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Motto | Cass means business |
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Type | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Executive Education, Research |
Established | 1966 |
Dean | Steven Haberman |
Students | 3495 |
Undergraduates | 1300 |
Postgraduates | 1300 |
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Location | , |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | The Association of MBAs (AMBA) The European Quality Improvement Scheme (EQUIS) Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) City University London |
Website | www.cass.city.ac.uk |
Cass Business School (short for the Sir John Cass Business School) is one of the most prestigious and highly selective business schools worldwide. Established in 1966 as City University Business School, the school changed its name in August 2002 following a donation from the Sir John Cass Foundation,[1] and was officially opened under its new name by the HM Queen Elizabeth II in 2003.
The school is divided into three faculties: the Faculty of Actuarial Science and Insurance, the Faculty of Finance and the Faculty of Management.[2] It awards BSc (Hons), MSc, MBA and PhD degrees and is one of the 54 schools globally to be triple accredited by the AMBA in the United Kingdom,[3] EQUIS in Europe,[4] and the AACSB in the United States.[5] The school’s Alumni Association has more than 31,000 members in 154 countries.[6]
Cass is located within London's financial and commercial district and is arguably the best located business school in Europe with 75% of FTSE 500 companies surrounding it. And, consequently the school's stated aim has always been to be "the intellectual hub of the City" by forging links with financial institutions and multinational corporations as well as start-up businesses.[7]
The Dean of Cass Business School is Professor Steven Haberman.
History
Cass Business School was founded in 1966 as part of City University London, and its aim has always been to capitalize on the school’s vast links with the City of London. The school’s MSc in Administrative Sciences began in 1967 and became the MBA in 1979.
In 2002 the school moved to new premises and changed its name as part of a strategy formed by Lord Currie, who had become Dean the year before, to compete as an international business school in a market dominated by US universities.
The school had previously been spread out across the City of London’s mainly residential Barbican Centre development. Half of the £40 million funding for the new building came from the reserves of City University. The school also received a one-off gift from Sir John Cass’s Foundation.[8]
The school changed its name to reflect the support of the Foundation, which was founded in 1748 to educate children in the City of London. Sir John Cass, whose bequest formed the basis of the Foundation’s funds, was a former Sheriff of the City of London and Member of Parliament for the City.
Rankings and Reputation
Cass Business School, City University London was ranked 2nd in the world as the employing institution of the best researchers in the Actuarial field, according to a study published in the Journal of Risk and Insurance.[9]
Cass Business School's master of science program (MSc) was ranked 11th in the world (including US programs) by the Financial Times.
In 2012, Cass Business School's full-time MBA was ranked 9th in the world for 1-year (non-US) programs by Forbes,[10] 30th in the world (including US programs) by the Economist[11] and 32nd in the world (including US programs) by the Financial Times.[12] Respectively ranking Cass 5th, 3rd and 7th in the UK.
Cass Business School retained its positions as 1st in London and 2nd in the UK for undergraduate education in business and management studies in The Guardian's Good University Guide 2013.[13]
Cass Business School was ranked 2nd in the world (including US programs) as the employing institution of the best researchers in the Actuarial field, according to a study published in the Journal of Risk and Insurance.[9]
Cass Business School is the only Institution to offer a MSc program in collaboration with The Chartered Insurance Institute.[14]
Cass Business School is one of the few institutions which offer exemptions of up to 12 professional exams from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.[15]
Cass is one of 14 UK business schools to have official recognition from the CFA.[16]
Specialist Masters Courses
Cass is currently the largest provider in Europe of specialist masters courses[1] geared towards the global financial services industry. With more than 18 programs including Insurance & Risk Management, Investment Management, Corporate Finance, Banking and International Finance, Quantitative finance, Shipping, Supply Chain, Energy, Trade & Finance, Property valuation, Mathematical Trading, Real Estate, International Accounting & Finance, Finance & Investment, and Real Estate Investment.
Cass MBA
The Cass MBA is offered full-time through a one year course, or through two years part-time Executive MBA, or two years through the modular Executive MBA.
