Cass Business School

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Cass Business School
Motto	Cass means business
Established	1967
Type	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Executive Education, Research
Dean	Richard Gillingwater
Staff	ca 500
Students	3495
Undergraduates	1405
Postgraduates	2007
Doctoral students	83
Location	London, United Kingdom
Affiliations	The Association of MBAs (AMBA) The European Quality Improvement Scheme (EQUIS)
Website	www.cass.city.ac.uk

Cass Business School (short for the Sir John Cass Business School, City of London) is the business school of City University London. Located in the City of London, England, it was formerly known as City University Business School (CUBS) but changed its name in August 2002 following a donation from the Sir John Cass Foundation, an educational charity. The MSc in administrative sciences began in 1967, and became the MBA in 1979. The university's roots go back to 1894.

Cass awards BSc (Hons), MSc, MBA and Phd degrees and is accredited by AMBA ^[1] and EQUIS^[2] and is the largest European provider of specialist MSc degrees in financial services. The Alumni Association at Cass has more than 31,000 members in 154 countries^[3].

The School is divided into three faculties: the Faculty of Actuarial Science and Insurance, the Faculty of Finance and the Faculty of Management.

Contents 1 Rankings 2 Undergraduate BSc Courses 3 Specialist Masters Courses 4 The Cass MBA 5 International Partners 6 Research Centres 7 Notable alumni 8 Notes and References 9 External links

[edit] Rankings

In 2009, the Financial Times ranked the full-time MBA 9th in the UK and 41st in the world, and the Executive MBA is ranked 21st in the World.

The MSc in Management was ranked 2nd in the UK by the Financial Times in 2008 and the The Guardian Good University Guide 2009 ranks Cass as 1st in London and 3rd in the UK for undergraduate courses in business, management and finance.^[4]

[edit] Undergraduate BSc Courses

Undergraduate Programmes: BSc Accounting & Finance, BSc Actuarial Science, BSc Banking and International Finance, BSc Business Studies, BSc Investment Analysis and Insurance, BSc Investment and Financial Risk Management (IFRM), BSc Management, BSc Real Estate Finance and Investment, International Foundation Programme, Master of European Business (MEB). Cass Business School's undergraduate programme is ranked first in London and third in the UK, according to The Guardian Good University Guide 2009. Each year Cass Business School grants scholarships, which in year 2009/10 were 18, worth 805 pounds.

[edit] Specialist Masters Courses

Cass is currently the largest provider in Europe of specialist masters courses^[5] geared towards the global financial services industry, with more than 20 programmes on offer ranging from Banking (retail, central and investment) Asset Management and Quantitative finance, Property valuation and Investment and Management in financial services, shipping, energy and the charity sector.

A key feature of all courses is that they set the theory of finance, management and the specialist discipline in a wider practical perspective, through the use of case studies, state of the art technology and visiting staff who are senior City practitioners.

The MSc in Management has been ranked 2nd in the UK and 15th in the world by The Financial Times Masters in Management ranking September 2008.

[edit] The Cass MBA

The Cass MBA is offered full-time through a one year course, or through two years part-time Executive MBA, or two years through the modular Executive MBA. The EMBA was ranked 13th in the world by the Financial Times in 2009 ^[6]. The full-time MBA was 41st (world rankings) in 2008 by the FT^{[citation needed]} and 46th in the world by The Economist^[7]

The Higher Education Funding Council of England and Wales gives Cass's business and management teaching the highest rating of ‘excellent’. The Cass MBA is recognised and accredited by both the Association of MBAs (AMBA^[1]) and the European Quality Improvement Scheme (EQUIS^[2]).

Executive MBA Dubai:In September 2007 Cass Business School started EMBA in collaboration with DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre). This programme is delivered through e-learning and intensive work shops taught by visiting Cass academia once in a month over long weekends.

Alumni: more than 31,000 alumni in business globally, in 154 countries^[8]. The Cass postgraduate programs draw students from more than 90 countries worldwide.

