fulfil the language requirement on the English level A, English level B, or Danish level A pages.
There are three approaches to documenting fulfilment of the English language requirement.
| If you fulfil the language requirement through your upper secondary qualifications: You must upload documentation exactly as indicated on the language requirement page (English level A, English level B or Danish level A). Typically, you will need to upload your upper secondary (high school) certificate or diploma and the accompanying transcript with all the passed courses and grades. Only official documents are considered valid and accepted in one of the following formats:
For example: if you fulfil the language requirement through an upper secondary education in Denmark (ie. stx, hhx, htx, hf), you must upload a scan or photo of the hard-copy certificate. If you don't have access to it, download a digitally signed copy from Min Kompetencemappe in PDF format, save it to your computer and upload it without making any alterations to it. |
| If you fulfil the language requirement through a language test or exam: Your scores must be available to CBS Admissions for online verification with the test organiser by the application deadline, as indicated on the language requirement pages (English level A or English level B). To ensure that your test/exam scores are available to us on time, it is important that you sign up for a test/exam taking place well ahead of the application deadline (we recommend no less than 3-4 weeks before the application deadline). |
If you fulfil the language requirement through your bachelor degree:
It must be clear from your official grade transcript that you have studied or are currently studying one of the relevant bachelor's degrees listed on the language requirement page (English level A or English level B).
It must also be clear from the uploaded documentation that all the conditions described on the language requirement page are met, i.e. your degree is taught in one of the listed countries, with most courses taught in English and only a small period of your studies was spent on exchange or credit-transferred from abroad.
Make sure to upload detailed official grade transcripts from your home university as well as the university/universities you've been on exchange to or had credits transferred from. Consider including full programme regulations or linking to the programme's website to document the location and duration of the programme, and the fact that it was taught in English.
Any ambiguities might result in your application getting rejected.
You must upload an official grade transcript, issued by a representative of your university's Academic Registrar's Office, Examinations Office or equivalent.
Accepted formats:
- A good quality color scan of a hard copy document, carrying the institution’s logo/letterhead, ink stamp or raised seal, and ink signature of an authorized official
- Electronic documents with an online verification code that we can verify on the issuing institution’s website or in a national verification portal. Make sure to provide us with a password, if needed.
- Electronic documents signed by your university with a valid electronic signature (for example, an eSignature from a provider on the European Union Trusted Lists)
The grade transcript must include all courses that are done at bachelor level, including obligatory courses and electives done at CBS or at another university.
It is important that ECTS-points (alternatively, credits, points, number of hours etc.) for all the courses you have taken are clearly listed on the uploaded grade transcript.
For students from CBS or other Danish universities
If your transcript has been retrieved automatically you do not need to upload a certified, official copy of the transcript yourself. All the programmes that you have been enrolled in should be listed under “Completed academic degrees” or “Academic degrees in progress”.
Click on the files listed under “View/Edit upload” to check if the documentation that has been retrieved by the system is complete and correct. You are responsible for making sure that all the necessary information is available for each application. If no documentation has been retrieved, or you cannot view the retrieved information, or the documentation retrieved is incorrect or incomplete, then you must upload the official grade transcripts, signed and stamped by your university, as described above. If you study a CBS bachelor, the transcript does not need to be signed and stamped.
Check whether you also need to upload:
If you have not yet finished your degree, you must upload a preliminary grade transcript, as well as a proof of registration for all the courses you still need to take in order to finish your degree (both obligatory and electives or exchange courses). The proof of registration must include complete course titles and ECTS-points/credits load.
If you are not yet officially enrolled in the courses, you must upload a document that clearly states which courses you intend to pass before study start.
For students from CBS or other Danish universities
If you are studying at a Danish university, you can upload the transcript 'Study overview' from the online student service.
Bachelor diploma
- the name of the institution awarding the bachelor’s degree
- the date when the degree was awarded (cannot be a future date)
- the name of the person to whom the degree has been issued
- the academic title/degree that has been awarded.
A bachelor’s diploma/certificate is printed on the institution’s letterhead, and has an ink stamp or raised seal, and official signatures. If you have received your bachelor’s diploma/certificate, you must upload a good quality color scan of the hard copy document.
For students from CBS or other Danish universities If your transcript has been retrieved automatically via data transfer you do not need to upload a certified, official copy of your bachelor’s diploma yourself. Your grade transcript incl. the date of completion will automatically be part of your application. Please follow the procedure under ’Grade transcript’.
