For the students by the students · All you need to know about CBS We made this: R.U.S.H. is published by: CBS Students Solbjerg Plads 3 2000 Frederiksberg Phone: 38 15 39 00 www.cbsstudents.dk DISTRIBUTION: CBS Students LAYOUT AND PRINT: 17 COORDINATOR: Sussi Jensen PHOTOS: Martina Zemanová Daiana Contini Alessandro Ronchi Nicolas Piepenstock CBS Istockphoto.com FRONT PAGE PHOTO: Martina Zemanová ILLUSTRATIONS: Bo Secher ISBN: 978-87-994660-9-2 COPYRIGHT 2018: 48 CBS Students at Copenhagen Business School in Copenhagen. Reproduction of written material is only allowed with a clear reference of the source. It is not permitted to reproduce any of the images from R.U.S.H. WITH SUPPORT FROM: Copenhagen Business School and SL Fonden EDITORS: p Cecilie Jørgensen, Stud. Business, Asian Language and Culture Mette Skov Møller, Stud. Business Administration and Sociology (Project Manager) Karol Barzyk, Stud. Information Management Helene Schulz, Stud. Business, Asian Language and Culture Ida Jacobsen, Stud. English and Organizational Communcation R.U.S.H. · 2018 Table of content INTRODUCTION Welcome from the presidency 5 President’s welcome 7 The intro weeks of CBS 8 Advice from current students: Intro 8 STUDYING AT CBS – ACADEMIC LIFE 10 tips on studying 11 34 Study spots at CBS 12 Who are the CBS students? 13 There is lots of help to be found 15 STUDYING AT CBS – BACHELOR STUDENTS Adapting to University life 17 I’m in! And now what? 18 Just take it easy 19 Exam season starts 20 Student jobs 22 Student jobs - volunteering 23 STUDYING AT CBS – GRADUATE STUDENTS Being a CBS Master student 24 Advice from current students: Being a Master student 25 Studying at CBS – a unique experience 26 EDITORS: p Cecilie Jørgensen, Stud. Business, Asian Language and Culture Mette Skov Møller, Stud. Business Administration and Sociology (Project Manager) Karol Barzyk, Stud. Information Management Helene Schulz, Stud. 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CBS Students – YOUR student organization at CBS 33 We wish you all the best and hope you will enjoy studying here as much Interested in knowing what your student 34 as we do! organization does for YOU? Keep reading! Join CBS Students 35 How to volunteer 35 What DOES CBS Students actually do? 36 My path to CBS Students 37 a Board experience 38 CBS students running the facilities at CBS 39 Cafe Nexus 41 Spisestuerne - your university canteen 43 CBS Students Print 45 Nexus is the centre of student life, where students CBS Collection 46 across study programs, ages and nationalities meet; Changing the world through student engagement! 48 for the best coffee on campus, a cold beer or to party on Thursday evenings year-round. We look forward to welcoming you in the most recognized student cafe, Best wishes, bar & club, in Copenhagen. STUDENT LIFE f The importance of feedback 49 Every morning, we treat you with an Early Bird discount and your active participation until 9:30 so you can get a large coffee for a small price! Mette Skov Møller You’ve got the power! 50 Monday to Friday, we serve soft drinks, long drinks, Project Manager, R.U.S.H. Magazine National political engagement 51 beer, snacks, and ice cream until 18:00. BSc. Business Administration and Sociology Student Influence is won, not given 52 Love Quiz Nights? Or Play Board Games? Diversity at CBS 53 During the week, Nexus offers a huge range of student The Study Board – manage your program! 54 driven activities – quiz nights, live student bands, games, beer pong and more. If you have a great idea for a fun Student Society Day 55 night at Nexus just write to: [email protected] so we Social life at CBS 56 can help make it happen! Join a student organization 58 e Get to know your new home 64 Every ThursdayMap At Nexus66 BEST COFFEE ON CAMPUS CBS Students’ Club Night SKIP THE QUEUE, GET A NESPRESSO CARD LOYALTY DISCOUNT CARD FOR COFFEE LOVERS Self-Serve Americano, Espresso or Lungo in the coffee Love a Latte, Americano, Cappuccino or Iced Coffee? For every large automat in Nexus. coffee you buy, we clip your card and you get the 10th coffee free. FOR THE STUDENTS BY THE STUDENTS Cafe Nexus is fully owned by CBS Students, your Student Union, R.U.S.H. · 2018 so any profit generated goes to create even more fun events in Nexus! Annonce_RUSH_420x297mm_2018.indd 1 02/05/2018 13.54 Welcome to CBS Enjoy the Experience Carlsberg is a central part of your study life at CBS – from support to research, sponsoring student activities, to social life on campus. We congratulate you with now being a student at CBS! See you on campus. INTRO WELCOME FROM THE PRESIDENCY Congratulations - Copenhagen Business School has accepted your application and you are now a student at one of the best business schools in the world. We have the honor of welcoming you to the coming best years of your life. Dear student, we want to welcome you to Copenhagen Business School! The mention that you will get a degree from one of the best business schools in next years to come will be some of the best and most exciting in your life. the world. CBS is an incredible, big, and sometimes even confusing institution. However, in this book we try to give you the best overview of what to expect and we With nearly 23.000 students and more than 100 student organizations there share many of the things we find important at the beginning of your studies. is always something going on. Therefore you will always have the opportu- nity to engage in something, rather than just reading your books at home. We are the student union at CBS - CBS Students. Our vision is to make CBS the best place for us - the students - both academically and socially. Every Make sure to enjoy the coming weeks during your intro period and don’t miss day many volunteers spend time getting CBS one step closer to this vision, out on the semester start party that we are hosting on the 6th of September which is why we can safely state that we are for the students by the students. to get to know your fellow students. CBS Students is actively involved in almost everything at CBS. We help or- We look forward to seeing you on your first day at CBS. Once again, wel- ganize your intro period, run and own our own café and canteen on campus, come, and make sure to get the best out of all the opportunities you have meet up with the CBS president and management on a regular basis, and our during your time at CBS! study board members make sure you get the education you wish for! Just to mention a few examples.