Studystart

Welcome to BSc IB

On this page, you can find the full programme for the introduction week at your study programme, as well as contact information and links to social media.

Remember to keep yourself up to date as changes may occur up until the introduction week.

Welcome from your guides

Welcome to CBS and to International Business!

First and foremost, we want to congratulate you on getting accepted. We have put together a fun, engaging, and academic schedule for the introduction week. We strongly encourage you to participate in the introduction week, as it will provide you with a strong social and academic foundation for your studies at IB.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

With kind and excited regards,

Frida Møller & Patrick Thimm
Studiestartskoordinatorer, BSc IB

Welcome from Programme Director

Congratulations and welcome to the International Business (IB) programme. It is both an honor and a privilege for me to welcome you to this amazing community, the IB family. I look forward to engaging with you in various ways throughout the years studying IB and later as proud alumni. Faculty and staff are also looking forward to talking to you and interacting with you during classes as well as in various events, both social and academic. At IB, we are a tight knit family. You will make friends here who will be a part of your life for a long time, with those friendships extending to those who have joined before and those who will come after you. In fact, we intentionally want and strive for you to have room in your schedules to develop relationships. If you don’t take the time to get to know someone different than who you are, you have missed the IB experience.

At the IB program, we strive to provide education that addresses the challenges posed by the shifting social, legal, economic, political, and technological conditions in the global setting and allows the students to emerge better prepared to cope with the forces that govern today’s world. The past years have demonstrated how the world can change in an instant. It has also showed the significance of research and universities in solving global crises, with research-based knowledge needed now more than ever. Our curriculum is rigorous and provides the opportunity to learn the business environment while equipping you with skills to analyze the market and meet business challenges in the global society. It contains a variety of courses and learning styles and components that reinforce and build upon each other, and, subsequently, advance students along an effective path towards the desired outcome of being able to engage in multidisciplinary and integrated decision making in IB settings.

Once again, I wish you a warm welcome, and a wonderful and fruitful student life in the IB program.

Bersant Hobdari
Programme Director

Programme for the introduction week

Activities at CBS will appear in your schedule, which you will find at calendar.cbs.dk. Please be aware that the below programme may differ slightly from calendar.cbs.dk, as it shows the room booking timeslots. It is the timeslots in the programme below that you must follow.

Activities outside CBS, e.g. social events, will not appear in your schedule, but only in the programme below.

Monday,
26 August
2024

Practical information: No need to bring anything except clothes fit for the weather.

  • 8:00 – 09:30 – We meet at Frederiksberg Have by Porcelænshaven 18, 2000 Frederiksberg. Here you will be greeted at the entrance by your tutors, and you will be divided into smaller groups. We will conduct smaller exercises and activities, so you get a great start at IB. We will share locations on our social media.
  • 9.45 – 11.40 – Introduction to International Business and to CBS. You will be introduced to IB, your study start guides and the intro-week programme before lunch is served at Solbjerg Plads.
  • 11.40 – 12:25 – Lunch break
  • 12.30 – 16.00 – Social games at Frederiksberg Have. We will initiate social games meant to bring you closer to your new fellow students at IB. Students will interact with each other and relationships will begin to take form.
  • 18.00 – 00.00 – Dinner at Tutors. We will finish the first day of with dinners at tutors’ places, where dinner will be served alongside some fun and cozy games. The dinner is a great opportunity for all new students to socialize and get to know each other in a safe and including environment.

Tuesday,
27 August
2024

Practical information: No need to bring anything except clothes fit for the weather and activities

  • 9:30 – 12:30 – Olympic themed team building games at Fælledparken. We meet at Trianglen St., 2100 København Ø. We will begin the day with some light team building competitions and activities. Students will get a great opportunity to work together in teams and have a great time!
  • 12.30 – 13.15 – Lunch at Fælledparken.
  • 13.30 – 15.45 – Academic and useful presentations in room SP202 (Accenture), Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg. The students will have the possibility to sit back and listen to some great presentations planned to create the best possible start at IB. First, the students will hear about how to study at CBS and learn more about the first courses. This is followed by an introduction to their mentors, Student Hub, and IT.
  • 16.00 – 17.00 – Presentation and introduction for international students. Room SP202 (Accenture), Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg. To finish off day 2 will the international study start guides provide a presentation and guidance on moving to Denmark and studying at CBS. We encourage all international students to participate.

