LEVELS OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

When graduating from the CEMS MIM programme you must have achieved the following levels of language proficiency:

•  Excellent oral and written skills in the first foreign language (C1/C2)

AND

• For non-native English speakers:
  • Good oral and written skills in the second foreign language, minimum 5 ECTS or 60 contact hours from an approved exam or institute if at level A1, A2 or B1.
• For native English speakers:
  • Good oral skills in the second foreign language (B1)

The Common European Framework is the reference for comparing language proficiency in all European languages. 

Language combinations

• Mother tongue or first foreign language must be English.
• The second foreign language can be any language
• Certain combinations of similar languages will not be allowed to fulfil the requirements (e.g. Danish/Swedish/Norwegian, Danish/Faroese, Czech/Slovak, Catalan/Spanish, Galician/Spanish, German/Luxembourgisher, Russian/Kazak, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian/Montenegrin/Slovenian, Ukrainian/Belarusian/Russian or Afrikaans/Dutch/Flemish/Frisian).

For more details regarding languages, please see the language graduation requirements.