International Institute for Higher Education in Morocco IIHEM

The International Institute of Higher Education is a leading institution of Higher Education in Morocco that delivers management sciences academic programs. Founded over 30 years ago by a group of US and UK-educated professors as the first such institution to deliver its programs entirely in English, the mission of IIHEM is to provide university education that prepares students to meet the challenges of a global world with curricula and teaching methodologies that follow the best practices of leading American universities, intensely mixing theory and practice to give students operational level knowledge about the subjects they study. With over2500 graduates working or studying all over the world, IIHEM has opened opportunities for a new generation of Moroccan managers fully capable of meeting the challenges of doing business beyond national borders. The quality of IIHEM's education is reflected not only in the employment demand of its graduates by businesses and the acceptance rate to international graduate programs, it is also officially recognized by the Moroccan Ministry of Higher Education. IIHEM's degrees are recognized as being exactly equivalent to those of the thirteen Moroccan public universities, delivering the same rights and privileges that these diplomas bestow. Only four percent of private higher education institutions in Morocco have achieved this prestigious status. Since its founding, IIHEM has welcomed students from abroad both as degree candidates and as semester abroad exchange students. With its decidedly international focus, incoming students have been able to integrate easily into the IIHEM community, participating fully in extra-curricular activities, and reaping the benefits of both the academic programs and the cultural immersion. Students enjoy the cosmopolitan "garden" nature of the capital city Rabat and the strategic location of Morocco that allows them to make short visits to nearby Spain and Portugal. The IIHEM language of instruction is English. The Institute offers Bachelor's level (BAC+3) and Master's level (BAC+5) diplomas in Finance, Marketing Management, Marketing and Communication, and Management Information Systems. All IIHEM's diplomas are recognized by the Moroccan Ministry of Higher Education as being exactly equivalent to those of the thirteen Moroccan public universities, delivering the same rights and privileges that these diplomas bestow. IIHEM maintains partnerships and articulation agreements with universities from around the world (link). The articulation agreements allow students to do part of their education at IIHEM and then continue on to complete their diploma at a partner institution. Some of these agreements are double degree articulations in which the student receives diplomas from both universities.