The Higher Education Funding Council for England gives Cass's business and management teaching the highest rating of ‘excellent’.
In September 2007 Cass Business School started EMBA in collaboration with DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre).
Dean Haberman
Dean Haberman graduated in mathematics from the University of Cambridge, qualified as an FIA in 1975, and obtained his PhD and DSc in actuarial science from City University. He is a former member of both the Council of the Institute of Actuaries and the Financial Reporting Council’s Board for Actuarial Standards and is a current member of Legal and General’s Longevity Science Advisory.
Research
Cass Business School is ranked 30th in the world and third in the UK by RePEc, Research Papers in Economics, as of December 2012.[17]
Senior Corporate Partner
The Bank of New York Mellon has extended their support for Cass Business School by continuing as a Senior Corporate Partner. Cass is very proud of this partnership which has created a long term and effective relationship between the School and The Bank of New York Mellon.
David Aldrich, Managing Director at The Bank of New York Mellon, said: The Bank of New York Mellon has enjoyed very successful years of partnership with Cass. We are enjoying and benefitting from the alignment with a top tier business school and the many resources this has provided us. They work with us to hand select the right candidates, we have utilised their academic expertise and frequently use their high profile events for networking opportunities. We look forward to an ongoing fruitful partnership.
Notable alumni
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- Brendan Barber[citation needed] – General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
- William Castell[citation needed] – Chairman of the Wellcome Trust and a Director of General Electric and BP, former CEO of Amersham plc
- Rod Clarke – Former Chief Engineer, Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, Ontario, Canada; Writer and engineering historian
- Peter Cullum – British entrepreneur
- David Essex – Chairman of Bemrose Group
- James J. Greco – CEO and President of Sbarro
- Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou – Founder of easyGroup
- Bob Kelly – CEO of Bank of New York Mellon, former CFO of Mellon Financial Corporation and Wachovia Corporation
- Muhtar Kent – CEO of The Coca-Cola Company. Formerly, President and COO of Coca-Cola International and Executive Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company
- Dick Olver – Chairman of BAE Systems, member of the Board of Directors at Reuters
- Kiran Rao – Executive Vice-President, marketing and contracts, for European plane-maker Airbus SAS
- Syed Ali Raza – President and Chairman of the National Bank of Pakistan
- Durmuş Yılmaz – Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey
- Brian Wynter[citation needed] – Governor of the Bank of Jamaica
- David Woodward[citation needed] – CEO, Aabar Petroleum Investments Company (Aabar), former President of BP Azerbaijan
- Liu Mingkang - Former Chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission
References
- ^ a b "Fact Sheet". Cass Business School. Archived from the original on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "The Faculties". Cass Business School. Archived from the original on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ^ "Cass in new world rankings and re-accredited by AMBA". Association of MBAs. 19 May 2006. Archived from the original on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ^ "EQUIS Accredited Schools". EFMD. 2009-11. Archived from the original on 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
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(help) - ^ "AACSB Accredited Schools Listing". AACSB. 2010-07.
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(help) - ^ "Cass Alumni Statistics". Cass Business School. Archived from the original on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ^ "Cass Business School". Cass.city.ac.uk. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ Braid, Mary (9 May 2002). "The Independent MBA: How City is realizing a dream". The Independent. London.
- ^ a b "Risk and insurance research productivity: 1987-1996". American Risk and Insurance Association. Malvern, Pennsylvania. 1998.
- ^ Badenhausen, Kurt. Forbes http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mli45fggd/9-city-u-cass/.
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(help) - ^ "Business and management studies". The Guardian. London. 22 May 2012.
- ^ "MSc in Insurance and Risk Management". The Chartered Insurance Institute. London, United Kingdom. 4 June 2012.
- ^ "Actuarial". Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. London. 8 March 2012.
- ^ http://www.cfainstitute.org/partners/university/Pages/cfa_program_university_partners.aspx
- ^ http://ideas.repec.org/top/top.finecon.html
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