Management and Business Communication

The CEMS MIM Programme is designed to give future international managers the skills they need to succeed in global markets.
Speaking the relevant foreign language is essential if managers are to work effectively abroad.

Students’ business communication abilities are rigorously tested, ensuring the ability to live and work in different cultures and business environments.

The following levels of language proficiency are required:

Excellent oral and written skills in the first foreign language (C1/C1*),

AND

For non-native English speakers:

Very good oral skills and good written skills in the second foreign language (B2/B1*),

For native English speakers:

Good oral skills in the second foreign language (B1*).

CEMS uses the Common European Framework of References (CERF) for comparing language proficiency in all European languages. The CERF levels can be studied at

http://www.coe.int/T/DG4/Portfolio/?L=E&M=/main_pages/levels.html

Language combinations

Students may declare more than one mother tongue.
Mother tongue or first foreign language must be English.
Examination is available in the following second foreign languages: Chinese (Mandarin), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Hindi, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish (for native English speakers also the first foreign language).
Certain combinations of similar languages will not be allowed to fulfil the requirements (e.g. Danish / Swedish / Norwegian, Czech / Slovak or Catalan/Spanish).

Language assessment

Students have four options to prove their language and communication proficiency in foreign languages:

Tests for CEMS Management and Business Communication, or “MBC” (available at all schools in main languages). Central testing twice per year in April/May and in September. Two re-sits are allowed per part of the exam,
CEMS accredited language courses (available at several schools),
Proof of secondary education / university degree in a foreign language,
"External" language tests accredited by CEMS (such as "Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch" by the "Goethe Institut", or "Diplôme approfondi de langue française" by the Ministere de l'Education Nationale).