Cyprus International Institute of Management

CIIM is a non-profit public purpose institution, recognized internationally as a centre of excellence in postgraduate management education and research. CIIM employs a unique and highly flexible modular system, which facilitates regular visits of distinguished professors from renowned foreign universities, in addition to the high-caliber resident faculty. The guest professors at CIIM come from Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg, Oxford, Cambridge, Cranfield, London Business School, Columbia, MIT, ΙNSEAD, HEC, ESSEC, Warwick and many other distinguished institutions in the US and in Europe.The unique and highly interactive system pioneered by CIIM enables students to put classroom concepts and theories into practice, using team exercises, role plays, case studies, simulation games and "live" projects. Classroom instruction is directly applied to realistic business situations. At CIIM, students get top business education of high practical relevance, aimed to foster a new generation of outstanding executives and business leaders, who will be catalysts of change and motivators of innovation.The CIIM innovative programs attract high-caliber students from different countries, from Europe to China and from Australia to India and the USA. About 30 nationalities are represented on our programs each year. Around 200 MBA/MPSM students are admitted each year, in addition to 150 students, who take the Master of Science programs. CIIM is governed by an independent Board of Governors, representing the business community and the wider society. Academically, the school is overseen by an Academic Council consisting of distinguished members of the international academic community including current and former Deans of leading business schools. CIIM has proudly earned an international reputation as a centre of excellence in business education and research. Students, business leaders and Academics from around the globe have been drawn to CIIM’s dynamic business environment. The CIIM MBA offers a fusion of the best of European and American Business Education, with a sharp focus on quality, creativity and personal effectiveness. With its modular course structure, laser-sharp focus and innovative learning methods, CIIM’s MBA is one of the world’s most intensive and time-efficient MBAs. Twenty-plus courses, which elsewhere take two years to complete, at CIIM are completed in twelve months. The MBA curriculum is thoroughly international offering the student a wide choice from among several electives and seven areas of concentration (Marketing, Finance and Banking, Human Resource Management, International Strategy and Business, Shipping Management and Logistics, Technology and Operations Management, Entrepreneurship and Management of SME’s, Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior) beyond the general core curriculum. The CIIM MBA graduates are in high demand for their global perspective, stellar education and the ability to think strategically and execute effectively. They become leaders of change; not managers of the status quo. • The CIIM MBA and MPSM are internationally accredited by the London-based Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the European Programme Accreditation System EPAS of the European Foundation for Management Development EFMD. • They are also recognised and accredited by the Accreditation Authorities of the Cyprus Ministry of Education. • CIIM is an active member of both the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) and the American Based AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) • It is also a member of the Academic Council of the European Institute of Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) • An Academic Council of International Deans and Distinguished Academics from leading business schools ensure the academic quality of CIIM’s programmes is of the highest international standards.