The CEMS MIM at Cologne admits once a year for an October start, in a single application round rather than on a rolling basis. The 2026 intake closed on 31 March 2026, with applications opening in mid-January via the KLIPS portal. The cycle repeats on the same mid-January-to-31-March window each year; exact dates for the 2027 intake are not yet published.
Exact dates for the upcoming intake are confirmed against the school's official admissions page as they are published.
Frequently asked questions
When is the University of Cologne CEMS MIM application deadline?
The programme starts in October and admits in a single annual round. The 2026 intake closed on 31 March 2026, with applications opening in mid-January. The same window recurs each year; dates for the 2027 intake are not yet published.
Sources
- CEMS Master in International Management — official programme page ↗ — University of Cologne, WiSo Faculty
- WiSo in the FT Masters in Management 2025 — #37 worldwide, #4 in Germany ↗ — University of Cologne, WiSo Faculty
- Costs & financing — no tuition fees; blocked-account proof of €992 per month / €11,904 per year ↗ — University of Cologne
- Übersicht Semesterbeiträge — "Wintersemester 2026/27 Semesterbeitrag 355,65 EUR: AStA Beitrag 13,25 · Studierendensport 2,00 · Deutschland-Semesterticket 226,80 · Fachschaftenbeitrag 3,60 · Verwaltungs- und Härtefallbeitrag 0,00 · KStW 110,00" ↗ — University of Cologne, Studierendensekretariat
- Financial Times — Masters in Management 2025 ↗ — Financial Times
- University of Cologne, WiSo Faculty — "Ordnung über die Zulassung zu den Masterstudiengängen Economic Research sowie International Management", Amtliche Mitteilungen 4/2026, dated 07.01.2026, in force from the winter semester 2026/2027 and superseding the ordinance of 29 January 2025 (13 pages, sha256:15aace84b1746f1b, read 2026-09-04 with npm run pdf:text). SELECTION CHECKED 2026-09-04 — this is the legally binding text, and none of it appears on the programme page, which lists only general eligibility. § 2(1): first degree of at least six semesters and 180 Leistungspunkte. § 2(3) for International Management: final grade at least 2.5, plus at least 10 ECTS Volkswirtschaftslehre, 48 ECTS Betriebswirtschaftslehre and 10 ECTS Statistik/Mathematik. § 3(2): "Der Anteil der Studienplätze für ausländische Staatsangehörige und Staatenlose, die nicht Deutschen gleichgestellt sind, beträgt im Masterstudiengang International Management 20 vom Hundert" — a 20% quota on international places. § 4(2): the criteria are the degree result, the result of a subject aptitude test ("englischsprachiger GTEBS beziehungsweise TM-WISO oder GMAT") and the result of a mündliches Eignungsfeststellungsverfahren. Anhang Auswahlkriterien § 2 (International Management), each criterion scored to a maximum of 30 points and then weighted: (a) bachelor grade 1,0 = 30 points and 2,5 = 10 points, linear interpolation, weighted 40%; (b) test percentile 100 = 30 points and 60 = 10 points, linear interpolation, weighted 30%, and "hat eine Bewerberin beziehungsweise ein Bewerber kein Ergebnis eines fachspezifischen Studieneignungstests... nachgewiesen oder einen Prozentrang von unter 60 erzielt, werden 0 Punkte angesetzt"; (c) the oral assessment 5 to 30 points, weighted 30%, scored up to 6 points in each of five dimensions — Ausbildung, Leistungsbereitschaft, analytische und kommunikative Fähigkeiten, persönliches Auftreten/Integrität, internationale Ausrichtung — with at least one point required in EVERY dimension or the whole criterion scores 0. The oral may be an individual interview, a group discussion or a presentation of solutions to a practice-oriented problem, with the format announced in the invitation; the panel is normally four members (a professor, an academic or technical/administrative staff member, a student, and a practitioner or alumni representative) and the applicant's score is the mean of their individually recorded marks. NOTE the sibling programme differs: Economic Research uses the GRE, a 100-point scale and a three-member panel ↗ — Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität zu Köln