CEMS’s Leap to 11th Place in the QS Rankings, as KU GSBA the sole CEMS Member Institution in South Korea for Joint Operation of the Global MIM Program

In 2015, Korea University's Graduate School of Business Administration, led by Dean Kim Sang Yong, became a full member of the prestigious CEMS Global Alliance in Management Education (CEMS), a global network of leading business schools. To this day, Korea University remains the sole CEMS member institution in South Korea. CEMS, known for its exclusive membership, consists of only one top-tier business school from each country, and it boasts the participation of 33 leading business schools worldwide, including Korea University's Graduate School of Business Administration. 

In collaboration with CEMS, Korea University's Graduate School of Business Administration offers the Global MIM (Master in Management) program. The Global MIM program is a one-year full-time master's program that allows students to earn a specialized master's degree in management from the Graduate School of Business Administration, as well as a CEMS MIM (Master in International Management) certificate. Through the Global MIM program, students have the opportunity to network with over 18,000 CEMS alumni and gain valuable global business insights during an 8-week international internship. 

Together with Korea University's Graduate School of Business Administration, CEMS achieved an impressive 11th place in the "QS Business Master's Ranking 2024." QS(Quacquarelli Symonds), a UK-based institution known for evaluating global universities since 1994, compiles annual rankings by program. CEMS' 11th-place ranking pertains to its evaluation of master's programs in management. CEMS received an overall score of 86.4 out of 100, placing it in the top 5.5% globally. Notably, CEMS excelled in the "Value for Money" category, receiving a score of 96.8, and also scored an impressive 82.6 in the "Employability" category, significantly surpassing the global average score of 49.6. 

Meanwhile, in 2022, Korea University's Graduate School of Business Administration achieved a milestone by being the first institution outside of Europe to win the prestigious "CEMS Business Project of the Year" award. This award is a significant recognition, given that only one project is selected from among those submitted by the 33 CEMS member institutions. As a result, Korea University's Graduate School of Business Administration is set to select new students for the Global MIM program during the 2024 academic year's second semester recruitment.