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Partnership in International Management: Our Schools join the prestigious PIM Network

We are pleased to announce that our Schools (both the NUCB Undergraduate School and NUCB Business School - Graduate School of Management), have become a full member of the PIM Network. Our membership (the 68th in the world), which is essential to further accelerate the quality and internationalization of our programs, was made official at the 2022 PIM Annual Conference (Oct. 26-28) held at Warwick Business School.

What is PIM?


PIM, Partnership in International Management, is a consortium of leading international business schools founded in 1973 by the École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), New York University (NYU), and London Business School (LBS) as a cooperative effort to overcome academic and institutional barriers to exchange activities. PIM facilitates the development of international cooperation among members, fostering the development of joint programs, students and faculty exchange, joint research and cooperation among faculty members and researchers.

In keeping with its purpose, PIM is governed by a pledge signed by all members in Milan in 1986 and revised in Rotterdam in 1994 and Melbourne in 1999 to facilitate student exchanges between top business schools around the world. are responsible for strategic planning and membership. Only schools that have demonstrated leadership in the field of management education and award degrees in business administration that demonstrate the highest standards of excellence are invited to join this prestigious network. Below are examples of PIM members worldwide (full list).

Asia / Oceania Top 7

  • Tsinghua Univ #16
  • Peking Univ #17
  • NUS #19
  • The Univ of Melbourne #34
  • Nanyang Tech Univ #36
  • CUHK #45
  • HKUST #58

The Americas Top 7

  • Columbia Univ #11
  • Univ of Chicago #13
  • Cornell Univ #20
  • Univ of Michigan #23
  • New York Univ #24
  • Duke Univ #25
  • Northwestern Univ #26

Europe / Africa Top 7

  • Imperial College London #10
  • LSE #37
  • KU Leuven #42
  • Univ of Manchester #54
  • Erasmus Univ #80
  • Univ of Warwick #104
  • Vienna Univ #124

PIM is known as a network to which, in principle, only one representative university per country is invited, and the very top business schools in THE (#WorldRanking) are listed, allowing exchange programs and collaborative research among member schools.