Copenhagen Business School
Handelshøjskolen i København | |
| Motto | Where University Means Business |
|---|---|
| Type | Public University |
| Established | 1917 |
| Budget | Funding DKK 1.357 billion |
| Chairman | Torben Möger Pedersen |
| President | Peter Møllgaard |
| Dean | Søren Hvidkjær and Gregor Halff |
| Director | Kirsten Winther Jørgensen |
Academic staff | 675 (full time), 774 (part time) |
Administrative staff | 675 |
| Students | 19,708 (3,984 foreign students) |
| 224 | |
| Location | , Denmark 55°40′53.85″N 12°31′47.04″E / 55.6816250°N 12.5297333°E |
| Campus | Solbjerg Plads (primary), Dalgas Have, Kilen (The Wedge) Flintholm and Porcelænshaven |
| Colors | CBS Blue |
| Affiliations | EQUIS AACSB AMBA CEMS PIM |
| Website | www |
Copenhagen Business School (Danish: Handelshøjskolen i København), often abbreviated and referred to as CBS (also in Danish), is a public university situated in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1917, It is considered and ranked as one of the most prestigious business schools in Western Europe and the world.
CBS offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programmes within business, typically with an interdisciplinary and international focus. It is accredited by EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System), AMBA (Association of MBAs), as well as AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), making it one of the few schools worldwide to hold the "triple-crown" accreditation, and along with Aarhus University, School of Business and Social Sciences, the only two in Denmark.
Since the Danish Universities Act of 2003, CBS has had a board of directors with an external majority. The Board of Directors appoints the President of CBS, who is currently Peter Møllgaard.