Global Alliance in Management Education

CEMS Master's in International Management (CEMS MIM) is a one-year degree program for a select group of students at the member institutions, taught jointly by CEMS business schools and universities. Created in 1988 by founding members from the University of Cologne, HEC Paris, ESADE and the Università Bocconi, it was the first supra-national MSc.[2] The aim of CEMS is to develop knowledge and provide education that is essential in the multilingual, multicultural and interconnected business world. [3]

The MIM Programme consists of three terms: two academic terms and one internship term. The two academic terms must be consecutive, while the internship term can take place at any time during the graduate period of studies. Students must spend at least two out of the three terms abroad.[4] In addition to completing one's home degree, graduation from CEMS also requires completion of a business project, skill seminars, an international internship, and two foreign language exams.

Each CEMS academic member has a limited number of places available. In many cases, schools have pre-requisites to be admitted into the selection process, including a high grade average and proof of language skills. The selection process typically requires the student to already be enrolled or selected for a Master of Business degree with a member university prior to applying for the CEMS MIM.[5] CEMS graduates receive a degree from their home institution as well as from CEMS.

The CEMS MIM has consistently ranked among the top 10 in the Masters in Management Ranking since 2005 by the Financial Times.[6][7]

Schools offering the CEMS Master's in International Management (CEMS MIM):[8]

Country/region	School	City
Australia	University of Sydney Business School	Sydney
Austria	WU (Vienna University of Economics & Business)	Vienna
Belgium	Louvain School of Management	Louvain-La-Neuve
Brazil	Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo-FGV	São Paulo
Canada	Ivey Business School	London
Chile	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Santiago
China	Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management	Beijing
Czech Republic	University of Economics, Prague	Prague
Denmark	Copenhagen Business School	Frederiksberg
Egypt	The American University in Cairo	Cairo
Finland	Aalto University School of Business	Helsinki
France	HEC Paris	Jouy-en-Josas
Germany	University of Cologne	Cologne
Hong Kong	HKUST Business School	Hong Kong
Hungary	Corvinus University of Budapest	Budapest
India	Indian Institute of Management Calcutta	Kolkata
Ireland	UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School	Dublin
Italy	Università Bocconi	Milan
Japan	Keio University[9][10]	Tokyo
Netherlands	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Rotterdam
Norway	Norwegian School of Economics	Bergen
Poland	Warsaw School of Economics	Warsaw
Portugal	Nova School of Business and Economics	Lisboa
Russia	Saint Petersburg State University Graduate School of Management	St.Petersburg
Singapore	National University of Singapore	Singapore
South Africa	University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business	Cape Town
South Korea	Korea University Business School	Seoul
Spain	ESADE Business School	Sant Cugat del Vallès
Sweden	Stockholm School of Economics	Stockholm
Switzerland	University of St. Gallen	St. Gallen
Turkey	Koç University Graduate School of Business	Istanbul
United Kingdom	London School of Economics and Political Science	London
United States	Cornell University	Ithaca

Nearly 70 corporate partners contribute financially on an annual basis and provide the programme with human resources and input into the curriculum itself in each country they are based.[lower-alpha 1] They chart skills courses, give lectures or invite CEMS students to company activities where students learn about corporate practices or solve cases. These connections are very useful to promote the company to the students, while the students gain insight into real-world problems and solution approaches.

Students are advised to be responsible and arrange by themselves an internship partner which will accept the student intern for at least ten consecutive weeks. There are student visa requirements that each student takes responsibility to abide to, and the regulation varies by each local government.[4]

The first CEMS social partners joined the organisation in December 2010. These are the first in a series of non-profits and NGOs that contribute to the alliance in a way identical to corporate partners (selection and admission of students, governance, curriculum delivery, proposal of internships and employment opportunities). This new initiative is part of a major sustainability drive from within CEMS. In the same vein, CEMS has also signed the PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) declaration.[12]

The CEMS Alumni Association (CAA), founded in 1993 by CEMS graduates, is an international network of CEMS graduates throughout the world. To date, there are nearly 16,000 CEMS alumni.[13] In 2018, the graduation ceremony took place in Malta with over 600 CEMS students from CEMS schools in the global network.[14][15]

The CAA is led by an alumni board and is present in many countries through local committees of CEMS alumni. The local committees are responsible for keeping in contact with CEMS alumni and organizing professional and social activities. They meet on a regular basis to discuss the activities and development of the association. The alumni board comprises the CAA President, the CEMS Executive Director, a representative of the CEMS Student Board, a representative of CEMS member schools, three local committee representatives, two senior alumni and two junior alumni. It proposes and develops initiatives to foster career and personal development opportunities of its alumni members and represents alumni interests on the CEMS Executive Board.

While students stay at the partner universities, there are supporting groups called CEMS clubs through which CEMS students share identity. The extended network of CEMS students spans schools across the world.[16]

• Official CEMS website