Associate Academic Members are part of the CEMS alliance in every respect – through the decision-making process and by participating in the various CEMS initiatives. Access to CEMS MIM is possible for graduates of Associate Academic Members Master’s programmes as soon as their school joins the alliance. In addition, the partnership includes faculty and research co-operation, PhD programme collaboration, and the development of short programmes and corporate initiatives.

Once the new schools implement the CEMS MIM programme and receive students from other CEMS schools in their own CEMS MIM class, they become full members of CEMS.

Through the globalisation process, CEMS MIM students will benefit from a wider range of nationalities, mentalities and cultures in the programme in more than25 countries worldwide in a couple of years.