MSc in Business Administration and Information Systems

1. English Language Requirement

The programme requires English at Danish level B passed with min 6.0 on the Danish grading scale, and only the qualifications listed on the English level B page are accepted as alternative fulfilment.

The English language requirement must be fulfilled by the application deadline.

2. Academic Requirements

The MSc in Business Administration & Information Systems is the natural progression for the BA in Information Management from CBS and the HA(it.) / HA(dat.) from CBS.

Applicants who do not have one of the above-mentioned bachelor degree can also be qualified for the programme if the academic areas listed below are covered in full and as prescribed (together with the general entry requirements and the language requirement). Your educational background will be subject to an overall individual assessment in order to establish if the following academic requirements are met:

How to find out if you fulfil the academic requirements

CBS Admissions cannot pre-assess your qualifications ahead of the application round.

We have already assessed a number of bachelor degrees, you will find them all in the list of advance assessments.

To find out if you qualify, you can do the following:

1. Check the advance assessments: see below if we have already published an advance assessment for your bachelor degree.
2. Self-assessment: if your bachelor degree is not listed in the advance assessments below, you can make your own self-assessment using the self-assessment form further down.

Advance Assessments

The following advance assessments are only valid for:

• the 2025 admission round
• applicants whose bachelor degree exactly matches the university, degree title and enrolment year listed

If your degree is not on the list with the year of your enrolment, then we do not have an advance assessment for you to use, and you should compare your qualifications with the academic entry requirements listed above.

What is included in the advance assessment?
The advance assessments are based on the obligatory courses as listed in the programme regulations.

If you have obligatory courses that have been credit transferred from elsewhere, we will not use the advance assessment and will instead assess your courses using the available documentation.

If you have electives, we will assess these in addition to the obligatory courses.

Categories
The advance assessments are grouped into 3 different categories:

• Qualifying bachelor degrees: Your obligatory courses fulfil the academic requirements.
• Potentially qualifying bachelor degrees: Your obligatory courses do not fully cover the academic requirements. You will therefore need to either choose relevant electives or take supplementary qualifying courses to fulfil the requirements.
  Read more about how to qualify on Are you qualified?
• Non-qualifying bachelor degrees: Your obligatory courses do not fulfil the academic entry requirements and it is unlikely that elective courses and/or taking supplementary qualifying courses will help you to fulfil the requirements in full.

Your bachelor degree may be listed in different categories for different enrolment years.

Please note: Fulfilment of the entry requirements does not guarantee admission.

SELF-ASSESSMENT (COURSE MATCH)

If your bachelor degree is not listed above, you can make your own self-assessment using the self-assessment form.

The form can give you an overview of your undergraduate courses from both your bachelor degree and any supplementary courses you may have finished outside of your bachelor degree. It is a tool for you to match your courses with the academic requirements for the programme.

You can include courses you have already passed, courses you are currently taking, and courses you plan to take in the summer.

You can also use the self-assessment form to show how you fulfil the missing entry requirements, if your bachelor degree has an advance assessment showing that it does not fulfil all the academic entry requirements. If this is the case, you only need to fill out the form showing which courses outside of your mandatory courses make up the shortfall (for example, electives, exchange or supplementary courses).

Make sure to download the form and save it on your computer.

Self-assessment form

SELECTION CRITERIA

The programme has a limited number of places and admission is competitive. Only applicants fulfilling the entry requirements are considered qualified and will be considered in the selection process.

If there are more qualified applicants than places available at the programme, a selection process will take place where applicants are selected according to an overall assessment of the educational background at bachelor level, with focus on relevant courses and grades.

The following factors are of specific importance:

• Broad and in-depth knowledge as well as grades within the academic areas constituting the academic requirements
• Relevance of educational background, international experience and knowledge of computer science and programming, as given in a personal statement*

STATISTICS ON ADMISSION

In our statistics on admission you can find information about the number of applicants for the programme in previous admission rounds as well as the number of places.

See our statistics on admission