Studystart

Welcome to BSc IBP

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.

And remember to follow  us on instagram and Facebook. You can find the links to it in the bottom of the page. 

Welcome from your guides

Welcome to CBS and to International Business and Politics! 

First and foremost, we want to congratulate you all on getting in. We are sure you will love it just as much as we do and will do our best to get you off to a great start. Finally, the wait is coming to an end, and we are over the moon about meeting you and bringing this intro-week into the world. 

We have prepared a fun, academic and action-packed programme for the introduction week that will take place in week 35, which we are looking forward to sharing with you. Participating in the introweek gives many students at IBP a solid foundation for the coming three years, setting you off to a great start socially as well as academically. 

We hope to see you all there! 

With kind and excited regards,

Ida Mollerup & Magnus Ankjaer (IBP Study Start Coordinators 2024)

Welcome from Programme Director

You are now university students. Expect to be challenged intellectually and socially. Your formal studies are meant to challenge you. This is especially the case for IBP, where you will develop social science analytical skills that move across a range of fields. It’s a lot to take in. Be curious. Do the readings. Know that if you have a feeling of being a little out of your depth then that’s perfectly normal. Others feel the same, so talk to your peers. That leads us to the social challenge. There is no ‘bell curve’ grading in IBP, so your victories are not based on others’ defeat. Be nice. Make friends and learn from each other. Talk to your Mentors.  

We know what kinds of jobs IBP students have after their studies. They are consultants and policy professionals, among other roles. They have highly developed interdisciplinary analytical skills. They know how to search for knowledge and how to process it. They can ‘zoom out’ to explore the context and ‘zoom in’ to provide solutions. These are the skills you’ll acquire in the coming years, as well as adopting the Nordic Nine values that place a premium on broad analytical skills, critical thinking, and global connections. Welcome to IBP. 

Len Seabrooke

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: There is no need to bring anything except clothes good for the weather and a water bottle 

  • 9:00 – 12:00 – We meet at the entrance to Frederiksberg Have at Frederiksberg Runddel, 2000 Frederiksberg. Here you will be welcomed by some of the tutors and guided to your intro group where you will spend the first few hours getting to know your first peers and friends. Here we will do different exercises and activities, having fun in the sun (hopefully) and enjoying ourselves, breaking down barriers. After we take a photo of the new generation of IBP after which we will walk to CBS together. 
  • 12:00 – 12:30 – Lunch break (we provide) 
  • 12:30 – 15:00 – Room SP205, Solbjerg Plads, 2000 Frederiksberg. Students can sit back and take in different information that might answer all of your pressing questions, or maybe just some of them. Ida and Magnus and the tutor team present themselves. The IBP Union will introduce itself along with the mentors. Then, we will have the Semester 1 professors give a short intro speech about their courses. They will have a short presentation + time for Q&A if need be and questions arise. Our lovely programme director Leonard will also introduce what this study program actually entails and who we are. IT presentation will be covered. Of course you will also have breaks and chances to get some fresh air in between.  
  • 15:15 – 16:00 – New in Copenhagen seminar. For anyone with questions, be they large or small, about life in Denmark, life in Copenhagen or anything practical as well as cultural, this will be the time to get an answer to some of them. 
  • 18-? – Tutor dinners. The tutor pairs will host a cozy dinner for all students within their new study start groups. You will receive more info on this. This is a great opportunity to get to know each other better and experience some good danish “hygge”.

Tuesday,
27 August
2024

Practical information: There is no need to bring anything except lunch, clothes good for the weather.

  • 9:00 – 11:00  – We meet at Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg. There will be tutors outside, otherwise we meet at SP s10 KPMG, where alumnis will be presenting what they deem important for a new generation of students. This works to motivate students with their different successes, but also demystifying IBP carreers and relaxing anxiousness by telling about doubt, bumps along the way and what it means to live in this study program and the following years.  
  • 11:15 – 12:45 – We will get activated by a little treasure hunt: your tutors will tell you where to meet in different groups after the alumni talks. The new students will have what is more like a guided tour around the different important location for their upcoming semesters and some fun semi-academic activities will be lined up throughout the exercise. 
  • 12:45-14:00 – Lunch break – lunch is not provided. 
  • 14:00 – TOUR DE CPH: You will meet at different locations in different teams, but this will all be provided to you in the week. Meet new people, meet Copenhagen. New students will walk around Cph to different posts, where tutors will have fun activities ready for you to work together with your new group. 

Wednesday,
28 August
2024

No activities.

Thursday, 29 August
2024

Practical information: Bring clothes good for the weather and lunch.

  • 9:00 – 11:00 – We meet at Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, at SP205 where a couple of Politicians will come around and bring the politics to International Business and Politics. Many students in this programme are super interested in the society we live in, and we want to nurture this interest. By seeing to political actors live in a friendly debate-esque setting combined with a friendly chat about the political life, the students will get a sense of what this side of IBP is, including Political Science course which is a big part of the first semester. There will also be time for QnA so you can get to ask personal question to these amazing people. 
  • 11:00 – 11:30 – Travelling time to Kongens Have 
  • 11:30 – 12:00 – Meet at Kongens Have, find your group and have a lunch break – lunch is not provided. 
  • 12:00 – 14:30 – The tradition, IBP Olympics! This is a great deal of fun, letting all the new student participate in a diverse pool of fun activities to enjoy a fantastic end to the 3rd day of the intro week. This has a habit of being an amazing activity for new students, and will probably be nothing less this time around. The rest of the information will be given when need be.
  • 14:30-15:15 – Break – travelling time to get to Solbjerg Plads (SP205) again 
  • 15:15 – 16:30 – Last, but not least, is the IBP Intro Week Award Show. Which study start group will get to go home with the prestigeous trophy this year?

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 14 study start guides who just finished their first year at IBP. We all had an absolutely incredible week last year, and have done everything possible to arrange the perfect intro week, setting you guys off to three of the best years of your life.  
 
Hopefully you are as excited about week 35 as us. We are counting down the days, and cannot wait to meet all of you. Make sure to join the Facebook group and follow along on Instagram – we will post more info on these platforms and among other things you will be able to get to know us study start guides a bit more… See you soon!

BSc IBP social media

Facebook: BSc. International Business and Politics 2024-2027
Instagram: Ibpintro24 

Contact information

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

Magnus Ankjaer 
Phone: +45 21 81 22 95 
Email: maan23ad@student.cbs.dk

Ida Mollerup  
Phone: +45 40 56 77 15 
Email: idmo23ac@student.cbs.dk

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

Programme Manager: Helle Bunde, hbu.stu@cbs.dk
Programme Director: Leonard Seabrooke, lse.ioa@cbs.dk