Cambridge Judge Business School The Cambridge MBA
ONE YEAR: MAXIMUM IMPACT
Cambridge Judge Business School The Cambridge MBA
A welcome from the Programme Director
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A unique proposition
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Key facts
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University of Cambridge
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Curriculum overview
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Concentrations 12 Developing leaders
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Practical learning
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Global impact
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Diverse perspectives
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Career Accelerator Programme
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Career outcomes
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Your lifelong network
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Launching tomorrow’s entrepreneurs today
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Who are we looking for?
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Cambridge Judge Business School is in the business of transformation – of individuals, of organisations and society. Outstanding: The Cambridge MBA is consistently ranked in the top ten one-year programmes by the Financial Times and The Economist. 97% of our research is deemed world-leading, internationally excellent or internationally recognised by the independent body Research Excellence Framework (REF). Our rankings report high student satisfaction amongst our MBA class.
T2he Cambridge MBA A welcome from the Programme Director
Expect a rigorous and extraordinary 12 months on the Cambridge MBA programme. The Cambridge MBA draws high-calibre participants from a range of professions, geographies and outlooks to take part in the one-year experience. The chemistry that this generates sparks ideas, debates, collaborations – even new businesses. From the word go you’ll be working on the ground on live projects, as well as workshops, seminars, lectures and career treks to enhance your skillset. Plus you’ll meet and engage with leading industry stakeholders – through the rich corporate networks of the business school, the wider University of Cambridge and the dynamic Cambridge business ecosystem. We will challenge you in areas you’ve never before considered. So you’ll join us as a highly engaged global citizen, but you’ll leave us as a profoundly different leader – a distinctive breed of MBA.
Jane Davies MBA Director
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“I came here to get answers to many questions and actually I’ve got even more questions now. So it’s great because I realised how much more I can actually learn here.” Julia Palatovska Ukrainian
The Cambridge MBA A unique proposition:–
An MBA where: global citizens become future leaders An MBA that comprises: a rigorous 12 month study period to enable personal and professional transformation An MBA that allows: customisation of your programme learning An MBA delivered by: an extraordinary university with a legacy of innovation An MBA that: brings together the most diverse range of professionals An MBA where: you will know every classmate’s name An MBA that is located: in the dynamic start-up capital of Europe – Cambridge An MBA that gives: access to global corporations and practical learning opportunities within them An MBA where: collaboration is fundamental An MBA that demands: full participation and commitment to self-development
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“Coming from a legal background, the one-year programme is ideal for giving me a deep dive in management before returning to industry.� Zhao Liu Chinese
The Cambridge MBA Key facts
Duration: 12 months Delivery: On-campus, full time Four projects: Two team projects, both with real clients Capstone project Summer individual project or work placement Three terms, consisting of: Core courses c.50 elective courses Leadership seminars Eight sector ‘concentrations’ Career Accelerator Programme Tuition fees for 2017/2018 (including college membership fees) £51,000 Class size: c.160
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University of Cambridge
Founded: 1209 Nobel Prize winners: 90 Colleges: 31 Overall number of students at the University: 19,000+ Size of alumni network: 200,000+ The University of Cambridge is surrounded by the Cambridge Cluster: A network of companies with the largest investment per capita in Europe Follow on funding raised by University portfolio companies: ÂŁ1.2bn+
Colleges All MBA students become members of one of the 31 Cambridge Colleges. These provide living accommodation (optional), learning, social and sporting opportunities. With college life comes an additional network with students studying across the wider University.
