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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


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Graduating class seeking employment (1)   78%
Graduates who received their first job offer by graduation 60%
Graduates who received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation 9%
Graduates who were company sponsored, or already employed (2) 5%
Graduates who were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) 2%
Graduates who were starting a new business (4) 11%
 
Number of companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 59

(1) Seeking full-time professional employment.
(2) Includes graduates whose studies were financially sponsored by their employers and are returning to those employers, or who were employed while a student and will continue working for that employer.
(3) Enrolled/will enroll in further graduate studies.
(4) Starting a new business as owner. Does not include students accepting jobs with a salary in a new (startup) business.

Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past 12 months and the number of students hired:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Netdecisions 4
2. AT Kearney 2
3. Bear Stearns 2
4. Diamond Cluster 2
5. Amadeus Global Services 2
6. Boston Consulting Group 1
7. Lucent Technologies 1
8. Mitsui & Co 1
9. Tesco plc 1
10. HSBC Private Equity 1
11. Enron 1
12. IBM Global Services 1
13. KPMG 1
14. TTP Ventures 1
15. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 1


U.S. Non-U.S.Total
Graduates
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001

$79,400 $72,400$73,500
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001

$73,200 $67,000$74,000
Average first-year signing bonus

$22,000 $19,700$19,800
Median first-year signing bonus

$22,000 $14,300$14,600
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus

n/a n/an/a
Graduates receiving other guaranteed compensation (2)

n/a n/an/a
Graduates that found jobs through their first-year internships

-- --n/a

(1) Base salary excludes bonuses, commissions, and other compensation. Should be reported in U.S. dollars.
(2) Benefits and perquisites (company cars, equipment, membership, etc.) are not equated to cash and are not included in compensation. May include other taxable payroll compensation such as a guaranteed annual bonus, and guaranteed "overtime" compensation.



CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following fields:
Consulting 29%
Finance/Accounting 25%
General Management 5%
Human Resources 2%
Marketing/Sales 11%
MIS 1%
Operations/Logistics 1%
Other 6%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following industries:
Financial Services 25%
Government (federal, state, local, military) 1%
Manufacturing 4%
Nonprofit (trade associations, religious organizations, charities) 2%
Other Services 21%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 1%
Asia 13%
Central/South America, Mexico 6%
Eastern Europe n/a
Middle East 1%
North America
 (Canada: 5% / U.S.: 95%)
8%
Oceania 1%
Western Europe 48%

Within North America:
Canada 5%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. n/a
Midwest U.S. n/a
Northeast U.S. n/a
South U.S. n/a
Southwest U.S. n/a
U.S. Possessions and territories n/a
West U.S. n/a


MBA INTERNSHIPS

Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: n/a

Top 15 recruiting firms:
n/a

Internship compensation:
U.S. Non-U.S.Total
Graduates
Paid internships

-- --n/a
Average internship compensation

n/a n/an/a
Median internship compensation

n/a n/an/a


B-SCHOOL SERVICES

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
n/a
TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network in main buildings: No

School's investment in technology over the past three years: $286,000

Technology changes made over the past three years:
network backbone hsa been upgraded from basic 10Mb system to one with gigabit speed at the core and 100Mb to the desktop. Server backbone has been strengthened with new servers in a more resilient framework and server farm. new web site has been designed, installed and extended PC replacement cycle been reduced to 3 year termly cycle new projectors installed in main lecture theatres new multimedia seminar room with control system and interactive smartboard new digital cameera and digital video editing facilities introduced contacts/alumni database designed, developed and extended information databases have been upgraded wireless network to be trialled this year.


ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? No

Alumni networking Web site:
www.jims.cam.ac.uk/alumni

Current MBAs given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded 349 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 349 living MBA alumni, and 1 MBA club(s) in 1 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past 12 months, n/a of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. n/a, and a mean gift of U.S. $12,350. The school has received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since 1999, and the B-school endowment is U.S. $80,000,000

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Judy Swan


 
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