Cass Business School, London

The Cass Business School of London (officially Sir John Cass Business School, City of London) is a business school located in the City of London, England, and is part of The City University, London. It was formerly called the City University Business School. It is accredited by AMBA and EQUIS and offers Specialist Master's Programmes, MBA (Master of Business Administration) and Executive Programmes. The School is housed in a building located in the City of London, which caters predominantly for postgraduates. It also offers a range of undergraduate courses. The School offers an EMBA China programme in China which is aimed at Chinese students.

Cass has ranked very highly in recent years: Cass gained 2nd place overall in UK and 6th in Europe in the Financial Times Survey of European Business Schools 2004. The School has more than 25,000 alumni globally.

Cass recently announced a second campus at Canary Wharf, catering mainly for its Executive Education wing CassExec. The campus is housed in One Canada Square.

The Cass Business School is divided into three faculties. These faculties are the Faculty of Actuarial Science, Faculty of Finance and the Faculty of Management.

The Dean of the School was previously Professor David Currie (Lord Currie of Marylebone), who stepped down in April 2007, to be replaced by Richard Gillingwater, who started at the School in January.

The Facts
Cass Business School (Sir John Cass Business School, City of London) is part of City University. It was formerly known as City University Business School but changed its name in August 2002 following a substantial donation from the Sir John Cass Foundation, a leading educational charity.

Undergraduate Programmes: BSc Actuarial Science, BSc Banking and International Finance, BSc Business Studies, BSc Investment and Financial Risk Management (IFRM), BSc Management, BSc Risk Analysis and Insurance, BSc Real Estate Finance and Investment, International Foundation Programme, Master of European Business (MEB). Cass Business School's undergraduate program is ranked first in London and third in the UK, according to The Guardian University Guide 2008. However The Times ranks Cass' (City University) Business Programmes at 13th in the UK.

Specialist Masters Programme: Cass is the largest provider in Europe of specialist masters courses geared towards the global financial services industry, with more than 20 programmes on offer ranging from Actuarial Science through to Shipping.

Alumni: more than 25,000 alumni in business globally. The Cass postgraduate programs draw students from more than 90 countries worldwide.

Notable Alumni: Robert P. Kelly, Stelios Haji-Ioannou

MBA: The Higher Education Funding Council of England and Wales gives Cass's business and management teaching the highest rating of ‘excellent’. The Cass MBA is recognised and accredited by both the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the European Quality Improvement Scheme (EQUIS).

Executive MBA China: In February 2003 an Executive MBA began in collaboration with SUFE (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics) and sponsored by the Bank of China. This programme is delivered through e-learning and intensive workshops taught by Cass tutors in Shanghai.

Executive MBA Dubai:In September 2007 Cass Business School started EMBA in collaboration with DIFC{Dubai International Financial Centre}. Like in China this programme will be delivered through e-learning and intensive work shops thought by Cass faculty once in a month over long weekends.

International Partners:


 * Hong Kong  - Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong University (HKU), Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)


 * Austria        - Universität Wien, Vienna*


 * Belgium        - Solvay Business School, Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)*


 * France         - Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP)* and Universite de Paris (Dauphine)


 * Germany        - Technische Universität Berlin (TUB)*, Technische Universitat München (TUM)


 * Ireland       - Quinn Business School, University College Dublin


 * Italy         - Bocconi University, La Sapienza Rome and (LUISS)* Rome


 * Spain         - University of Barcelona, Universidad Complutense, Madrid* and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona


 * The Netherlands - RSM, Erasmus University


 * Norway        - Norwegian School of Management


 * Singapore     - Singapore Management University and The National University of Singapore


 * Sweden        - Stockholm University School of Business


 * USA           - Goizueta Business School, Emory and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


 * Canada        - Concordia University,  University of Waterloo, HEC Montreal  and University of Western Ontario

Members of Alliance of Management Schools in European Capitals (AMSEC), of which Cass is a founding member

The Cass MBA
The Cass MBA is offered through a one year course of full-time development, through a two year part-time Executive MBA, or through a modular Executive MBA. The Cass Executive MBA was ranked 13th, 10th and 15th (world rankings) in 2004, 2005 and 2006 respectively by FT. The full-time MBA was ranked 42nd, 60th, 47th and 73rd (world rankings) in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 by the same publication.

Specialist Masters Courses
Cass Business School offers more than 20 specialist degrees to allow students to focus on different career paths.

Cass portfolio of degrees is unique both in terms of the breadth of the subject coverage and the depth of subject expertise. They cover a wide spectrum of specialist subject areas ranging from Banking (retail, central and investment) Asset Management and Quantitative finance, Property valuation and Investment and Management in financial services and the charity sector.

A key feature of all courses is that they set the theory of finance, management and the specialist discipline in a wider practical perspective, through the use of case studies, state of the art technology and visiting staff who are experienced and respected practitioners.

Among these courses are the highly esteemed MSc Shipping, Trade & Finance and MSc Energy, Trade & Finance, MSc Finance and the MSc Real Estate Investment.

Research Centres
Research centres at Cass Business School include:
 * The Actuarial Research Centre
 * Alternative Investments Research Centre (AIRC)
 * Asian Business Research Centre
 * Centre for Charity Effectiveness
 * Centre for Econometric Analysis (CEA@Cass)
 * Centre for Financial Regulation and Crime (CFRC)
 * Centre for Leadership, Learning and Change (CLLC)
 * Centre for New Technologies, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CENTIVE)
 * Centre for Research in Corporate Governance
 * Centre for Research on European Financial Markets and Institutions (CREFMI)
 * Emerging Markets Group (EMG)
 * Film Business Research Centre
 * International Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance
 * Pensions Institute
 * Private Equity and Venture Capital Research Centre (PERC)
 * Research Centre for Real Estate Finance
 * Risk Institute