Founded in 1988, CEMS is a strategic alliance of 28 member schools from 4 continents and over 50 prestigious corporate partners. Ranked n°1 Master’s in Management in the world by the Financial Times in 2009, the CEMS MIM programme provides a unique blend of top-level education and professional experience for multilingual, multicultural postgraduate students. The success of the programme has been boosted by the direct involvement of academic and corporate partners in the definition and teaching of the curriculum, as well as the implementation of a series of joint research projects. The class of 2009-10 comprises over 800 students of 57 nationalities, whilst CEMS alumni are now in excess of 5,000, working in a variety of sectors around the world.