Tuition for the Copenhagen Business School Master in Management is Free (EU/EEA) · DKK 240,000 / ~€32,000 total (non-EU/EEA) for the 24 months program.
| Total tuition | Free (EU/EEA) · DKK 240,000 / ~€32,000 total (non-EU/EEA) |
|---|---|
| Tuition (numeric) | Free (EU/EEA) |
| Program length | 24 months |
Tuition figures are the published rate for the 2026–27 cycle and exclude living costs, travel, and optional exchange fees. Scholarships and need-based aid can materially reduce the net cost — see the FAQs below.
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.
How much does the CBS cand.merc cost?
Tuition is free for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland — Denmark does not charge tuition to students from these countries. Non-EU/EEA students pay EUR 8,000 per semester (DKK 60,000), which is EUR 16,000 per year and roughly EUR 32,000 (DKK 240,000) over the full two-year programme. Living costs in Copenhagen are high — budget around DKK 9,000–12,000 per month for rent, food and transport. Even at the fee-paying rate the cand.merc is cheaper than most two-year MiMs at HEC Paris or Bocconi.
What is CBS known for, and where do graduates work?
Founded in 1917, CBS is one of Europe's largest business schools and holds the "triple crown" of AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA accreditation. It is deeply embedded in the Nordic and Northern-European economy: graduates move into management consulting, finance, technology and the strategy functions of large Danish and Scandinavian corporates — shipping, pharmaceuticals, renewables and consumer goods are Denmark's signature sectors. CBS does not publish a Financial-Times-style weighted salary figure for the cand.merc, so we don't quote one; confirm current outcomes with CBS Career Services and the programme page.
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