The Cambridge MBA Curriculum overview
Term 1 Michaelmas
Term 2 Lent
Foundation Analytical tools and problem framing
Business Models Decision-making
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Leadership
Leadership in Action
Practical learning
Cambridge Venture Project
Global Consulting Project
Core modules including:
Core modules including:
Operations, Marketing, Cost Management & Control, Strategy
Accounting, Organisational Behaviour, Management Science, Micro Economics
Customised learning
Career Accelerator Programme
Electives c.50 options including: • Creativity & Innovation Management • Mergers & Acquisitions
• 1-to-1 coaching
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• Practical sessions
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Term 3 Easter
Term 4 Summer
Global application Vision in macro context
Individual transition to post-MBA career
Leadership in Action
Capstone Project
Core modules including:
Macroeconomics, Business in Society, Corporate Governance
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• Strategic Brand Management • Lean Six Sigma • Financial Market Trading Simulation
Concentrations
Choose one from: • Finance • Strategy and Marketing • International Business • Health Strategies • Entrepreneurship • Culture, Arts and Media Management • Social Innovation • Energy and Environment • Company treks
• Recruitment events
Summer Activities
The 12 Cambridge MBA Concentrations
MBA concentrations are sector-specific packages of electives, case challenges and workshops culminating in a Capstone project. MBAs choose one concentration in which to specialise during the final term. Culture, Arts and Media Management The concentration explores the arts and media perspective on issues which are confronting all business sectors – globalisation, new technology, brandbuilding, customer development, business model re-engineering, exploitation of intellectual property and much more.
Entrepreneurship We see enterprise increasingly becoming a social movement – a mind-set and methodology to make transformational changes happen. Join this concentration if you want to learn what it takes to generate exciting opportunities and how to take ideas to market.
Energy and Environment This concentration brings together the strengths of the business school in the areas of energy economics and policy. In a volatile age when energy is increasingly at the top of the agenda, managers need to understand how this is likely to change the business environment - creating threats and opportunities.
Finance After thirty years of confident models and assertions, finance theory is in disarray; a new architecture is needed. This concentration challenges you to contribute to its construction. You’ll analyse the causes and impact of financial bubbles, consider the part played by innovative financial engineering and examine the role played by banks.
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Health Healthcare is a particularly challenging area in which to be a manager or leader. It is politically sensitive, subject to constant technological and scientific advances, and faces difficult circumstances with regard to demographic and lifestyle changes. The Health Strategies concentration addresses these topics.
Strategy and Marketing This concentration will provide you with a practical grounding in core skills: defining propositions that clients want, selling consultancy services to clients, and delivering successful consulting assignments, before stretching your abilities in a real consulting assignment.
Social Innovation Whatever the specific sector you’re interested in, this concentration is for people with an interest in leadership for social change, whether in the public, private or beyond profit sectors. This concentration will look at different business models to address social problems.
International Business In today’s semi-globalised, knowledgebased economy, many businesses are involved in some kind of international operations. The field of International Business (IB) deals with a subset of such firms – the multinational enterprises (or MNEs) – which undertake cross-border operations that also involve ownership and control of productive activities in more than one country.
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Leadership guests have included: Urs Rohner Chairman of the Credit Suisse Group Rory Sutherland Vice Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather UK Peter Lรถscher President and CEO of Siemens
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Developing leaders
Developing leadership practice runs through all teaching elements throughout the MBA. We believe leadership skills are difficult to teach in isolation; leadership is about the every day, the way you work with others, the way you articulate ideas and build supportive teams and networks. We also think that listening to those who have done it and can relate the challenges first-hand is vital – hence our comprehensive series of leadership speaker events: MBA Curriculum:
Additional resources:
Leadership in Action CEOs and top executives are the chief strategists, visionaries and leaders of their organisations. Anecdotal examples as well as academic research tell us that firms are a reflection of their top leaders.
City Speakers Series MBAs are also able to attend this series of talks, hosted by the Master of Finance (MFin) programme. Delegates have recently attended from: Citi, J.P.Morgan, Bank of England, Deutsche Bank and Amadeus Capital Partners among others.
This course hosts a group of specially selected senior executives. Through a series of informal group discussions, MBAs are given the unique opportunity to discuss matters around leadership with these high calibre individuals.
University of Cambridge Speaker Events There are a host of University-wide leadership events MBAs are invited to attend including the annual Magdalene College Investec Lecture in Business.
The Cambridge MBA Practical learning
Our core focus is on team work. MBAs gain frequent access to real clients from around the world, opening doors to career opportunities after the programme.
The Cambridge Venture Project (CVP) In term one you will work in teams to consult for one of the entrepreneurial firms in the Cambridge area. The CVP will give you first-hand experience of some of the challenges faced by innovators in high-risk, highpressure environments. Teams are allocated a Mentor and also have input from Cambridge Judge Business School faculty.
