| Cambridge Judge Business School | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1990 |
| Type | Public |
| Dean | Christoph Loch |
| Students | ~420 |
| Location | Old Addenbrooke's Site, Trumpington Street |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | - |
Cambridge Judge Business School, formerly known as the Judge Institute of Management Studies, is the business school of the University of Cambridge. Established in 1990, the School is a provider of management education and is consistently ranked as one of the world's leading business schools[1]. It is named after Sir Paul Judge, chief founding benefactor of the school[2]. The School is part of the University's Faculty of Business and Management, which is in turn part of the School of Technology.[3]
Courses at the School include doctoral programmes, masters programmes and undergraduate studies:
Students at Cambridge Judge Business School also join one of the historic Cambridge Colleges, which provides a social context for their work and an opportunity to meet students and academics from other disciplines.
The School is situated on the site of the Old Addenbrooke's Site on Trumpington Street, near the University's Fitzwilliam Museum. Its colourful facade is a well known landmark in the city.
Cambridge Judge Business School's management studies began life in 1954 in the Engineering Department of the University of Cambridge. In 1991, benefactions from Sir Paul and Lady Judge, together with the Monument Trust, provided the funds for the construction of a building for the newly formed business school[4]. Architect John Outram was appointed to the project and work on the building was completed in August 1995 and officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
The Judge Institute of Management Studies was renamed Judge Business School in September 2005. It adopted the title Cambridge Judge Business School during 2010, and revised its logo to read "University of Cambridge Judge Business School" rather than "Cambridge Judge Business School" in November 2010.
Cambridge is widely regarded as one of the top business schools in the world: its MBA program was recently ranked 1st in the UK by the Economist Intelligence Unit, 3rd in Europe and 7th in the world.[5] It was also ranked 10th worldwide in the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2008[6] and 3rd among one-year programs by Forbes magazine.[7] In the 2009 QS Global 200 Business Schools Report[8] the school was ranked 12th in Europe.
The School is particularly strong in entrepreneurship and innovation management, and offers related courses and seminars via the Cambridge Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning.[9] It also has close ties with Cambridge Enterprise,[10] the university's technology transfer office, as well as the local high-tech cluster known as the Silicon Fen.
The School markets this programme as "the Cambridge MBA".
Roughly 150 MBA students attend the 12 month programme each year. Admissions standards are high, with most of the students having achieved over 700 on the Graduate Management Admission Test.[11] The average age of students on the full time MBA is 30 and generally students come with extensive work experience in distinguished firms.[12] Currently 90% of students come from outside of the UK and 33% of students are women.[13]
Cambridge Judge Business School launched their Executive MBA offering in 2008, with the first class joining the School in September 2009. The programme is targeted at senior executives and is taught over a 20 month period. Participants attend seventeen weekend sessions and three week-long blocks. As with other Executive MBAs the programme is intended for those who wish to continue working while studying towards the qualification.
The Master of Finance is a one year specialist finance course designed for people with at least two years' experience in the finance and banking world who wish to accelerate their career in finance.
The course is designed to give students a rigorous grounding in the theory and practice of finance. It combines a set of core courses that provide the theoretical and statistical foundations for a range of electives that cover the main areas of applied finance. There are three compulsory projects and one optional one, which help students to integrate theory and practice. The other part of the course is the City Speaker Series, which is a weekly series of practitioner talks aimed at providing up to date financial knowledge and commentary from sector experts.
The MPhil Finance is a one year postgraduate course in finance designed for people with no prior work experience. The programme combines advanced study and research and is especially suitable for students intending to continue to a PhD although the majority of graduates decides to work in the financial industry. Based on the number of applications, the MPhil Finance programme is the most competitive degree in the whole of Cambridge University. [14] Applicants need the equivalent to a first class degree to even be considered.
Students on the MPhil Finance programme can chose from a variety of modules offered by the Judge Business School, the Faculty of Economics and the Maths Faculty.
The Executive Education portfolio consists of over 20 open enrollment programmes, typically two-day to three-week programmes covering fundamental business management topics such as finance, marketing, general management and strategy. Programmes are taught by Cambridge Judge Business School faculty and academic staff from the wider University of Cambridge community.
Cambridge Judge Businesss School also offers custom programmes which are tailored to the specific learning and development requirements of an organisation. Programmes are delivered internationally in areas such as leadership, strategy and finance.
The Cambridge Business School Club (CBSC) is a student-run club at the School that promotes partnerships between industry and students through creating interactive learning experiences, and networking opportunities for the entire membership.
Since the school is part of Cambridge University, students have access to a wide variety of cultural, social and athletic groups and activities.
Cambridge Judge Business School has a number of research centres which are founded on strong interdisciplinary networks linking people from across the School, the wider university, business and policy community.
The centres are:
The following staff members hold full university professorships at the University of Cambridge and are assigned to Cambridge Judge Business School.[15][16][17]