Wednesday,
28 August
2024

No activities.

Thursday, 29 August
2024

Practical information: No need to bring anything except clothes fit for the weather

  • 9:00 – 11:45 – Academic and social life presentations in room SP202 (Accenture), Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg. The new students will first learn about exchange, internship and TREBLE, followed by student organizations and finished off with a Q&A session.
  • 12.00 – 16.00 – CBS/CPH Challenge. The students will embark on a journey throughout CBS’ campuses and the center of Copenhagen, while solving some fun and including challenges. The CBS/CPH Challenge has become a tradition at IB, introducing the new students to CBS and Copenhagen while connecting the. new students.

Friday,
30 August
2024

The Kick Off

Place and time: See your schedule for the day via CBS Calendar. Your personal timetable will be available 9 August, at the latest. You can find the guide to Calendar in an FAQ, to the left when you are logged in. Go to Calendar.

The programme for the day is as follows: 

  • 10.00-10.30: Light breakfast with students from your programme at Solbjerg Plads 
  • 10:30-11:00: Welcome speech from CBS President Peter Møllgaard 
  • 11.00-12.00 How is Nordic Nine used in your programme? 
  • 12.00-14.00: Nordic Nine Fair + food trucks with delicious lunch 
  • 15.00-16.00: Football tournament organised by CBS Students and CBS Sports. SIGN UP HERE.
  • 16.00-22.00: Semester start party at Solbjerg Plads 
Read more about the Kick Off

The Kick Off is the last day of intro and your first day as an bachelor student. Here you will get to know your fellow students better – both academically and socially –  and learn more about student life with the nine competences that run like a common thread throughout your studies at CBS. The Kick Off ends with a semester start party for all students! 

The theme for the day is Nordic Nine, which are the nine competences that are the most important skills – besides the learning from your programme – you achieve while at CBS. With Nordic Nine, CBS wants to inspire you to help solve society’s challenges with consideration for yourself, for others and for the planet. At the Nordic Nine Fair, you can talk to other students, teachers and representatives from the business world about how Nordic Nine can be used in practice and help make your education something extraordinary. 

We will provide delicious meals from food trucks and good company. If you want to play football in the afternoon, you can sign up, and otherwise you can cheer with the others before the Semester Start Celebration with live music and DJ. 

14 August
25 August, 2024

International Student? 

Every year, right before the study start, CBS hosts two welcome events for new international students:

Wednesday, 14 August: Online pre-arrival seminar 

Join CBS for an online seminar to help you get settled in Denmark and at CBS. You will get information and tips about registration with the authorities, housing, living in Denmark and much more.

Sunday, 25 August: Welcome event 

On this day you will get essential practical, academic and cultural information to assist you in your transition to CBS and Copenhagen. 

Please note that you need to sign up for both events.

Meet your study start guides

We are an amazing group of 23 study start guides who just finished the first year at IB. Last year’s introduction week was an incredible experience, and we’ve done everything we can to create the perfect intro week to kick off what will be three amazing years for you.

We hope you’re as excited about week 35 as we are — maybe a bit nervous, but mostly thrilled to join in. We’re eagerly counting down the days and can’t wait to meet each and every one of you. See you soon!

BSc IB social media

Facebook: BSc in International Business ’27
Instagram: Ibintro24 

Contact information

If you have any questions about the introduction week, feel free to reach out to your study start coordinators.

Patrick Thimm
Phone: +45 27 82 84 25

Frida Møller
Phone: +45 23 34 60 10

If you have questions concerning your study programme, you can also contact the programme management:

Programme Manager: Pascale Florentsen, pf.stu@cbs.dk or +45 38 15 27 61
Programme Director: Bersant Hobdari, bh.int@cbs.dk or +45 38 15 25 18