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1917
"Handelshøjskolen i København" is established
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1920
Handelshøjskolen offers the first diploma programme
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1921
Launch of the first language programmes
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1922
Handelshøjskolen becomes a separate institution
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1923
Diploma programmes in banking and insurance are established
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1924
Handelshøjskolen starts offering daytime courses
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1926
Government approval and state funding
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1929
The Master's Thesis is introduced
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1930
Under one roof at Julius Thomsens Plads
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1931
The first department
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1933
Handelshøjskolen consolidates its position as an institution of higher education
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1936
The first two professors at Handelshøjskolen
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1938
New director of Handelshøjskolen
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1939
From science of commerce to business administration
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1947
The director of Handelshøjskolen goes to America
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1950
First Handelshøjskolen scholar in America under the Marshall Plan
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1951
Handelshøjskolen becomes subject to Danish legislation
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1953
First American Fulbright visiting professor at Handelshøjskolen
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1955
Handelshøjskolen appoints the first professor of business languages
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1957
The director becomes the rector
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1959
Ministerial order on a postgraduate degree in business and economics
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1961
Full state funding of Handelshøjskolen
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1964
Major study reform introduces a new master programme
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1964
Business languages are upgraded with a master degree
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1965
Handelshøjskolen becomes independent
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1971
The establishment of the Department of Management Research
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1975
A new democratic governance structure takes effect
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1979
Rector Lauge Stetting steps down in protest against scarce resources
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1984
Handelshøjskolen branches out
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1985
First full-scale English-taught programme is launched
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1987
Finn Junge-Jensen becomes rector of Handelshøjskolen
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1988
Handelshøjskolen adds the designation ‘Copenhagen Business School’
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1989
The first multi-national research collaboration is established with several international universities
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1989
Handelshøjskolen appoints the first female professor
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1990
Handelshøjskolen joins the Community of European Management Schools
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1991
The continuing education area is growing
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1994
Handelshøjskolen launches its first post-graduate MBA programme
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1995
Two programmes increase the diversity of Handelshøjskolen’s programme portfolio
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2000
Inauguration of Solbjerg Plads
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2003
New University Act changes the structure of Handelshøjskolen
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2005
Launch of the tri-continental GLOBE programme
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2007
Change in organisational structure: one amalgamated faculty
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2011
Copenhagen Business School obtains the Triple Crown
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2011
The President and the Chairman of the Board leave Copenhagen Business School
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2012
Copenhagen Business School appoints a new president and presents a new strategy
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2017
CBS’ annual reports through a hundred years
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2017
Copenhagen Business School celebrates its first centenary
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Future
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Future
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Future
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Future
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