If no documentation has been retrieved via data transfer, or you cannot view the retrieved information, or the documentation retrieved is incorrect or incomplete, then you must upload your official bachelor’s diploma, signed and stamped by your university, as described above.
You can apply for a master's programme even if you have not yet finished your bachelor degree or received your final diploma. In this case, your official, up-to-date preliminary grade transcript is sufficient as proof that you are currently enrolled in a bachelor’s degree and expect to document that you have completed it before the end of the application round.
If you are accepted to a master’s programme, you will have to document that you have finished your bachelor’s degree before you can begin studying at CBS. You will be expected to upload your final bachelor diploma and grade transcript before study start of the programme at the latest. Failure to do so will result in annulment of your conditional acceptance to the master’s programme.
Verification of Documentation
CBS reserves the right to contact any issuing institution of documentation you have attached to your application to verify its authenticity. If CBS suspects fraud, we are obliged to report this to the police and other relevant authorities.
You may include, in a separate document, your own suggestions regarding which acdademic entry requirements your courses can cover or which course areas your courses can cover in relation to the selection criteria.
If you are applying for your natural progression master, or if there is an advance assessment for your specific academic background indicating you fulfil all academic entry requirements, you don't have to upload a self-assessment.
You can use the form on the programmes' individual admissions pages (under "self assessment (course match)".
As an example of a suitable, official course description, please see Principles of Financial Accounting
Official course descriptions must be issued by the university - for example from a course catalog or the university website. They can be copy/pasted with a link to their location online. Course descriptions that you have written yourself are not sufficient.
If we have made an advance assessment for your bachelor degree, you do not need to upload course descriptions for the obligatory courses.
You do not need to upload course descriptions for courses taken at CBS.
Have you passed, or are planning on passing, any other courses that are not a part of your bachelor degree but you think are relevant for your application?
You must upload official grade transcripts for the courses you have passed by the application deadline.
If you intend to pass courses, which are not part of your bachelor degree, before study start of the graduate programme you are applying for, you must upload documentation for enrolment in all the bachelor level courses in progress.
If you are not yet officially enrolled in the courses, you must upload a document that clearly states which courses you intend to pass before study start.
The documentation for courses that are not a part of your bachelor degree (passed courses or courses in progress) must include:
- Which university the course is taken at
- The course title
- The number of ECTS-points for the course
- Course description (if the course is not taken at CBS)
- When the course starts (if you have not yet passed the course)
- When you have passed the course / intend to pass the course
Qualifying supplementary courses
- There are specific rules for how many courses you can take and when you take them, please see the rules regarding supplementary courses.
- Registration for qualifying supplementary courses (or a list of the courses you intend to take) must be documented by the application deadline
- Qualifying supplementary courses must be passed before study start
3. Always for dispensees: if you do not fulfil the general entry requirement of having a bachelor degree (And will not be obtaining one before study start), you must include a personal statement in your application. Have a look at the individual programme's admission pages to find further information on the personal statement and being assessed as a dispensee. You are to write a personal statement for each programme you are applying for, however, if you are applying for more concentrations within the same programme you are only to write one personal statement.
Projects from Roskilde University and Aalborg University
Projects from RUC and AAU can be used to fulfil part of a academic entry requirement for some of CBS’ graduate programmes. A project cannot be used to fulfil the academic entry requirements for the MSc in EBA/ cand.merc. programme.
If the project builds upon relevant theory within the respective academic academic area, it can, in some cases, fulfil a smaller amount of ECTS-points in combination with a course in the respective area. A project alone can never fulfil an entire academic entry requirement.
It is CBS Admissions who determine if a project can fulfil part of a certain academic entry requirement or not.
A project that is not finished nor passed (i.e. does not appear on the grade transcript) by the application deadline will not be considered under any circumstances.
The following documentation is needed to assess a completed project:
- The table of contents
- The abstract
- The research question and problem justification
- The bibliography of the paper
Do not upload the following
We do not use CVs, GMAT tests or recommendation letters in your assessment.
The bachelor thesis or an internship cannot be used to fulfil the academic entry requirements or used as part of the selection criteria assessment for a programmes or a concentration.
You should therefore not upload your bachelor thesis or documentation on internship.