Our history through the years:

1985 - The Consortium of Universities for International Studies (CUIS) is formed as a mechanism to provide international experience to business professors. Several years later, CIMBA is formed as a subset of the larger consortium, which today has more than 35 U.S. universities. 

1992 - With Clemson University as its degree-granting institution, the first CIMBA MBA class graduates.

1993 - The first part-time MBA class in Slovenia was offered.

1995 - CIMBA offers a summer graduate study abroad program to help expose more U.S. students to international studies.

1996 - CIMBA’s headquarters move from Pordenone to Asolo.

1997 - The consortium of universities expands and CIMBA begins to offer study abroad programs for graduate students.

1998 - The first undergraduate study abroad program is held in Jesolo, Italy.

1999 - The University of Kansas becomes CIMBA’s degree-granting university.

2000 - CIMBA offers its first semester-long program for undergraduate students and begins to expand beyond business to offer journalism and communication courses.

2003 - CIMBA signed a strategic alliance with Kepner-Tregoe (KT), a leading rational process consulting company, to infuse effective managerial thinking into its undergraduate and graduate programs.

2005 - CIMBA introduces LIFE (Leadership Initiative for Excellence), a highly interactive, intense, and experiential workshop in leadership development that is based on the latest research in neuroscience.

2008 - The University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business becomes the lead university for CIMBA. CIMBA continues to operate a U.S.-based office from the University of Kansas.

2014 - More than 500 study abroad students attend CIMBA each year. The program has nearly 10,000 alumni living and working in 44 countries, including more than 1,200 MBA alumni.