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2001 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
University of Cambridge
The Judge Institute of Management

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Address: Trumpington Street
Cambridge , Cambridgeshire CB1 3ND
UK
E-Mail: enquiries@jims.cam.ac.uk
Web site: www.jims.cam.ac.uk


FACULTY/ACADEMICS

Basic Information:
Core MBA curriculum last revised: 1999

Full-time program runs in the following countries:
United Kingdon

Accelerated MBA program offered? No

Laptop computer requirement? Yes

Students must complete international experience abroad? No

Students must complete a business plan? Yes

School claims intellectual property rights on ventures developed by its students? No



TEACHING METHODS

Teching Methods:
Case study 27%
Distance learning (video conferencing, Web-based learning) 0%
Experiential learning 6%
Lecture 40%
Simulations 5%
Team projects 7%
Other 15%
Description: All students complete an individual dissertation which may include a project for a client organization. All students do 2 external client consultancy projects in teams of 4 or 5; one based with Cambridge companies, usually high tech or bio tech based; and the other for an MNC based anywhere in the world.


Distance learning option for some courses? No


SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS/SPECIALIZATIONS

School Concentrations/Specializations:
General Management

Full-time MBAs enrolled in entrepreneurial studies/small business concentration in past 12 months: n/a


AREAS OF STUDY

The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Entrepreneurship
Finance
International Business
Manufacturing & Technology Management
Organizational Behavior

Average number of students in a core course: 42

Average number of students in an elective course: 18

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in academic year: 23

Percentage of electives offered in 2000-2001 that are new in the past three years: 69%

New electives added in past 12 months:
Computer Aided Decision Making
Equity Valuation
Issues in Gloabl Health and Technology
Knowledge Asset Screening
Managing Change or Leading Transformation
Mergers & Acquisitionsc
Privatisation and Regulation
Risk Management in Global Banking
Search for Transcultural Competence


FULL-TIME PROGRAM FACULTY

Full-time faculty in residence over past 12 months 43
Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months 14
Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 10%
 
Tenured professors 43
Of those, what percentage are:
  Female 34%
Underrepresented minorities: (1) n/a
Focus on entrepreneurship 16%
Members of company boards/ directors of boards of advisors 18%
Have owned a business 25%

(1) Defined as U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, and Native American. Asian Americans are not included in the minority percentage.


JOINT-DEGREE PROGRAMS

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time students:
n/a


OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS

Other degree programs offered:
MPhil in Managment Studies
MPhil in Finance
MStud in Community Enterprise


STUDENT LIFE

Editor's note: While the B-school may not have an active club in an area that interests you, the greater university system may.

B-school has active professional clubs in the following areas:
Biotech/Health care
Business Ethics
E-Business
Entrepreneurship
Finance
High Tech
Investment Banking

B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
Partners/Family

Religious organizations active on campus:
n/a

Active intramural sports teams:
Cricket
Football
Rowing
Rugby
Ski
Volleyball
sailing

Annual group trips that attract at least a third of the class? Yes

Where to?
Stockholm, Sweden
Nice, Sophia Antipolis, France

MBA Games, or sports contests against rival B-schools:
Event Month Location
Cambridge/Oxford

Apr. Oxford, UK
Cambridge/Oxford

May Cambridge, UK
European MBA Sports olympics

June Paris, France
European Golf Championships

July Cranfield,UK
European Sailing Championships

n/a Southampton, UK



 
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