Judge Business School

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Judge Business School
Established: 1990
Type: Public
Dean: Arnoud de Meyer
Students: ~150 (MBA) ~25 (MFin)
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Campus: Urban
Website: www.jbs.cam.ac.uk -
The Judge Business School

Judge Business School (often JBS) is a business school in Cambridge, UK. It is part of the Faculty of Business & Management at the University of Cambridge.[1] Established in 1989, JBS is an internationally recognised provider of innovative, intellectually challenging management education, encouraging critical reflection and creativity, and attracting the most able students to all its courses. It was formerly known as the Judge Institute of Management Studies.

Courses include a PhD programme, masters programmes whose focus ranges from research to professional practice, and undergraduate studies:

All students at Judge Business School also join one of the 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 original Addenbrooke's Hospital on Trumpington Street, near the University's Fitzwilliam Museum. Its colourful facade is a well known landmark in the city.

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[edit] History

Judge Business School's management studies began life in 1954 in the Engineering Department of the University of Cambridge. In 1991 generous 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. Architect John Outram was appointed to the project and work on the building was completed in August 1995.

Since then a great deal has been achieved leading to high quality research and undergraduate, graduate and executive education teaching programmes.[citation needed]

[edit] MBA rankings

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.[2] It was also ranked 10th worldwide in the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2008[3] and 3rd among one-year programs by Forbes magazine.[4]

The School is particularly strong in entrepreneurship and innovation management, and offers related courses and seminars via the Cambridge Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning.[5] It also has close ties with Cambridge Enterprise,[6] the university's technology transfer office, as well as the local high-tech cluster known as the Silicon Fen.

[edit] The MBA Programme

Roughly 150 MBA students attend the 12 month programme each year. Admissions standards are high, with a current class average of 694 on the Graduate Management Admission Test.[7] Currently 90% of students come from outside of the UK and 33% of students are women.[8]

MBA students are divided into teaching groups known as Stream 1 and Stream 2. These groups then complete the core course and are disbanded before students choose from a wide selection of elective courses and a research dissertation.

[edit] Core courses

[edit] Elective Courses

Students are assessed on four electives and may attend one on a non-assessed basis.

[edit] Projects

[edit] The Master of Finance Programme

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.

[edit] Core courses

[edit] Electives

[edit] Projects

[edit] Cambridge Business School Club

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.

[edit] Cambridge Connections

[edit] Research centres

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:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Faculties and Departments of the University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge, http://www.cam.ac.uk/deptdirectory/, retrieved on 2009-03-19 
  2. ^ Cambridge, University of - Judge Business School eiu.com, accessed January 18, 2008.
  3. ^ FT.com / Business Education / Global MBA rankings
  4. ^ Best Business Schools - Forbes.com
  5. ^ Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning
  6. ^ Cambridge Enterprise
  7. ^ Top Non-U.S. One-Year Business Schools - Forbes.com
  8. ^ Judge Business School: MBA - People - Class Profile

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 52°12′01″N 0°07′17″E / 52.200224°N 0.121461°E / 52.200224; 0.121461

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