Introduction to Cass Business School. World Cities University Network 2 September 2010

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1 Introduction to Cass Business School World Cities University Network 2 September 2010

2 One of the world s top ranked business schools Cass is one of the world s leading business schools, ranked in the top 50 by the Financial Times We are located in the heart of the financial centre of London, and with over 3000 students we are the biggest quality business school in London.

3 Our School mission statement Our mission is to be the business school of the City of London and its intellectual hub, serving the needs of professionals and companies through management education and by stimulating research and debate on key issues facing international business and finance.

4 Our School Structure Three faculties: Management; Finance; Actuarial Science and Insurance Four programmes: MBA: Executive/Full-time/Dubai Executive MSc: Management; Finance (including Banking, Asset Management); Property; Shipping/Energy; Insurance/Risk; Quantitative; Charity UG: Management; Business; Banking; Investment/Risk; Accounting PhD 126 academic staff; 230 professional staff International 70% of students from overseas Over 40% of faculty Dubai programme Links with Olin, ESCP, SNU, KAIST Over 30,000 alumni and 51 alumni chapters

5 School Standing - Rankings School MBA MSc Research FT European Business Rankings nd in UK; 13 th in Europe FT Executive MBA Ranking 2 nd in UK; 4 th in Europe; 21 st in World FT Global MBA Ranking th in UK; 41 st in World The MSc programme is considered to be one of the leading programmes in Europe based on entry standards, range of courses, level of fees and numbers of applications received. We have the largest Finance faculty in Europe and have recently become a CFA Programme Partner for five of our Finance courses. FT Masters in Management - MSc Management ranked 2 nd in UK. FT has ranked our PhD Programme in Global Top 30 for Business and Finance for past three years. The latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) ranks Cass in Top 10 Schools in UK for Business and Management research. 90% of our research is of international significance and 55% is internationally excellent.

6 School Standing Rankings etc Undergraduate Guardian Good University Guide st in London; 3 rd in UK The Times Good University Guide rd in London; 11 th in UK Accreditations EQUIS AACSB AMBA One of 11 schools in UK to have triple accreditation

7 Student numbers / / / / / / / / / /2010 Undergraduate Part-time Postgraduate Full-time Postgraduate TOTAL STUDENT NUMBERS

8 Executive Education We are a leading provider of executive education and we run programmes/work with, among others: Bank of New York Mellon Anglo-American Arriva Deloitte PwC Lovells Clifford Chance NHS UKTI Bankseta Central Bank of UAE Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority SNU China Construction Bank Tianjin City Authority

9 Intellectual Hub Leading business, finance and policy figures come to Cass to debate top items on business/finance agenda The City is interested in our academic and practitioner focused research We have academic links with Bank of England, ECB, IMF, Cabinet Office, FSA Sponsored research AXA Winterthur, Towers Perrin, Allen & Overy, Credit Suisse, Deloitte, FT Group Corporate Partners The Bank of New York Mellon, Santander, RSA, Czarnikow, Allen & Overy, Credit Suisse, Ernst & Young, Mergermarket, bureau Van Dijk

10 Intellectual Hub We hold over 100 public events each year: High profile public lectures Mais, Henry Thornton, Currie and Cass Foundation Academic conferences and research centre events City of London Biennial, Emerging Markets, Econometrics Partnership events Editorial Intelligence, Fathom Consulting Monetary Policy Forum Joint business school events Cass/ESSEC link up Student recruitment fairs over 100 recruiters at September 2009 fair Alumni special interest groups MBA Special Lectures

11 Who are our main UK competitors?

12 How does this break down? Triple accreditation Executive MBA FT MBA MSc MAN UG Research (FT MBA) Exec Ed Ashridge LBS LBS LSE Oxford LBS Ashridge Aston Cass Said Cass Leicester Judge Cranfield Cass Imperial Judge Strathclyde Cass Said LBS Cranfield Cranfield Lancaster Aston St Andrews Bath Said Durham Warwick Cranfield Imperial Warwick Imperial Warwick Henley Henley Imperial Bath Imperial Cass Lancaster Lancaster Ashridge Manchester Durham Exeter Aston Henley LBS Strathclyde Cass Glasgow Cranfield Manchester Durham Warwick Strathclyde Manchester Strathclyde Strathclyde Warwick Warwick

13 Key areas of research strength/collaboration Areas of research strength Management Strategy/Marketing Governance Organisational behaviour Finance: International Asset Management Banking Insurance/Risk/Actuarial Science Corporate Finance Overarching Entrepreneurship Leadership in Professional Service Firms Collaboration Research Student exchanges Joint degrees Executive education