The Global Consulting Project (GCP) In the second term, you will form your own teams and consult with blue-chip multinational corporations or international organisations on location, on a particular aspect of their business. The GCP is a highlight of the Cambridge MBA for many, providing a valuable opportunity to apply your learning, experience new sectors or roles and build global networks with a view to your post-MBA career goals.
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The Capstone Project The Capstone Project uses a real life case study to explore business theory. It rounds off the subject-specialist ‘Concentration’ work done, bringing together all the learning from the MBA curriculum in the sector area you will have chosen. The projects include: creating business plans, pitching for investment, or presenting analysis of business problems to client panels.
Summer Activities This period of study allows you the flexibility to pursue your own goals, whether through an individual project, work placement or research case study. The summer period presents another opportunity to link up with our network of business contacts going forward into your post-MBA career.
The Cambridge MBA Global Impact
Internationally diverse class: We select a nationally diverse class to ensure the dynamic exchange of ideas and business cultures. MBAs also partake in number of region-specific networks at the business school including the Cambridge Chinese Business Network and Cambridge Africa Business. Network. MBA Global Consulting Project : Students consult in teams for prestigious global clients-on location, anywhere in the world. Previous clients have included: Gulftainer, UAE; SAB Miller, South Africa and Google, Ireland. World leading faculty: Our faculty are at the top of the game in terms of impactful, globally relevant research – 97% of which was deemed ‘internationally recognised’ in a recent UK study. This is harnessed through a number of initiatives including the CambridgeChina Advisory Council and the Middle East Leadership Research Centre.
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Global employment outcomes: The Cambridge MBA gives participants a global mindset and experience set, enabling internationally rounded careers and often re-location. Our last graduating class took up employment across 23 countries. Global treks and meet-ups: There are opportunities for international career treks and meet-ups with members of the business school network located around the world, across the MBA year. International philanthropy: MBAs work with the school’s partner charity, Aiducation, throughout the year. Money raised funds high school scholarships for high potential children in Kenya and the Philippines.
“I’ve worked in emerging markets for a long time so I was looking to experience new geographies in my career and join a firm that is more globally recognised.” Yvonne Ofosu-Appiah Ghanaian
“We have people that have worked in very different fields all around the world and that makes this experience even more enriching.” Raúl López Petisco Spanish
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Diverse perspectives
Our high-achieving students come from a huge variety of industries and locations, giving insight into a range of different business methods. Overview of the 2015-16 class Size of the 2015 class: 160 Average work experience: 6 years Nationalities: 40 Average GMAT score: 690 Languages spoken: proficiency grade 5
Gender balance
Female (37%) Male (63%)
Industry breakdown
Industry (43%) Finance (25%) Consulting (20%) Other (12%)
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‘“I participate in as many career activities as possible- from company treks to career counseling appointments. The access to industries is unparalleled.” Vera Vasilyeva Russian
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Career Accelerator Programme
The size of our cohort allows for a highly personalised career development programme.
• Individual coaching: In-depth, • Recruitment events: Throughout individual coaching sessions with the year we run a variety of events Career Development Managers hosted by leading name employers. and specialist consultants are given They also post roles on our online throughout the academic year, platform, contact students directly designed to debrief your skills audit having identified them as potential and identify your career goals. candidates from our Profile Book, and work one-to-one with careers staff to inform us of job opportunities • Practical sessions: There is a broad range of practical skills sessions • Student Interest Groups: MBA’s throughout the year, given online can join student interest groups or in workshop-style, using alumni, which represent the various industry external sector consultants, and sectors. These are supported by coaches. the Careers team in pinpointing Sessions include: employability opportunities: • Case or competency interview conferences, speakers, contact with practice alumni and visits to companies. • Networking strategy • Offer negotiation advice Current Student Interest Groups include: • Career treks: • Finance The team work with students to • Women in Business arrange relevant career treks to • Entrepreneurship employers offices. Previous career treks have included: Amazon, Google and EY.
