The Cambridge MBA

The Cambridge MBA is a 12-month general management programme, ranked as one of the best in the world. It allows high levels of customisation through an extensive choice of electives, consulting projects and concentrations, and emphasises practical business experience through real-life consulting projects with international businesses. We bring the brightest talent from around the world to take part, and our class each year is highly sought after by international recruiters.

The Cambridge MBA is academically rigorous and has its own distinct learning style. Inspired by the University's tradition of tutorial discussion and lively debate, our programme is taught through workshops, seminars, lectures, discussion groups, and team and individual projects. We bring together a dynamic class of more than 47 nationalities from a wide range of sectors and our class sizes are small, allowing you to interact directly with our faculty.

The Cambridge MBA consists of:

Core Courses

The core MBA courses start at the beginning of October with our Foundation module. Working with faculty and business practitioners, you will build a solid core of knowledge and enrich your personal understanding of management issues.

You will be able to choose five electives over the course of the year; two in Lent Term (Spring) and three in Easter Term (Summer). We bring in experts from both Cambridge University and the wider business and academic worlds to teach our extensive portfolio of advanced specialist courses. This is the ideal opportunity to broaden your experience, focus on subjects in which you are particularly interested, and make it your Cambridge MBA.

The Cambridge MBA Concentrations are run over the final part of the programme and are designed to allow you to customise your MBA and and consolidate your learning over the programme in your particular area of interest. Concentrations focus on specific sectors and bring together core and elective courses, academic coaching, careers development, wider University networking and individual summer activities.

There are eight areas of specialisation, each of which provides a pathway to a richer, more integrated exploration of a specific sector. The concentrations are:

It's all very well to study the theory, but it's only through applying those skills to a real-life business scenario that you'll get the real benefit. Cambridge offer four opportunities for practical project, two of which are live consulting projects with real corporate clients. These projects are undertaken in teams, alongside your international and diverse class mates, so your collaborative skills will be tested to the max too. These projects also offer vital opportunity to develop your future career interests and get connected with corporate partners that may become a future employer.