The International Medical College (IMC®) is a university alliance of different Universities with the aim to perform postgraduate international Master Courses and continuing education programs in oral medicine and medicine and biomedical and biomaterial science as blended learning concepts.

It was founded as a Spin-Off institution of the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster. The holder of the institution is MIB GmbH in Münster, Germany.

The postgraduate study programs in oral medicine have been realized since 2003 and were successfully accredited on 4th June 2004 and re-accredited in August 2009 in accordance with the Bologna Declaration by the Accreditation Agency AQAS which is certified by the Accreditation Council of Germany.

Since 2013 the IMC® offers new Master Courses as a Joint Degree Program. This means that the prestigious universities of Dresden, Saarland, Essen, Szeged and Bangkok under the supervision of the IMC® altogether have jointly coordinated and matched the theoretical content and the implementation of seminars and internships. Thereby expanded cooperation consists of Budapest (Hungary), Bangkok (Thailand), Istanbul (Turkey) and Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao.

From the study year 2018 the IMC® Master Programs will be affiliated to the University of Duisburg- Essen The IMC® Master Programs will be part of the study program of the University of Duisburg-Essen. The academic degree Master of Science will be awarded in an official ceremony by the dean of the University of Duisburg-Essen and the scientific director of the IMC® according to the regulations of the examination board of the medical faculty of the University of Duisburg-Essen.