HM Treasury ranked Cass 19th in the world as part of the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme which exempts MBAs from the world's top 50 business schools from the usual visa requirements to work in the UK (It no longer exists). ^[9]

SII Centre of Excellence: Cass Business School is the first of a select group of UK universities to be designated a Securities & Investment Institute (SII) Centre of Excellence. The designation aims to give Cass graduates a significant headstart when progressing their financial services careers. The Centre of Excellence designation means that Cass graduates who complete the MSc in Finance or the MSc in Investment Management will also be eligible for the award of the SII Diploma (which will become formally known as the "SII Masters" programme) without having to take any of the SII exams. Cass will be the only London based Centre of Excellence.^[10]

[edit] International Partners

Internationalism is encouraged by their membership of the Alliance of Management Schools in European Capitals (AMSEC), which provides opportunities for research collaboration with fellow schools in Paris, Brussels, Rome, Berlin, Madrid and Oslo

The school works with the following international partners^[11], these are:

• Hong Kong — Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong University (HKU), Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)

• Austria — Universität Wien, Vienna*

• Belgium — Ecole de Commerce Solvay, Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)*

• France — Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP)* and Universite Paris-Dauphine

• Germany — Technische Universität Berlin (TUB)*, Technische Universität München (TUM)

• Greece -International Hellenic University (IHU)

• Ireland — Quinn Business School, University College Dublin

• Italy — Bocconi University Milan, and (LUISS)* Rome

• Spain — University of Barcelona, Universidad Complutense de Madrid* and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

• The Netherlands — Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

• Norway — Norwegian School of Management, Oslo

• Singapore — Singapore Management University and The National University of Singapore

• Sweden — Stockholm University School of Business

• USA — Goizueta Business School, Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Canada — Concordia University, University of Waterloo, HEC Montreal and University of Western Ontario

• China — Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai

(* Denotes members of Alliance of Management Schools in European Capitals (AMSEC), of which Cass is a founding member)

[edit] Research Centres

Research centres at Cass Business School include:

• The Actuarial Research Centre
• Alternative Investments Research Centre (AIRC)
• Asian Business Research Centre
• Centre for Banking Research [1],
• Centre for Charity Effectiveness
• Centre for Econometric Analysis (CEA@Cass)
• Centre for Financial Regulation and Crime (CFRC)
• Centre for Leadership, Learning and Change (CLLC)
• Centre for New Technologies, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CENTIVE)
• Centre for Research in Corporate Governance
• Centre for Research on European Financial Markets and Institutions (CREFMI)
• Emerging Markets Group (EMG)
• Film Business Research Centre
• International Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance
• Pensions Institute
• Private Equity and Venture Capital Research Centre (PERC)
• Research Centre for Real Estate Finance
• Risk Institute

[edit] Notable alumni

• William Castell - Chairman of the Wellcome Trust and a Director of General Electric and BP, former CEO of Amersham plc until it was acquired by GE when he became CEO of GE Healthcare and a Vice-Chairman of GE, BA
• Peter Cullum - British entrepreneur, founder of the Towergate Partnership, the largest independently owned insurance intermediary in Europe, UK Entrepreneur of 2005
• David Essex - Chairman of Bemrose Group
• James J. Greco - CEO of Bruegger's Enterprises Inc., parent company of Bruegger's Bagel Bakeries, MA
• Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou - Founder of easyGroup
• Bob Kelly - CEO of Bank of New York Mellon, former CFO of Mellon Financial Corporation and Wachovia Corporation
• David Kelly - Founder & COO, travel company lastminute.com, Founder & CEO, interior design website mydeco.com
• Muhtar Kent - CEO of The Coca-Cola Company. Formerly, President and COO of Coca-Cola International and Executive Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company
• Liu Mingkang - Governor, People's Bank of China
• Dick Olver - Chairman of BAE Systems, member of the Board of Directors at Reuters
• Syed Ali Raza - President and Chairman of the National Bank of Pakistan, MSc
• Kiran Rao - Senior Vice President, Marketing and Pricing Policies, Airbus
• Durmuş Yılmaz - Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey, BSc

[edit] Notes and References