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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Copenhagen Business School

  • Program Basics

      • CBS Executive MBA program
      • Copenhagen Business School
      • Porcelaenshaven 22
      • Frederiksberg, 2000
      • Denmark
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 25

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $70,000.00
      • Non Resident: $73,500.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Association of MBAs (AMBA)
        • EQUIS

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 8,400
      • Full-Time MBA: 50
      • Part-Time MBA: 127
      • Executive MBA: 220
      • PhD Program: 202
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 9,959
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, Master of Finance, Other, Master of Human Resources, Master of Marketing, Master of International Management/Business

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? We test using the numerial and verbal part of the international test called: SHL test as the alternative to the GMAT test

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 0 (option: 0) 570

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 0 (option: 0) 600
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $0.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 70
      • Applicants accepted: 55 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 90 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 70 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 20 %
      • International: 20 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 10 %
      • Europe: 80 %
      • North America: 5 %
      • Dual citizenship: 5 %
      • Average months of work experience: 204

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 110
      • To: 170
      • Average age: 40

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 34
      • To: 45

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 70 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 20 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 24 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 15 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 15 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 14 %
      • Finance/Accounting 10 %
      • General Management : 17 %
      • Human Resources: 10 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 10 %
      • Management Information Systems : 14 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 17 %
      • Other: 7 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 7 %
      • Consumer Products: 17 %
      • Financial Services: 10 %
      • Government: 7 %
      • Manufacturing: 3 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 3 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 17 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 14 %
      • Other: 21 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Nordea
      • AP Moller Maersk
      • TDC
      • Public/governmental institutions
      • Nokia

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 0 %
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 0
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 1,278

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 333
      • Non-Tenured: 154

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 791

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 90
      • Non-Tenured: 273

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 83
      • Non-Tenured: 447

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 307
      • Non-Tenured: 194

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: Study tour to Chicago, US. Marketing sessions taking place at Kellogs BS and field research and company visits made in connection with international marketing project
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? No
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? No
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 15

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 45 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 20 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 30
      • Elective courses: 0

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 10
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 15
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2007
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Finance, International Business, Leadership, Marketing, Strategy

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
      • All classes must have been passed following hand in of a project which is graded or passing an either oral or written exam.
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2007

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: New Learning Management System (CBS Learn) to replace existing system (SiteScape). New integrated online information search system (LIBSEARCH) giving students and faculty access to more than 250 mio. information ressources (books, journals, dissertations, papers, etc.)
      • Amount spent: $3,000,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,075
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 2
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 0
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $0.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $0.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $5,100,000.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • University alumni networking site: http://www.cbs.dk/en/For-Companies/Alumni/Alumni-Forum
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.cbs.dk/en/For-Companies/Alumni/Alumni-Forum
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do EMBAs have access to career services? No
      • Does the school allow its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs? Yes
      • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: No policy but we do not participate in arranging recruitment fairs/events for EMBA students as all of them are company sponsored

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: The Executive MBA program is a part-time general management program with class participation twice a month, on Fridays and Saturdays. The flexibility has been added to enable participants to gain general management knowledge and to increase their capacity to lead in their organizations while still being able to having a full time job and a family.

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