The foundations for your future
Attain the knowledge and understanding you need to enter the world of business. The Cambridge MPhil in Management is a taught masters programme that covers the full breadth of business and management learning.
9 core courses, including a final term Management Consulting Project, and 2 electives over the academic year provide you with the general management and specialised knowledge you need to succeed.
Most MPhil in Management graduates go into business and as such, we’ve built the programme as a graduate conversion course to equip you for your new career.
Maria Lucia Perez (MPhil in Management 2023/24)
I studied industrial engineering in Lima, and then I worked for a year at a startup. My favourite subject here has been marketing, not only was it engaging itself but actually it helped me prep for consulting interviews.
The faculty here is very knowledgeable, very engaging, and I would say that I’m lucky to have a very knowledgeable cohort, fully diverse, not only in terms of where they come from, but what they’ve studied. And I think that really adds value to the whole general learning experience here.
I feel that the programme has given me the time to reflect on what I want to do next, to think about what I’m good at, what are my strengths, but what are the things that I have to improve. It has been very important to understand how business really works. I come from a very technical background, which is engineering, so I do understand how the math, how the physics, how the chemistry works. But I think it’s really important to understand how the real world works.
What I remember most is how I started, the first day I started, and how I ended. I feel like it has been a huge change personally, academically, and professionally. I’m super glad of the opportunities this programme has given me.
What advice, if any, would you give to people looking to take this programme?
Don’t wait. Apply.
Academic outline
Pre-term
Core module pre-readings
We ask you to complete a list of pre-readings before your induction in October.
Michaelmas term (Term 1: Foundation)
The programme starts with a series of lectures and activities designed to help new students hit the ground running in Cambridge and start to think creatively and work together on team projects straightaway.
9 taken per year
The MPhil in Management core courses cover an extensive breadth of business and management disciplines and topics. Core courses are taught throughout the programme. They provide a solid grounding in the key areas of management.
2 taken per year
The MPhil in Management electives cover a wide range of topics, designed to allow you to tailor the course to your own needs. You choose 2 electives during the year, either in Michaelmas or in Lent term.
A series of workshops on team building, collaborative leadership, academic writing and other relevant topics are offered throughout the programme. The purpose of these workshops is to provide you with foundation skills that are essential to the successful completion of your academic programme and development of your future career once you graduate. The exact number of these workshops may vary from year to year depending on their relevance.
Vacation
Christmas break.
Michaelmas term examinations normally take place in Cambridge at the beginning of January, ahead of the start of Lent term.
Lent term (Term 2: Consolidation)
9 taken per year
The MPhil in Management core courses cover an extensive breadth of business and management disciplines and topics. Core courses are taught throughout the programme. They provide a solid grounding in the key areas of management.
2 taken per year
The MPhil in Management electives cover a wide range of topics, designed to allow you to tailor the course to your own needs. You choose 2 electives during the year, either in Michaelmas or in Lent term.
A series of workshops on team building, collaborative leadership, academic writing and other relevant topics are offered throughout the programme. The purpose of these workshops is to provide you with foundation skills that are essential to the successful completion of your academic programme and development of your future career once you graduate. The exact number of these workshops may vary from year to year depending on their relevance.
Vacation
Easter Vacation.
Lent term examinations normally take place in Cambridge in April, ahead of the start of Easter term.
Easter term (Term 3: Implementation)
9 taken per year
The MPhil in Management core courses cover an extensive breadth of business and management disciplines and topics. Core courses are taught throughout the programme. They provide a solid grounding in the key areas of management.
The Management Consulting Project is one of the core courses on the programme. It provides you with a unique opportunity to apply theory to the practice of management. It involves working in teams over the Easter term to solve a business problem within a high-performing organisation, following which you’ll present your analysis and results in an oral presentation to your client organisation and to an invited audience.
Core courses
Explore the full breadth of the foundation courses that underpin business and management, setting you up for career success.
Electives
Gain specialised knowledge and skills to enhance your employability, through our wide range of elective topics.
Management Consulting Project
A unique opportunity for you to apply theory to the practice of management. You will work in a team to solve a real issue for a leading company (recent companies have included AFRY, BT, Cognizant Worldwide, Kraft Heinz, Lloyds Banking Group, Mott MacDonald, Rolls Royce, and Tech Nation).
Your learning experience
Learn the Cambridge way. Academically rigorous, professionally relevant, inclusive, collaborative and inspired. You will be challenged to sharpen your skills, ranging from the mathematical to the interpersonal, and excel across theoretical and practical disciplines.
Faculty lectures, discussions, and written work are designed for you to gain a critical understanding of the practice of management, including:
- key applied techniques
- conceptual issues
- contemporary debates in academic management literature
Assessment
We use a wide range of assessment strategies, like formal written examinations, assignments, case studies, presentations and coursework. All core courses carry the same weighting towards your final mark and, except for the Management Consulting Project, are assessed primarily by an individual University examination (which may be complemented with other types of assessments among those mentioned above).
Natasha Huang (MPhil in Management 2023/24)
I chose this programme because I wanted to have a stronger foundation in business because I felt that I had a strong scientific background and a research background. But I really wanted that more practical experience that could cover a wide range of business-related topics. So I felt like I was really missing that kind of business component. So I thought taking this management programme would really equip me with a lot of the skills and knowledge necessary to try and bridge maybe science and business together.
Yeah, it’s a really cool experience studying here at Cambridge Judge. It’s a very different feel, I think, to a traditional Cambridge department. I think it’s a really good overall environment, and it’s quite an exciting and new place to be. A lot of the course was designed to give us a really strong but also kind of basic foundational view into the subject. So I really appreciated that.
In group projects, you might have people bringing in their own expertise or even some of their experience in previous internships or jobs. This course, in bringing together people from many different fields and experiences and backgrounds, was really useful, and I really appreciated that.
Faculty
Our faculty are diverse, energetic and international thought leaders whose passion is to share their knowledge and to inspire. Please note that faculty teaching on the programme are subject to change.
PhD (HEC Paris)
Director of the MPhil in Management Programme
PhD (University of New South Wales)
DBA (Boston University)
Stella holds an honorary title from Cambridge Judge Business School.
PhD (University of Michigan)
PhD (London School of Economics)
PhD (University of California Santa Barbara)
Director of the Master of Studies in Entrepreneurship Programme
PhD (University of Cambridge)
PhD (University of Cambridge)