CIIM Business School

An MBA will add value to what you do and how you think for the rest of your life and career. An MBA is becoming a requirement for most positions of management and leadership. You will learn new, valuable skills and your earnings will increase significantly. You will be challenged and equipped to realise your full potential, especially if you are careful to choose a world-class MBA programme.

You choose a world-class MBA by asking the following eight questions and receiving a positive answer to all eight:

- Is the programme internationally accredited by AMBA, EQUIS or AACSB?
- Is the programme taught by reputable international faculty with a long MBA teaching experience?
- Does the faculty have diverse international business experience?
- Is experiential instruction, action learning and live projects an integral part of the programme?
- Has the programme been in operation for at least 10 years?
- Does the programme require at least 600 class-contact hours?
- Is the programme flexible enough to accommodate your special needs and allow you to give it your best?
- Does the programme provide career development assistance together with an extensive network of successful MBA graduates you can be part of?

The MPSM, or Master in Public Sector Management, is the MBA for the public sector. It is intended for civil servants in management positions or those wishing to be promoted to such positions. It is also relevant to officials in local government (municipalities, etc), in semi-government organisations and in non-profit institutions, as well as to individuals wishing to enter the civil service or other public sector institutions.

If quality, diversity, experience and flexibility matter for you, and if you are looking for a world-class MBA (or MPSM) programme that is also affordable, CIIM deserves your most serious consideration.

- CIIM’s programmes have fused the best of European and American management education into a Euro-American MBA, which is unique.
- CIIM is an elite business school with exclusive focus on postgraduate management education and research, engaged in a “relentless pursuit of excellence”.
- CIIM’s MBA and MPSM programmes are taught by the world’s most diverse, all-star international faculty (50 professors, from 24 leading business schools, from 10 countries), a feat unmatched by any other programme.
- A laser-sharp focus on creativity, action learning and personal effectiveness, distinguishes CIIM graduates from other MBAs.
- At CIIM, you are not a student but a valued participant who is actively engaged in creating a unique value experience for yourself and others.
- With a track record of 16 years, worldwide accreditation and over 1000 accomplished graduates in key management and leadership positions around the world, CIIM is not only a safe choice; it is also a compelling one.
- CIIM’s modular course structure affords you incredible speed and flexibility, including the freedom to choose your starting date, schedule, and pace of study.
- With tuition fees that are but a fraction of the fees of comparable programmes, the CIIM MBA and MPSM are known widely as an “extraordinary value for money”.

Due to our modular system, you can apply any time and start any time. A new course starts every two weeks and most courses are self-contained, without prerequisites. Many students start in September and January but several start at other times throughout the year (rolling admissions).

Of course, this is the idea! The programme is designed for working people. Indeed two-thirds of our students work and study. There are two distinct schedules: the full-time schedule during weekdays and the part-time schedule during evenings and weekends. You are also free to combine the two schedules to fit your circumstances. (Non-EU international students can work on paid internships with the permission of the migration authorities).

Very flexible! Possibly the most flexible educational programmes anywhere.
- You can join the programme any time of the year, and choose your own pace of study (for example, take one course every two weeks, or every four weeks, or even every 6 weeks, and so on).
- You have flexibility in exam scheduling.
- You can move freely between full-time and part-time status as your circumstances change.
- You can freeze your studies for a period (in case of an assignment abroad, or pregnancy, for example) and resume them later. (This does not apply to non-EU students).

The MBA and MPSM programmes are general management degrees. However, you have the opportunity to select an area of concentration by choosing 20 credits of electives from that area. The MBA offers seven areas of concentration: finance; marketing; human resources management and organizational behaviour; strategy and international business; technology and operations management; shipping management and logistics; and entrepreneurship and management of SMEs. The MPSM offers six areas of concentration: educational leadership and management; environmental and resource management; general public sector management; health care management; local government administration and management; and operations and project management.

CIIM has developed a very sophisticated paedagogical system that combines theory and practice alongside interactive participation of students in their own learning. This multi-disciplinary approach includes lectures, case studies, group discussion, role-playing, business games, computer simulations, in class presentations, workshops, guest speakers, company internships, and action learning through live projects and company visits. The emphasis is on learning by doing and creative interaction.

Yes, our MBA and MPSM programmes are the only internationally accredited postgraduate management programmes in Cyprus. They are among only 5% of the 3,000 MBAs around the world that are accredited by the London-based Association of MBAs (AMBA). CIIM is also a member of the European Foundation for Management Development (efmd) and the American Association of to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).

CIIM actively participates in the Leonardo da Vinci Programme of the European Union, which provides funding for MBA students to take-up internships in European companies for three-six months. Internships are also arranged with local and international companies in Cyprus. CIIM is also an Erasmus Chapter institution and follows the European Credit Transfer Systems (ECTS) that facilitates student exchanges with other European business schools.

In addition to the 300 active students you will encounter at CIIM during your studies, you will be joining the CIIM extended family of over 1,000 alumni in key management positions in Cyprus and around the world, as well as the several hundreds of graduates of CIIM’s local and international executive programmers, many of them CEOs of large companies.

Absolutely. The central mission of CIIM is to help talented and ambitious individuals realize their full potential and succeed in leadership positions. Towards this end, CIIM operates a special Career Development Office that helps students in developing their personal effectiveness and preparing themselves for top performance during job interviews, and assists them in their job search through career days on campus, the alumni network and electronic matching services, such as the European MBA exchange.

90% of our students find a rewarding job before they complete their studies and the rest soon after. The ability to search for new career opportunities while pursuing your MBA is a major advantage of studying at CIIM, where both students and faculty pack years of business experience and have extensive business contacts.

CIIM’s MBA graduates get management jobs in banks and other financial institutions, telecoms, pharmaceutical and chemical companies, consumer goods, airlines, software companies, manufacturing, engineering, auditing and consulting firms, among others. Examples of companies employing CIIM graduates include: KPMG, PWC, AC Nielsen, CYTA and Areeba telecoms, Logicom, Circle Energy, EAC, BAT, EKO Petroleum, Moody’s, Procter & Gamble, Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, Synovate, HSBC, Société Générale, Eurobank, Bank of Cyprus, Laiki Bank, Hellenic Bank, Alpha Bank, CDB, RAF and many others. CIIM’s MPSM graduates get management positions in Government departments, public agencies, municipal governments, semi-government organizations, the European Commission and international organizations.

International students come to CIIM from more than 30 countries in all five continents, including China, India, Argentina, the USA, UK Germany, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Vietnam, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Greece, Lebanon, Moldova, the Czech Republic, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Armenia.

Absolutely. CIIM secures visas for international students, welcomes them at the airport and assists them to settle and to integrate into the School and the student body.