NUS MSc in Management students can enroll in the additional CEMS Master in International Management (CEMS MIM) degree.
CEMS is a strategic global alliance of leading business schools, multinational companies and non-governmental organisations. This highly-ranked, global, one-year, pre-experience MIM programme emphasises and develops management and leadership competencies with an emphasis on internationalism and responsible leadership.
NUS was the first Asian university to be a full Academic Member of CEMS in 2008.
The CEMS Master’s in International Management was recently ranked 11th in the QS Masters in Management (MiM) Ranking 2024. The CEMS MIM was also consistently ranked in the top 10 of The Economist’s Master in Management Ranking in every year that it appeared.
This programme is exclusively open to MSc students of CEMS Member Schools and has been widely recognised as one of the best springboards to an international career. CEMS graduates’ international mobility is well represented by our over 15,000 alumni of at least 100 nationalities who are currently working in more than 75 countries. More than 45% of them live and work outside their home country.
During your CEMS MIM year, you will enjoy two international exchange semesters at two leading CEMS partner universities, complete CEMS courses in Global Management, block seminars and skills seminars, as well as complete an international internship. With the CEMS MIM, you will experience and join a cohort of high-calibre, internationally-minded, multilingual students enrolled at leading business schools across the world.
*Up to 3 Level-5000 courses (maximum of 12 Units) taken at the CEMS host schools can be counted towards the fulfillment of your MSc in Management requirement. At NUS, the workload of each course is expressed in terms of units, The European equivalent of workload representation is ECTS credits. A typical course consists of 4 Units (or 6 ECTS), representing about 10 hours of work per week.
You are required to spend one term each at two additional CEMS partner schools. Destinations for the terms abroad will depend on availability. Location and sequence preferences will be taken into consideration, but those with better academic standing (including good GMAT scores) may stand a higher chance of getting their preferred placement.
All CEMS MIM students graduate with competence in three languages, one of which must be English (Language 1). The second and third language can be any language. Please click here for the proficiency requirements of Language 2 and 3.
You will begin the CEMS MIM term with a mandatory intensive one-week Block Seminar that is an ideal start to the programme as it facilitates discussion of management topics from different cultural and academic perspectives.
You will have to successfully complete exclusive CEMS courses such as Global Strategy, Global Leadership and Global Citizenship. The Global Citizenship Seminar is a two-day course that brings together representatives from corporate and / or social partners, professors and students to have the opportunity to engage with the UN Sustainable Development Goals through experiential learning.
These shorter seminars provide training on a wide variety of essential and practical skills for an effective professional career. They are held throughout the two terms and are often in cooperation with corporate organisations.
Adopting a consultancy-like approach, you will work in small teams and apply your skills and knowledge to solve a real business problem for an international organisation. Your student team will work independently and will be supervised and evaluated by both your faculty advisor and the corporate representatives. The Business Project will amount to about half of Semester 2’s workload.
The objective of this internship is to turn academic and theoretical knowledge into a professional and multi-cultural experience. Your internship can take place at a CEMS Corporate Partner, an international company, or a non-profit organisation, as long as the company operates in an international environment, and your work responsibilities correspond to that of a new graduate hire. You are responsible for finding your own internship and getting all official documents required for employment.
As part of the CEMS network, you will have the opportunity to interact with a truly international team, benefiting from the great diversity of your peers, our professors, and our alumni.
“It has been a rewarding journey being part of NUS CEMS family. The outstanding curriculum provided insightful and up-to-date business courses that gave an accelerated start to my international career path. NUS’ supportive multicultural community is what really distinguished the program from others. Most importantly, the program not only gave me the opportunity to expand my professional network on a global level, but also allowed me to build life-long friendships in Singapore and worldwide.”
