As one of the founding members of CEMS – The Global Alliance in Management Education, the University of Cologne has helped to shape the CEMS Alliance and made significant contributions to the growth of the CEMS corporate partner network. Cologne CEMS students enjoy exclusive access to a wide variety of networks, including a wide range of local social and corporate partners who directly support the Cologne CEMS curriculum.

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• News
• CEMS corporate partners
• Internships available with our corporate partners
• PIM & CEMS Student and Alumni Club Cologne
• CEMS Alumni Network
• CEMS Model UNFCCC

The Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences (WiSo Faculty) cultivates close relationships with national and international businesses. For information on the WiSo Faculty's general cooperation arrangements with the business community, please visit the website of the WiSo Career Service.

The Faculty also has corporate partners under the CEMS network and works with them to organise CEMS business projects, which are coordinated by the International Relations Center. To learn more about the CEMS corporate partnerships and the key services provided, please contact our CEMS Corporate Relations Manager, Christa Leenen-Poser.

Internships available with our corporate partners

Check out the current internships available with many of our corporate partners.

The PIM&CEMS Student and Alumni Club Cologne e.V. is an independent association of students and graduates (alumni) of the international study programmes at the WiSo Faculty at the University of Cologne.

The PIM&CEMS Club has made it its mission to create a network that brings together its members and to maintain that network through various activities. We also seek to help incoming students integrate in Cologne by providing extensive support.

With over 1,700 members, the PIM&CEMS Club is one of the largest international networks of its kind in Germany. The PIM&CEMS Club aims to achieve the following goals:

• Support intercultural understanding between students and alumni of diverse nationalities
• Develop and maintain an international network of students and alumni
• Support contact and knowledge-sharing between students and alumni
• Facilitate advanced education and training for members in cooperation with our official sponsors and other corporate partners

For more information, please take a look at the website of the PIM&CEMS Club.

CEMS Alumni Network

The CEMS Alumni Network (CAN) includes a close-knit community of over 21,500+ professionals, working and collaborating together across the world. 

CEMS graduates continue to enjoy the international and multicultural experience that they will have experienced as CEMS students thanks to the efforts of the Alumni Network.  Founded in 1993, the network is a crucial pillar of the CEMS Community. It offers many opportunities to share ideas and knowledge through the organization of professional events in the form of panel discussions, workshops, conferences and seminars. 

Organised on a multi-country basis, the Alumni Network is led by an alumni advisory committee and is present around the globe through Local Chapters (LCs) driven by active CEMS Alumni. Today there are 30+ LCs worldwide, in 5 continents. In addition, a growing number of Alumni connect with each other through Global Groups, such as CEMS Entrepreneurs. The CAN organises unforgettable local, regional/ global professional and social events for the CEMS community around the world.  Lastly, over 4000+ alumni currently are employed by CEMS Corporate Partners and over 1300+ alumni mentors are active through CEMS Mentoring. 

Read more to explore the CEMS Alumni Network.

120 future business leaders from 8 business schools and more than 30 countries met in Cologne on 12–14 May 2023 for the 15^th edition of the simulation of UN climate negotiations.

This unique educational initiative has the official backing of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Students worked together to obtain a consensus around ambitious strategies to implement the global objective of maintaining climate change below 2 degrees, the point of reference agreed in Paris.

It was a unique opportunity for our students to learn and develop the needed skills to face one of the most urgent social problems of our time: the science, the evolving policies and the role of companies in dealing and contributing to climate change challenges.