CEMS MiM Review

Employment

96% of MiM graduates are either employed continuing their studies; 75% are employed with multinational companies. 36% of the total graduates are now living outside their home countries.

Companies recruiting from CEMS MiM

CEMS Alumni Info

CEMS Alumni Association comprises of a network 13000+ ex-students from over 100+ ethnicities, speaking more than 60 languages. More than 60% of them work for companies with 50,000+ employees.

Some Famous Alumni

•  Andrea Castronovo, CEO of Alphabet Italia.
• Robert Kroon, Director of Finance at Bosch KW, Atlanta, USA.
•  David Cabero Jounou, General Manager Europe, BIC, Barcelona.

Masters in Management : Class Profile

Useful Information

CEMS is an alliance of 30 best business schools, 70 highly performing global companies as corporate partners and 5 Social partners dedicated to providing top line management education. Founded in 1988, this is a prestigious International Management Program Ranked No.9 by Financial Times. Also,the CEMS Master in International Management provides you with an oppourunity to study in three different campuses through various seminars held during the programme.

Eligibility

• Must be enrolled in a member school’s MSc program before starting their MIM program.
• Provide proof of academic preparation: have either received a Bachelor’s in Management or Economics or a related field, or successfully passed the equivalent of one year of full-time education at Master’s level in any of these areas (eventually to be presented at the program start).
• TOEFL, IELTS CPE C; CAE B; BEC Higher B, A-level GCSE issued in Singapore. (Applicants whose mother tongue is not English or do not hold a degree issued by an English-speaking institution)

University and company representatives select students locally for the CEMS MIM. In order to apply, students must follow the local application and selection procedure.

Language requirement

All MIM graduates must have language competence in three languages, one of which is English and another which must be a CEMS language.

• Students may declare more than one mother tongue. However, the languages must meet the requirements of the three languages (see above). Mother tongues are not tested but an honor statement confirming the student’s ability to speak and write the language adequately may be requested.
• The CEMS languages are: Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Czech, Danish, Dutch / Afrikaans, Farsi / Tajik, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi / Urdu, Hungarian, Indonesian / Malay, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbo- Croat (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin), Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese.
• The third language can be a CEMS language or any other language.
• Certain combinations of similar languages will not be allowed to fulfil the requirements (e.g. Danish / Swedish / Norwegian, Czech / Slovak, Catalan / Spanish, Afrikaans / Dutch, Ukrainian / Belarusian / Russian, Bosnian / Croatian / Serbian / Montenegrin/Slovenian).

Language assessment (On-line language courses are not accepted to fulfill the language requirements)

Deadlines, Intakes, and Program Fees

Deadlines, intakes, and program fees depend on specific partner schools.

Application Information

Selection

• The key selection criteria will be assessed through written and/or online application documents and through a personal meeting (for example an interview or an assessment centre).
• Applicants will be required to submit documents containing a centrally designed application form, a motivation letter, a CV, language certificates and grade reports.
• Each CEMS university may require the student to include additional documentation. Please see the application form for the school you are interested and their fact sheet here.
• A pre-selection on the basis of the documents is carried out.
• In addition to the application documents, a panel jury comprising of an academic and a corporate representative, or an assessment centre evaluates the fulfilment of criteria.

Skills that CEMS values

CEMS applicants will be assessed based on the following CEMS-wide selection criteria:
1.INTELLECTUAL POTENTIAL & KNOWLEDGE

• Intellectual Potential
• Academic Excellence
• Prior Knowledge in the Business Field

2.ATTITUDE & SOFT SKILLS

• Desire to Achieve
• Interpersonal Competences
• Integrity
• Critical Thinking
• Motivation for the MIM Programme

3.INTERNATIONAL ORIENTATION

• Language Skills
• International Openness and Cross-Cultural Aptitudes

Be sure to exhibit these qualities, with relevant examples, in your application, and in your interview.