FIRST TIME EVER IN MANAGEMENT EDUCATION
The CEMS Master’s in International Management,
number 2in the 2007 Financial Times ranking,
will become the first pre-experience Master’s degree delivered on a global scale.
The European alliance goes global with new members
in the Americas and in the Asia Pacific region.
September 2007. In the Financial Times’ international ranking of the best Masters in Management programmes, the CEMS MIM (Master’s in International Management), a joint degree of 17 leading European business schools supported by 55 Corporate Partners, is confirmed as one of the world’s most renowned programmes: it ranks number 2 overall, with a first place on value for money, alumni international mobility and international faculty. On the occasion of the release of the ranking, CEMS is announcing its commitment to enlarging the alliance beyond Europe’s borders, and to make the CEMS MIM the only joint management degree delivered on a global scale for pre-experience Master’s programmes.
Since its foundation in 1988, CEMS has achieved its original goal to establish a standard of excellence in Europe and deliver a pan-European management degree. The ambition of the alliance is now to implement the programme at the best business schools on other continents and to train future global business leaders sought out by its corporate partners. CEMS has always been one step ahead by first creating a European network of business schools and now establishing the world’s first joint degree programme delivered on a global scale.
Commenting on the decision, CEMS Chairman Bernard Ramanantsoa stated, “Like any international industry, higher business education demands global standards and CEMS feels strongly that the MSc in Management is recognised as the pre-experience global degree of choice for high-potential graduates. The uniquely global CEMS alliance affords a tremendous opportunity to consolidate this MSc segment within a global structure built on a worldwide league of MSc champions.”
The first three schools to partner with CEMS outside of Europe have been the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario (Canada), EGADE Tec de Monterrey (Mexico), and Fundaçao Getulio Vargas Sao Paulo (Brazil). Over the past months, an additional six schools have signed on, including The School of Management at St PetersburgStateUniversity (Russia), BabsonCollege in Boston (USA), The School of Economics and Management at TsinghuaUniversity in Beijing(China), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The National University of Singapore Business School, and SydneyUniversity (Australia). All of these schools are recognised leaders in their respective countries for business education which ensures that CEMS global project will have a very bright future ahead of itself.
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About CEMS
CEMS is a strategic alliance of academic and business leaders. Founded in 1988, the CEMS network has grown rapidly, largely due to the success of its flagship programme, the CEMS Master's in International Management (MIM). The CEMS MIM is designed to give multilingual graduate students from the member schools a unique blend of high-quality education and business focus, and equip them with the skills to thrive in an international environment. Students are required to spend one or two semesters abroad in a CEMS class at other schools in the network and to complete an internship abroad. In addition, students participate in Block Seminars which are organised by each of the CEMS schools and managed by interdisciplinary, inter-university teacher teams. The CEMS Master’s degree is always delivered in conjunction with a Master degree from a CEMS school.The international focus and business relevance assure that CEMS MIM graduates are in global demand by the corporate recruiters. The incoming class of 2007 - 2008 includes 625 students representing 47 nationalities.
The CEMS alliance also provides the platform for a series of joint research projects. Four times a year, CEMS publishes EBF, a publication which draws on leading academics and business leaders to offer a new perspective in the international management debate.
CEMS Academic and Corporate Partners
Full Academic Members:
AustriaViennaUniversity of Economics and Business Administration
BelgiumUniversité Catholique de Louvain
Czech RepublicUniversity of Economics, Prague
DenmarkCopenhagenBusinessSchool
FinlandHelsinkiSchool of Economics
FranceHEC, Paris
GermanyUniversität zu Köln
Hungary CorvinusUniversity of Budapest
IrelandSmurfitSchool of Business, UCD
ItalyUniversità Luigi Bocconi
NorwayNorwegianSchool of Economics & Business Administration
PolandWarsawSchool of Economics
SpainESADE
Sweden StockholmSchool of Economics
Switzerland Universität St. Gallen
The NetherlandsRSM, ErasmusUniversity, Rotterdam
United KingdomLondonSchool of Economics
Associate Academic Members (transition towards full membership):
AustraliaUniversity of Sydney
BrazilFundação Getulio Vargas-EAESP
CanadaRichardIveySchool of Business, University of WesternOntario
China (Beijing)TsinghuaUniversity
China (Hong Kong)Chinese University of Hong Kong, TsinghuaUniversity
MexicoTec de Monterrey
RussiaSt PetersburgStateUniversity
SingaporeNationalUniversity of Singapore
USABabsonCollege
CEMS Corporate Partners:
A.T. Kearney
BNP Paribas
Boston Consulting Group
BP
Cemex
Crédit Agricole SA
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
EADS
Elcoteq SE
Electrolux
Eni International Resources Ltd.
Fidelity International
Fortis
Haniel
Henkel
Hydro
IFC, World Bank Group
Indesit Company SPA
ING Group
JPMorgan
KGHM Polska Miedz
KONE
KPMG
L’Oréal
LVMH
Michelin
Mol RT
Nestlé
Nokia
Novo Nordisk
Oesterreichische Nationalbank
OMV Aktiengesellschaft
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Procter & Gamble
Randstad Holding
Reuters
Ringier AG
Royal Bank of Scotland
Schindler Corporation
Shell
Siemens AG
Skoda-Auto AS
Société Générale
Statoil
Stora Enso Oyj
Swiss Re
Télé2
UBS
UniCredit Group
Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Whirlpool
Wolseley
Zurich Financial Services.