In 1995,"The international of Management Limited" made an application to the Royal College of Arms for a grant of The Armorial Bearings of IIM with Supporters and Badge based upon a design prepared by with the founding members of IIM. The application was accepted and The Letters Patent was then prepared and presented by H.E.Paston-Bedingfeld, Esq., York Herald, on 22 January 1996 at the Government House, to the Queen's representative in HongKong. His Excellency The Hon. Christopher Patten, representing the Queen, in turn presented The Letters Patent to the President of IIM, The Hon. Dominic Wong, OBE, JP.

The Right to the Armorial Bearings conferred by the Grant of Armorial Bearings , made by the Kings of Arms under the Royal Authority of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, is a limited Right, and is not a Right which the grantee can pass onto a third party. Any reproduction of " The International Institute of Management Limited " Armorial Bearings in any form thereof is not permitted without the prior written consent of the Council of the institute.

Given below are detail of the interpretation of the heraldic form of design.