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“The Cambridge careers consultants provided extensive support prior to my interviews in London and New York. Their help enabled me to refine and polish my pitch giving me confidence to express my capabilities and experience succinctly.� Richard Stockley New Zealander IBM General Management Leadership Program
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Career outcomes
Cambridge MBA graduates use their experiences to take their career in new and exciting directions. 2016 Employment Report Summary Job offers three months out: 95% Switched location, function or industry: 94% Average package salary: ÂŁ85,521 Countries worked in: 21 Top employers: Amazon, Google, A.T.Kearney, The Fung Group, The Boston Consulting Group, HSBC
Post-MBA sector employment Consulting (29%) Finance (32%) Industry (38%) Public sector/NGO (3%)
“The big differentiator of the Cambridge MBA is the networking. You have the prestigious brand of Cambridge behind you– I’ve built connections with people in impact investing funds, hedge funds, private equity funds that I wouldn’t have been able to connect with prior to this. “ Mike Thiessen Canadian
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Your lifelong network
Your diverse and influential network will develop from the following communities, both as a student and subsequently as alumni.
Practitioners and corporates
MBA peers
Who will you meet? University of Cambridge alumni
Leading faculty
The bright minds of the wider University of Cambridge
A world of networking Top ten university globally Number of University of Cambridge alumni: 200,000+
Number of University of Cambridge alumni groups worldwide: 400+2 dge MBA Brochure 16-17_2.indd
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The Cambridge MBA Launching tomorrow’s entrepreneurs today
So you want to be an entrepreneur? The Cambridge MBA takes the brightest individuals on the path to realising their entrepreneurial goals. Bring your determination and ideas – the MBA will add the practical and analytical skills as well as the network of experts to guide you.
Me + ideas
Me + the MBA entrepreneurial toolkit Master the theory Core MBA modules: teach the fundamentals across business functions.
Develop the skills Cambridge Venture Project: work with small companies to help them grow.
Entrepreneurship electives: understand the theory behind starting and growing a business.
Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning: participate in courses and attend skills and networking events.
From start-up to SME and beyond!
Cambridge Cluster – aka 'The Silicon Fen' +1500 companies with combined revenues of £12bn thrive in the surrounding business environment and Cambridge MBAs sit at the centre of it all.
Global university network VC funding invested in University of Cambridge spin-offs is higher than in any other UK or European university
Entrepreneurship Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School This unrivalled hub of entrepreneurial activity encompasses: Accelerate Cambridge – the start-up incubator, The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, The Centre for Social Innovation and The SME Growth Club.
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University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge Entrepreneurs Society is the #1 most popular university society.
Me + idea + team = start-up Craft my ideas The MBA Entrepreneurship Concentration: taught by expert coaches; learn how to apply the theory to your own business ideas. Cambridge Networks: share ideas with successful entrepreneurs working within the surrounding ‘Silicon Fen’.
The SME Growth Club The in-house club at the business school supports SMEs by helping CEOs develop both their own and their organisations’ managerial skills, and setting them up to grow.
Find my team Find your team within the MBA classroom, the Collegiate Network, the peer-led Entrepreneurship Special Interest Group or an Accelerate start-up weekend.
Get funding Accelerate Cambridge is the start-up incubator that helps launch and grow new ventures. Ideation@CJBS weekends help develop ideas, while pitch days give access to investors.
Test my idea MBA Entrepreneurship Summer Programme: develop your business plan and get feedback from experienced entrepreneurs and faculty staff.
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Application Deadlines There are five application rounds for entry in September 2017: Round 1 deadline: 9 October 2016 Round 2 deadline: 21 October 2016 Round 3 deadline: 6 January 2017 Round 4 deadline: 10 March 2017 Round 5 deadline: 5 May 2017
Apply now at: http://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/ programmes/mba/apply/
The Cambridge MBA Who are we looking for?
Who are we looking for? Show us: Ambition, confidence, creativity, intelligence, a global outlook, your career progression to date, and the ability to collaborate with others Work experience: 3 years’ full-time work experience after completion of your undergraduate degree GMAT: (GMAT current class average – 690) Mid 80% (640-740); A balanced score is required Valid GRE scores also accepted English proficiency: English as your native language or TOEFL is 110 - with no element below 25 or IELTS - 7.5 with no element below 7.0 Undergraduate academic achievement: 1st or 2:1; or top 25%; or GPA of at least 3.3 One reference: From a supervisor
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