Where learning has impact
Experience detailed, team-based learning, tailored to advance your personal ambitions. The Cambridge MBA combines the very best of the University of Cambridge’s academic rigour and excellence with a programme of core courses, electives, concentrations and live, hands-on project work.
Learn with high-achieving, international peers, from a range of professional backgrounds in a class curated to enhance your learning.
The intensive programme is delivered over 4 terms, with 4 projects, 9 concentrations, circa 50 electives, an international study trip and internship option. It’s one year that will change your life.
You will get the most from your Cambridge experience if you fully immerse yourself in it. We have crafted the Cambridge MBA Programme to make sure you are intellectually stimulated by a well-rounded business education.
Programme highlights: a transformative learning experience
Live-client projects. Personalised learning. Global treks. Take your time – there’s a lot to explore.
Experiential
Work in small, close-knit teams and practice new skills in live projects with multinational organisations.
Rigorous and interactive
With interational peers, learn from outstanding, cutting-edge faculty and their network of external speakers.
Tailorable
Build a programme suited to you, including electives, concentrations, project and careers options.
Global
Your peers, our research, network, your career opportunities – all globally focused.
The consulting projects you do throughout the year immerse you in situations you haven’t been in before, working on things you haven’t worked on before, with people you haven’t been colleagues with before.
Academic outline
- Michaelmas Term (October to December)
- Lent Term (January to March)
- Easter Term (April to June)
- Summer Term (June to September)
Michaelmas term (October to December)
Team building: project focus
Core courses
- Business and Sustainable Development
- Business Analytics
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Management Praxis
- Microeconomics
- Organisational Behaviour and Leadership
- Organisations vs Markets: Designs and Incentives
Electives
Choose 3 (chosen in Michaelmas term)
See sample list of electives on our Core courses and electives webpage.
Team project
Cambridge Venture Project (CVP)
Core courses
Establish secure foundations on which the rest of your career will be built.
Electives
Increase your employability, explore areas of interest and apply what you’ve learned.
Projects
Live client projects. Personalised learning. Global treks. Take your time – there’s a lot to explore.
Tailored learning: MBA Concentrations
Broaden your perspective, focus your pathway. Our Concentrations offer you the opportunity either to expand your skillset and explore new industries, or gain greater depth in a specific area of interest. Grow your network and open new doors, all with the support of a specialist coach and external speakers who are experts in their field. Combine with other tailoring options, such as projects, elective courses, and career development skills to really advance your journey.
Taking this specialist Concentration, and the associated electives that were very specific to the sector, demonstrated to my potential employers my commitment and passion for social impact.
Your learning experience
Collaborative, innovative, applied and career focused. Learn the Cambridge way. You’ll never look back.
World class research and teaching
Embark on a learning journey that goes beyond the ordinary. Our exceptional faculty comprises of around 70 individuals who combine cutting-edge research and transformative teaching to ignite your potential and enable your future of success.
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