1. Innovation and Challenges in Joint and Double Degrees CEMS Master’s in Int. Management Roland Siegers, CEMS Executive Director The Global Alliance in Management Education Top-ranked Master’s in Management in the world

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3. 1200 students in 29 member schools (AY 2014-15) Jointly defined one-year curriculum, with local flavour Double degree with local MSc(‘s) Three terms: Two academic + Internship (2 Abroad) Strong cooperation with 60+ member companies CEMS Master’s in International Management

4. Our European roots: 20 member schools NHH Norwegian School of Economics Copenhagen Business School Corvinus University of Budapest HEC Paris Aalto University School of Business London School of Economics Warsaw School of Economics Vienna U. of Economics and Business University of Economics, Prague University of Cologne Louvain School of Management UCD Smurfit School of Business RSM Erasmus University Nova SBE ESADE Barcelona University of St. Gallen Università Luigi Bocconi Stockholm School of Economics St Petersburg State University Koç University, Istanbul

5. Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo-FGV NUS Business School University of Sydney Business School Our global expansion – 29 + 6 Richard Ivey School of Business Tsinghua SEM, Beijing Keio University, Tokyo candidate schools (full by Dec 2013)Full academic members 18 schools Western & Central Europe HKUST, Hong Kong Koç University, Turkey GSOM, St Petersburg State University Under discussions IIM Kolkata Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Santiago de Chile Institution Building (2030)

6. Engagement of all stakeholders in the Governance: senior school management + students + alumni + corporate partners + ( !!! ) school admin at many levels IT support: www.cems.org Back Office stores all interaction with students, alumni & corporateswww.cems.org Global and Regional Events: 2500+ participants Quality Control: one school per country, external evaluation of all programme elements, student selection, “Quality Assurance Committee” How DOES it work ?!

7. Independent non for profit Association under French Law Operating budget ca. 2M EUR – largely by companies Dedicated staff (impartial !) at Head Office: 10 FTE + Alumni Association Director (1 FTE) The CEMS Association of 1901

8. Recognition of local Master brand stops at the national border: CEMS brand has European recognition + aims for global recognition FT ranking top 10: many students apply to CEMS at 5-6 different schools to get into the programme Best practice exchange on all administrative procedures, from curriculum design to faculty remuneration “Critical mass”: every school selects top 40 students but 1200 graduate every year + 8000 Alumni develop brand But … why all that hassle ?

9. Define learning outcomes and programme elements, but leave room for local workload + pedagogy interpretations The selection process is key: it defines who is CEMS (and who’s not)  joint selection criteria, but local variance in process setup. Many do assessment centres Do not (necessarily) seek legal recognition: higher flexibility and market recognition count more Recommendations from CEMS experience