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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

City University, London

Cass Business School

  • Program Basics

      • Sir John Cass Business School
      • 106 Bunhill Row
      • London, EC1Y 8TZ
      • United Kingdom of Great Britain
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 24

    • Classes meet:

        • One weekend per month
        • Evenings

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $65,450.00
      • Non Resident: $65,450.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Association of MBAs (AMBA)
        • EQUIS

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,880
      • Full-Time MBA: 80
      • Executive MBA: 405
      • PhD Program: 97
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,618
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Finance, Other

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? We assess our candidates' ability to manage the quantitative element of our programme via their current work experience, previous degree and at interview. If there is a question mark over a candidate's ability to manage the quantitative element of our programme they are required to take the GMAT (obtaining a minimum well balanced score of 600).
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $78.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 86
      • Applicants accepted: 76 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 77 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 88 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 22 %
      • International: 68 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 8 %
      • Asia: 16 %
      • Europe: 46 %
      • North America: 6 %
      • Oceania: 2 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 4 %
      • Dual citizenship: 18 %

    • Entering U.S. citizens are from the following regions:

      • Midwest: 67 %
      • Southwest: 33 %

    • U.S. students in newest entering class who are:

      • White (Non-Hispanic): 100 %
      • Average months of work experience: 125

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 60
      • To: 216
      • Average age: 34

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 28
      • To: 42

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 24 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 6 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 98 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 14 %
      • Finance/Accounting 38 %
      • General Management : 22 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 12 %
      • Management Information Systems : 2 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 6 %
      • Other: 6 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 8 %
      • Consumer Products: 4 %
      • Financial Services: 40 %
      • Government: 2 %
      • Manufacturing: 2 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 10 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 4 %
      • Real Estate: 4 %
      • Technology: 10 %
      • Other: 14 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Accenture
      • Barclays
      • CitiGroup
      • Deutsche Bank
      • UBS

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 8 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit, Need
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 0
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 257

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 90
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 23
      • Non-Tenured: 136

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 29
      • Non-Tenured: 30

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 59
      • Non-Tenured: 68

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 98
      • Non-Tenured: 58

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: Consultancy projects in local Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Argentina, Brazil or Vietnam.
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? No
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 6

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 38 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 57 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 50
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 24
      • Elective courses: 35

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • Entrepreneurship and Innovation
      • Strategic Marketing in Action
      • Global Real Estate Markets
      • Managing Value Creation: Linking Strategy and Finance
      • Global Monetary Policy
      • Corporate Strategy in a Globalised World
      • Building an Enduring Family Business
      • Sports Business

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 6
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2010
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Finance, Leadership, Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Resource Management

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Class participation accounts for some percentage of students' grades
        • Write a complete business plan
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2010

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: We have heavily invested in technology which impacts the experience of Cass students. This includes our Careers portal (bringing students and employers closer together); student virtual desktop environment; high-tech classroom facilities (audio visual and interactive technologies); new virtual learning environment and Cass Knowledge website which showcases and disseminates faculty research. We've also rebuilt the school website to make it fresher and more accessible.
      • Amount spent: $3,290,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 8,118
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 56
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 54
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 1
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $10,244.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $155.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $8,499,984.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/alumni
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do EMBAs have access to career services? Yes
      • Does the school allow its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs? Yes
      • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: EMBA students are offered the same chance to network and meet with corporate recruiters as full time students. EMBA Alumni have lifetime membership of the Cass Careers Services, including access to the jobs board and invites to careers networking events.

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: We are continually evolving the EMBA programme taking into consideration feedback from students, staff, and alumni. Our EMBA increasingly emphasises the importance of developing leadership and team skills.

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