Curriculum of the Â鶹¹ú²ú MIM Programme
Get the most out of your Â鶹¹ú²ú experience abroad amongst fellow global cosmopolitans! Full-scale cultural and linguistic immersion is one of the defining elements of the Â鶹¹ú²ú MIM and the Â鶹¹ú²ú year as a whole, offering you endless opportunities for cross-cultural learning.
The Â鶹¹ú²ú MIM consists of three terms: two academic terms (Term 1 & Term 2) and the internship term (Term 3). The two academic terms must be consecutive (August–July), while the internship (Term 3) can take place at any time during the graduate period of studies, but not overlapping with Term 1 and Term 2. As a Â鶹¹ú²ú student, you are required to spend at least two out of the three terms abroad.Ìý
Â鶹¹ú²ú uses the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) framework to facilitate the understanding and comparison of grades given according to different national systems. The Â鶹¹ú²ú MIM requires 66 ECTS for graduation.
In order to facilitate arranging your study plan, we describe below the different elements in the Â鶹¹ú²ú MIM curriculum. To read more detailed curriculum information and about the ECTS credit system, please consult the .Ìý
Learn more about each module below!Ìý
Each element of the Â鶹¹ú²ú MIM curriculum is designed with the Â鶹¹ú²ú values in mind, honouring both , as well as . Modules are carefully crafted to ensure that Â鶹¹ú²ú students emerge from their practical learning experience as international business practitioners, ethical and responsible citizens and reflective and resilient leaders. Â鶹¹ú²ú students will be challenged to drive transformation, advocate for data and technology in business and solve problems with innovation and evidence-based solutions.
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Block Seminar
The Block Seminar is a 3-ECTS one-week course that takes place at the beginning of Term 1.
Block Seminars bring together professors and students from various Â鶹¹ú²ú schools. Subjects derive from different cultural and academic perspectives; and many topics are not a part of the universities’ standard curricula.
You are automatically assigned to the Block Seminar of your Term 1 school.Ìý
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Global Strategy
Global Strategy is a course that enables you to understand and navigate the international business environment. The course provides a critical view to the principal challenges that managers face. It is designed to develop students’ understanding of what constitutes an effective strategy and how a strategic perspective can guide managerial decisions in global arenas. To cope with the myriad challenges, organizations need to engage in a variety of strategic change projects, constantly inventing and implementing new policies and practices in a sustainable manner. This is the course to help you grasp the why, how and what of strategy in reshaping the future of economies and societies in a way that is meaningful and impactful.
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Global Leadership
Global Leadership equips you with the knowledge and skills to manage people across borders and within multinational teams, creating culturally savvy individuals that show empathy and can relate to and interact with different cultures. Leadership is about exciting, inspiring, energizing, embracing change, and putting values first. Wherever your professional development takes you, knowing how to lead people from diverse cultures in a global world will be crucial for your success. Being a Â鶹¹ú²ú student, you deal with diverse cultural backgrounds and get trained to be the best leader in the making.
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Global Citizenship Seminar
The Global Citizenship Seminar is a two-day course bringing together representatives from Corporate and Social Partners, professors and students in a unique synergy.
Within the Global Citizenship seminar, you will have the opportunity to engage with through experiential learning. Take responsibility for solving problems as a responsible citizen and manager. Feel the challenges that have traditionally occurred due to lack of empathy and action towards the society and the environment. Be part of the solutions creating innovative business models through sustainable innovation and social entrepreneurship.
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Skill Seminars
Skill Seminars are training seminars in practical skills toÌýkick-starting an effective professional career and fundamental to adjusting easily to an international management environment.
Delivered as interactive class sessions, Â鶹¹ú²ú skills seminars are integrated into the programme to help students have efficient soft skills. The skills development topics covered during our sessions include, but are not limited to:
- SustainabilityÌý -ÌýÌýStrategy skillsÌý-ÌýPersonal and career developmentÌý -ÌýConsulting skills -ÌýÌýMarketing and - communication skills -ÌýLeadership and teambuilding
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Business Projects
It is a consultancy-like project in which you collaborate directly with Â鶹¹ú²ú Corporate & Social Partners to help solve real-life business problems. The Business Projects reinforce the partnership between universities and companies in jointly shaping your learning process in international management contexts. These projects are designed to give you hands-on business experience with a company to learn about their industry while finding solutions for the challenges of tomorrow.
Global Courses
- Global Online Electives
The Â鶹¹ú²ú Global Online Electives course offering is aimed at providing students access to courses across the Alliance to add further value to their Â鶹¹ú²ú experience. It allows Â鶹¹ú²ú students to take one elective course at any Â鶹¹ú²ú member schools apart from their home and host school.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the annual meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP). The Â鶹¹ú²ú Climate Change Course and its Model UNFCCC is a Â鶹¹ú²ú flagship semester-long lecture series on the topic of climate change and climate policy at the Masters-level. The lecture series areÌýfollowed by a unique two-day simulation of UN climate negotiations, where over 200 students from 12 Â鶹¹ú²ú universities play the roles of government, non-government and industry representatives.
- Summer & Language Courses
Â鶹¹ú²ú students have the opportunity to enroll in summer and language courses at certain Â鶹¹ú²ú schools. The objective of this initiative is to widen the global opportunities and advantages for Â鶹¹ú²ú students, beyond the existing home and host school experience. Schools offer places in their regular summer/intensive courses where the participation is self-funded by the students. The courses are considered as regular Â鶹¹ú²ú elective courses, however, the eligibility for credit counting towards the master's degree will vary based on the policies of the home school.
