International Management (CEMS MIM), M.Sc.
The University of Cologne's M.Sc. in International Management and the CEMS Master are designed to provide you with excellent academic and practical training, together with an international focus for your future career in a global business environment.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Science (M.Sc.) |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4 semesters, 120 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Required English | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 31.03 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €355.65 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →About the programme
The programme's core features
- No.1 International Management education in Germany (Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking)
- Broadest global network of top 32 business schools from 31 countries, around 70 multinational companies and 7 NGOs
- Wide and multidisciplinary offer of courses (e.g. digital analytics, politics, sociology, geography, etc.)
- One term abroad at one of the top business schools in the CEMS Global Alliance in Management Education
- Acquisition of new experiences and skills in a 8-week internship abroad
- Unique CEMS student community – at home and all around the world
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What is the CEMS network?
This network is a global alliance of 32 leading business schools across 5 continents, around 70 multinational corporations and seven social partners that together offer the CEMS Master’s in International Management (MIM). The University of Cologne’s Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences (the “WiSo Faculty”) is a founding member – and the only German member – of the CEMS alliance.
The CEMS MIM, top-ranked in the Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking, is a pre-experience postgraduate degree. It is open to top-class, internationally minded, multilingual students enrolled in the M.Sc. in International Management programme at the WiSo Faculty – one of the CEMS member schools.
What you study
- The core and advanced category (54 CPs) comprises the compulsory CEMS Cores and elective modules.
- In the supplementary category (24 CPs), you are free to choose one of five subjects: Accounting, Taxations and Finance, Corporate Development, Marketing, Supply Chain Management or Economics.
- Modules in the specialisation category (27 CPs) feature the CEMS Business Project and Case Studies Course.
- The Master’s thesis (15 CPs) analyses a specific topic or problem and is normally completed during the fourth term.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (North Rhine-Westphalia), international students | €0 |
|---|---|
| Semester contribution | €355.65 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | Bachelor or equivalent degree in Business Administration or Economics with strong proficiency in Business Administration, Economics and quantitative methods Fulfilment of the following subject-related requirements: Subject-related requirements ....at least 48 ECTS must be specific to the field of Business Administration/Management Studies ...at least 16 ECTS must be specific to the field of Economics ...at least 10 ECTS in Statistics/Mathematics (only methodological expertise, no user expertise) Language requirements English at level C1 (CEF) 2nd CEMS language (level B2): can be the mother tongue or any other additional language (for the current CEMS Languages see here) |
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| Language | English C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 31.03 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 3Application via uni-assist until 31.03uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 4Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 31.03.2027 (168 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.