Global Alliance in Management Education
CEMS - The Global Alliance in Management Education or CEMS is a cooperation of leading business schools and universities with multinational companies and NGOs. The CEMS Global Alliance includes 33 academic institutions on five continents, nearly 70 corporate partners and seven social partners from around the globe. CEMS administers delivery of the CEMS MIM degree in its member schools, supports the CEMS Alumni Association and facilitates general cooperation among its members.
CEMS MIM
CEMS Master's in International Management 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. The aim of CEMS is to provide education and research for students who aspire to play a role in the development and direction of enterprises in a global context.A CEMS MIM usually consists of two semesters, one at the home university and the other in a CEMS member school abroad. Some CEMS universities allow their students to spend both semesters at CEMS member schools, including Keio University in Tokyo. 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. CEMS graduates receive a degree from their home institution as well as from CEMS.
Academic members
Schools offering the CEMS Master's in International Management :| Country/region | School | City |
| The University of Sydney Business School | Sydney | |
| WU | Vienna | |
| Louvain School of Management | Louvain-La-Neuve | |
| Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo-FGV | São Paulo | |
| Ivey Business School | London | |
| Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez | Santiago | |
| Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management | Beijing | |
| University of Economics, Prague | Prague | |
| Copenhagen Business School | Frederiksberg | |
| The American University in Cairo | Cairo | |
| Aalto University School of Business | Helsinki | |
| HEC Paris | Jouy-en-Josas | |
| University of Cologne | Cologne | |
| HKUST Business School | Hong Kong | |
| Corvinus University of Budapest | Budapest | |
| Indian Institute of Management Calcutta | Kolkata | |
| UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School | Dublin | |
| Università Bocconi | Milan | |
| Keio University | Tokyo | |
| Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University | Rotterdam | |
| Norwegian School of Economics | Bergen | |
| Warsaw School of Economics | Warsaw | |
| Nova School of Business and Economics | Lisboa | |
| Saint Petersburg State University Graduate School of Management | St.Petersburg | |
| National University of Singapore | Singapore | |
| University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business | Cape Town | |
| Korea University Business School | Seoul | |
| ESADE Business School | Sant Cugat del Vallès | |
| Stockholm School of Economics | Stockholm | |
| University of St. Gallen | St. Gallen | |
| Koç University Graduate School of Business | Istanbul | |
| The London School of Economics and Political Science | London | |
| Cornell University | Ithaca |
Corporate partners
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. 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.
Social partners
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. This new initiative is part of a major sustainability drive from within CEMS. In the same vein, CEMS has also signed the PRME declaration.Alumni association
The CEMS Alumni Association, founded in 1993 by CEMS graduates, is an international network of CEMS graduates throughout the world. To date, there are nearly 13,000 CEMS alumni. In 2018, the graduation ceremony took place in Malta with over 600 CEMS students from CEMS schools in the global network.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.