Copenhagen Business School runs 2 application rounds . Earlier rounds generally carry higher acceptance odds and earlier scholarship visibility.
| Round | Deadline |
|---|---|
| Non-EU/EEA deadline | 15 January 2027 |
| EU/EEA deadline | 1 March 2027 |
Dates are confirmed against the school's official admissions page.
What we checked, and when. Two applicant groups (non-EU 15 Jan · EU/EEA 1 Mar)
Frequently asked questions
Which Copenhagen Business School degree is the "Master in Management"?
CBS does not market a programme literally called "MSc in Management". The closest equivalent — and the degree most applicants searching for a CBS MiM are looking at — is the MSc in Economics and Business Administration, the Danish cand.merc., a two-year general-management master's offered across a dozen concentrations (General Management and Analytics, Strategy, Finance and Strategic Management, Management of Innovation and Business Development, and others). It is the entry point you apply to from abroad. CBS's CEMS Master in International Management is a selective one-year track studied on top of an eligible cand.merc — not a separate degree you apply to directly.
When are the CBS application deadlines?
CBS splits applicants into two groups. Group 2 — non-EU/EEA citizens who need a Danish student residence permit — must apply by 15 January, with the portal opening in mid-December. Group 1 — EU/EEA/Swiss citizens and others who do not need a residence permit — apply by 1 March, with the portal opening in mid-January. Both are for the late-August intake; there are no rolling rounds, so a missed deadline means waiting a full year. Always confirm the exact current-cycle dates on CBS's admission page.
How does the CEMS Master in International Management work at CBS?
CEMS is a one-year, globally-networked track you study alongside an eligible CBS cand.merc, not a standalone degree. You apply during your first semester at CBS; applications are scored on academic performance (80%), study abroad (10%) and work/volunteering abroad (10%), and the top 70 applicants are invited to an English assessment interview. CBS admits roughly 50 CEMS students a year. You need a bachelor GPA of at least 7.0 on the Danish scale and proficiency in three languages (English at minimum C1). CEMS adds a mandatory exchange semester at one of 33 partner schools, an international business project for a corporate client, an eight-week internship abroad, and joint CEMS certification with access to a 20,000-strong alumni network.
Sources
- CBS — Application and admission (master programmes): deadlines (non-EU/EEA 15 Jan · EU/EEA 1 Mar), tuition (EUR 8,000/semester for non-EU/EEA), no GMAT/GRE — all re-confirmed. SCOPE CHECKED 2026-09-03: this is a school-wide page, and the deadlines section ("Deadlines and key dates", under "Step 3: How to apply") states that these dates apply to ALL CBS master programmes, split by applicant group rather than by programme — the only exception it names is the MSc in Business Administration and Digital Business, which additionally runs a winter round closing 15 October. So the school-wide dates ARE this programme's dates. SELECTION CHECKED 2026-09-04: the same page states the selection rule, quoted — "The selection process does not include a minimum requirement, and there is no minimum grade point average because we do not focus solely on grades", with the assessment resting on courses passed within relevant subject areas, grades in those areas, and personal statements for the programmes that require them; and "Standardised tests like GMAT or GRE...are not required for admission to a master programme at CBS, and they are not part of the assessment." No points table, no weighting and no ranking arithmetic is published. SELECTION CHECKED again 2026-09-11 (P24e) and reproduced twice on the same page: under "What doesn't matter" CBS lists, among the things that "are not relevant in the selection process and are not used during our assessment", "Standardised tests like GMAT or GRE"; and under its own heading, "GMAT or GRE results — These tests are not required for admission to a master programme at CBS, and they are not part of the assessment." The no-minimum-GPA rule reproduces too: "The selection process does not include a minimum requirement, and there is no minimum grade point average because we do not focus solely on grades. You are compared with all other applicants who fulfil the entry requirements for the programme you are applying for." Also on the list of what is not assessed: a CV, work experience, recommendation letters from professors or employers, academic internships, and the bachelor project ↗ — Copenhagen Business School
- CBS — CEMS Master in International Management: programme & eligible MScs ↗ — Copenhagen Business School
- CBS — CEMS MIM admission (80/10/10 weighting, top-70 interview, GPA 7.0, three languages) ↗ — Copenhagen Business School
- CEMS Global Alliance — academic members ↗ — CEMS
- CBS — Legal claim (retskrav). SELECTION CHECKED 2026-09-04, and it corrects a claim this site carried in the other direction. Quoted: "You have a legal claim to be enrolled in the master programme that is the natural progression from your bachelor's degree from CBS if you apply within three years"; "You cannot be enrolled in your legal claim programme without applying for it. This means that you must list it as one of your three priorities"; "If you accept a place in the master programme that is the natural progression from your bachelor's degree, you have used your legal claim. If you decline the offer, you have not used your legal claim"; and, for applicants without one, "You are not guaranteed admission" because "all master programmes at CBS have a limited number of places." The published list maps HA almen erhvervsøkonomi, HA i europæisk business, HA i projektledelse, HA(fil.), the BSc in Business Administration and Service Management, the BSc in International Business and the BSc in International Shipping and Trade (to 2028) to the MSc in Economics and Business Administration in GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND ANALYTICS; HA(mat.) maps to cand.merc.(mat.). So exactly one cand.merc. concentration is a legal-claim destination — not none, which is what /blog/copenhagen-mim-admission-requirements said before 2026-09-04, and not "any Danish bachelor", which is what this profile said ↗ — Copenhagen Business School