BSc in Business Administration and Service Management

About the course

A three-year (180 ECTS) English-taught degree combining business economics with service-sector studies (about 50% economics and mathematics), with a specialisation in Culture and Tourism, Managing Digital Services or Service Innovation. Teaching mixes whole-year lectures, smaller exercise classes and group work on compulsory projects, assessed by sit-in exams, projects and oral exams.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• CBS publishes no specific assessment of the Irish Leaving Certificate. It says that where your grades cannot be converted to the Danish scale you can only be assessed in Quota 2. You must show that your subjects meet the Danish level requirements, so take the relevant subjects at Higher Level and confirm how CBS maps them with CBS admissions. CAO points do not apply.
• Specific requirements: English level B (minimum 6.0 on the Danish scale), Mathematics level B, and History, Social Studies or International Economics at level B (CBS’s admission page also accepts History of Ideas or Contemporary History). Quota 2 selection looks at your motivational essay, relevant extra-curricular activities and your general grade level in the required subjects.
• English: CBS also requires English level A for its English-taught programmes. It accepts completion of your entire upper secondary education in Ireland (among other listed countries) if you were taught entirely in English for at least three years, so a Leaving Cert taken through English should meet this without IELTS or TOEFL. Students from Irish-medium schools should check with CBS.

How to apply

1. Check your subjectsIn 5th and 6th Year, take English, Maths and History or a similar subject, ideally at Higher Level, to cover the level B requirements.
2. Apply on optagelse.dkCreate an application and list the programme among your up to 8 priorities before 15 March 2027 at 12:00 noon Danish time (Quota 2).
3. Upload Quota 2 documentsSubmit your motivational essay, evidence of activities, your school results and the documentation CBS asks for showing how your subjects meet the entry requirements.
4. Send final resultsUpload your final Leaving Cert results as CBS asks. CBS’s documentation deadline is 5 July at 12:00, before Irish results are issued, so agree the arrangement with CBS admissions in advance.

Costs

• CBS states that EU/EEA and Swiss citizens pay no tuition fees, so Irish citizens pay nothing. Application and tuition fees apply only to non-EU/EEA citizens. You pay your own living costs in Copenhagen, which are high.

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