Program Basics

• • The Cambridge MBA
  • University of Cambridge Judge Business School
  • Trumpington Street
  • Cambridge, CB2 1AG
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Program Web site: www.jbs.cam.ac.uk
  • Status: Public
  • Program e-mail address: mba-enquiries@jbs.cam.ac.uk
  • Graduate business school is accredited by:
    • Association of MBAs (AMBA)
    • EQUIS

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 320
  • Full-Time MBA: 149
  • Executive MBA: 96
  • PhD Program: 75
• • Other graduate degree programs:
    • Master of Finance
  • MPhil Management; MPhil Finance, MPhil Innovation, Science and Technology, MPhil Management Science and Operations, MPhil Technology Policy, Management of Technology and Innovation

PROGRAM COSTS

• Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:

  • Resident: $55,650.00
  • Nonresident: $55,650.00
  • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $18,550.00
  • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $18,550.00

PROGRAM LENGTH

• • Full-time program (months): 12

ADMISSIONS

• Application Deadlines

  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Nov 11, 2011
  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Jan 6, 2012
  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Mar 2, 2012
  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Apr 20, 2012
• • Does the program have rolling admissions? No
  • Is proficiency in English required for admission? Yes
  • Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required? Yes

• Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

  • • IELTS
    • TOEFL Internet Based Test
    • TOEFL Paper-based Test
• • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 110

• Relative Importance of Application Elements:

  • GMAT Score: Very Important
  • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
  • Application Essays: Very Important
  • Interviews: Very Important
  • Recommendations: Very Important
  • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

APPLICANTS

• • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 1,001
  • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 25 %
  • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 56 %
  • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 1 %
  • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 0 %
  • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 20
  • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 5
  • Applicant interviews are: Required
  • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 30 %
  • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

APPLICANT POOL

• • International applications received: 96 %
  • Applications from women received: 26 %

CLASS PROFILE

• Full-time students in newest entering class (2010-2011) that are:

  • Female: 29 %
  • International: 91 %
  • Married: 20 %

• Students from following regions:

  • Africa: 3 %
  • Asia: 36 %
  • Europe: 26 %
  • North America: 23 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 7 %
  • Oceania: 5 %
• • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 12
  • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 72

• Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:

  • From: 48
  • To: 120
• • Median age of entering class: 29
  • Mean age of entering class: 30

FINANCIAL AID

• • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
  • Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 56 %
  • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 56 %
  • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $11,229.00
  • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $11,713.00
  • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
    • a combination of need and merit
  • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarship
  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No

GMAT

• • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
  • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

  • 10th Percentile 600
  • 25th Percentile 640
  • 75th Percentile 710
  • 50th Percentile (median) 680
  • 90th Percentile 740
  • Average GMAT Score 671

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

  • 10th Percentile 620
  • 25th Percentile 660
  • 75th Percentile 710
  • 90th Percentile 730
  • 50th Percentile (median) 690
  • Average GMAT Score 684

CLASS OFFERINGS

• • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 75
  • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 21
  • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 50

• Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

  • • Consulting
    • Finance
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Marketing
    • Health Care Administration
    • Corporate Social Responsibility
    • International Business
    • Arts Administration
    • Media/Entertainment
• • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? No

• The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

  • • Finance
    • Technology
    • Consulting
    • Leadership
    • Strategy

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 49

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 5

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 29

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 47

STUDENT LIFE

• Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

  • • Biotech/Health care
    • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Consulting
    • Finance
    • Nonprofit
    • VC/ Private Equity
    • Environmental
    • High Tech
    • Investment Banking

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods used:

  • Case Study: 25 %
  • Distance Learning: 40 %
  • Experiential Learning: 50 %
  • Lectures: 10 %
  • Simulations: 50 %
  • Team Projects: 35 %

• Requirements for graduation:

  • • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
    • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
    • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 1,525
  • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.cr.jbs.cam.ac.uk
  • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

CAREER SERVICES

• • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 67 %
  • Graduates not seeking employment: 21 %
  • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 12 %

• Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

  • Destination: Silicon Valley
  • Month: June
  • Destination: South Korea
  • Month: June
  • Destination: Moscow
  • Month: June

• Primary source of job offer:

  • School-facilitated activities: 33 %
  • Graduate-facilitated activities: 67 %
  • No information provided by graduate: 0 %

• Job Offers for 2011 graduates

  • Received first job offer by graduation: 69 %
  • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 15 %
  • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 9 %
  • Did not report having received a job offer: 7 %
  • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 52 %
  • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 21 %
  • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 17 %
  • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 10 %

• Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

  • McKinsey 6
  • KPMG 5
  • Credit Suisse 3

• Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Consulting: 28 %
  • Consumer Products: 3 %
  • Financial Services: 25 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
  • Non-Profit: 8 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 3 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 4 %
  • Technology: 12 %
  • Other: 14 %

• Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

  • Africa: 2 %
  • Asia: 33 %
  • Europe: 50 %
  • North America: 9 %
  • Oceania: 6 %

• • -Cambridge Judge Business School is a very different B-school. The holistic approach to the program is amazing. The numerous on company projects like the Cambridge Venture Project, Global Consulting Project and the Summer Activity gives a window to apply theory to practice and I doubt any other B-school gives this breadth of experience.
    
    -Cambridge MBA is one of the best one year programs in Europe. The spirit of entrepreneurship and collaboration is around you during the whole year. You learn a lot from different areas of business. Above that, there is opportunity to meet lots of people from different background and learn from them. These people are not only your classmates but also those from Cambridge Network, including thousands of undergraduates, PhD students, professors, entrepreneurs, and alumni.
    
    -I think I would recommend my school if they would like to seek entrepreneurship, but if they would like to seek a career in Finance, I would recommend Wharton, for example.
    
    -There are no equals in terms of networking opportunities and diversity of employers. In addition, ideas flow continuously and it is likely that you will have the chance to set up a new business.
    
    -Cambridge MBA is a great experience. It gives exposure to people in very senior places. The rigorous schedule also ensures that students are prepared to cope with the demands of their future careers.
    
    -At the Judge Business School, you don't just get an MBA degree, you get the rich experience of being a student at one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the world. On top of learning about business, I made a great and extremely diverse network of friends who are perhaps the most collaborative you'll find in an MBA school.
    
    -The courses offered were diverse and well taught and the projects I was able to work on were excellent. Both in terms of the deliverable but also the people whom I was able to meet as a result.
    
    -The Cambridge experience is unique and the course is fantastic, but above all the course attracts a fantastic range of students and I have learned so much from them. It is a small class so you get to know everyone and it really has a collaborative spirit. A top class course, at one of the worlds best know and most reputable universities--what more could you ask for?
    
    -Cambridge is probably not a place for a career changer, especially to finance and consulting field, unless you have other outstanding qualities.
    
    -The governance is poor in Cambridge MBA. I was disappointed at the fact that the school has no academic initiative, as seen in MIT, LBS, Oxford, and HBS. On the other hand, Cambridge environment and historic culture is awesome.
    
    -The diverse student profile does not always allow for numerical outcomes to be useful. Unlike the "international" MBA programs in the US, where 35 percent are international students, Cambridge has a class where 90 percent of the students are well-heeled international students with more professional experience. So I find the nearly all American MBA program's claims of "an international student profile" to be quite amusing.
    
    -Cambridge is under-rated, a bit of a gem that others don't know about. It's perfect--small class size (unlike Harvard, Stanford); personal touch (the Director knows everyone by first name); center of a great university (unlike LBS or INSEAD); quant town...best place on earth for an MBA!