Overview
Access an exceptional talent pool and see your organisation benefit from fresh insights, total commitment and intellectual rigour. A cornerstone of our curriculum offering, consultancy projects with partnering organisations give students an invaluable opportunity to tackle a challenging management issue.
Cambridge Judge Business School attracts the highest calibre of students to its world-class programmes. Applying leading-edge knowledge and frameworks to real problems for real clients, our students have earned an enviable reputation for delivering outstanding results.
Explore our student consultancy projects:
Key project dates and deadlines
Please review the key project dates and submit your proposal by the listed deadlines.
MBA and Master of Finance consultancy projects
The Cambridge MBA is a one-year general management programme producing ambitious, adaptable and innovative leaders able to work across multiple disciplines and cultures. Skilled at managing change, creative problem-solving and improving performance, our MBA students represent more than 45 countries and have an average of 6 years’ work experience.
The Master of Finance (MFin) is a one-year post-experience degree for ambitious finance professionals. Our Master of Finance’s highly international cohort has a minimum of 2 years post-graduation finance work experience.
Cambridge Venture Project (CVP)
- When: 6 weeks part-time from October to December
- Proposal deadline: 5 September 2024
- Hands-on, team-based engagement for 5 students working for a local business and addressing a specific, tangible market research need
- Ideal for organisations with limited resources to gain fresh, objective market research evaluations
- Projects typically look at financial, strategic and marketing implications of new products or ventures
- Students present their findings and recommendations to the client at CJBS
- Previous project partners include Emmaus Enterprises, Skin Analytics, Weedingtech, Sentec, Ubisense.
For further details on MBA CVP project, please contact:
Sadia Cuthbert
Head of Careers
Cambridge Judge Business School
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1AG
+44 (0)1223 768387
[email protected]
MBA Global Consulting Project (GCP)
- When: 4 weeks full-time from mid-March to mid-April
- Proposal deadline: 10 January 2025
- Hands-on, team-based engagement for 4-5 students working to address an important management issue for your organisation
- Students can consider any and all aspects of management from any commercial, industrial, public sector or not-for-profit organisation, either in the UK or abroad
- Previous projects have included strategic reviews, benchmarking and best practice analysis, diversification assessments and new market strategies
- Previous organisations have come from Europe, Australia, Latin America, China, South Korea, Russia and North America and included consultancies, multinationals, charities, investment and commercial banks, and Cambridge-based technology companies.
For further details on MBA GCP project, please contact:
Sadia Cuthbert
Head of Careers
Cambridge Judge Business School
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1AG
+44 (0)1223 768387
[email protected]
MBA Individual Project and Work Placement
- When: 6 to 8 weeks full-time between July and September
- Proposal deadline: 24 May 2024
- Optional Individual Project (IP) which can be linked to an individual consultancy or research project for an outside organisation OR a company-based Work Placement (WP) or internship
- Students negotiate a brief directly with your organisation in an area of particular interest
- Recent projects include a product extension strategy for a financial services company, an analysis of the US railway sector, a branding strategy for a national retailer and derivatives modelling. This is often a paid project.
For further details on MBA IP/WP project, please contact:
Sadia Cuthbert
Head of Careers
Cambridge Judge Business School
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1AG
+44 (0)1223 768387
[email protected]
MFin Group Consulting Project (GCP)
- When: 4 weeks full-time from mid-March to mid-April
- Proposal deadline: 2025 dates to be confirmed
- A collaboration between your organisation and an international team of 5 to 6 bright, driven and highly-skilled young finance professionals
- Students address a real business issue exploring any aspect of finance, either within the financial services industry, or for non-financial organisations
- Recent project examples include financial strategy reviews, benchmarking and best practice analysis, market analysis of launching a new PE fund in China, analysis of emerging market equity returns in relation to GDP, M&A analysis and valuation, credit analysis of bank balance sheets for a head fund and more.
For further details on MFin projects, please contact:
The Master of Finance Office
Cambridge Judge Business School
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1AG
+44 (0)1223 766381
[email protected]
MPhil and Tripos consultancy projects
MPhil in Management consulting project
A rigorous one-year programme for students, who are looking to pursue a management career. This high-potential cohort are outstanding individuals with strong potential to become leaders in their field.
- When: 6 weeks in total (3 weeks full-time) from late April to early June
- Proposal deadline: 2025 dates to be confirmed
- Engage an international team of between 4 and 6 bright, motivated and committed students preparing for a professional career in management
- Students tackle a pressing issue bringing fresh insights and rigorous academic acumen
- Clients submit project proposals on real-world challenges your organisation is facing – to involve decision-making, employee interaction and clear, forward-looking recommendations
- Recent projects have included strategic planning, financial modelling, business planning and market analyses.
For further details on the MPhil in Management project, please contact:
Juliet Wilson
Principal Projects Leader
MPhil & MST Projects Office
Cambridge Judge Business School
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1AG
+44 (0)1223 760521
[email protected]
MPhil in Technology Policy consulting project
An intensive 9-month programme for students with a science or engineering background, who are interested in meeting the challenges of integrating technology, management, economics and policy.
- When: 5 weeks in total (3 weeks full-time) from April to June
- Proposal deadline: 2025 dates to be confirmed
- Highly-motivated student teams of 3 to 6 apply their considerable experience and skills to a real technology policy issue, providing tangible benefits to your organisation
- Projects can cover a broad range of technology areas, including public policy, corporate strategy and technology development
- Students can work for any commercial, industrial, public sector or not-for-profit organisation, either in the UK or abroad
- Relevant projects may include strategic reviews, benchmarking and best practice analysis, diversification assessments, new market strategies and policy analyses
- Recent organisations our students have engaged with include Royal Dutch Shell, AstraZeneca, the National Audit Office, Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls Royce, Paris Peace Forum, UK Power Networks, and the Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy.
For further details on the MPhil in Technology Policy project, please contact:
Juliet Wilson
Principal Projects Leader
MPhil & MST Projects Office
Cambridge Judge Business School
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1AG
+44 (0)1223 760521
[email protected]
Management Studies Tripos consulting project
A one-year management course attracting outstanding University of Cambridge undergraduates. Students join this programme for the last year of their undergraduate studies and come from a broad range of disciplines.
- When: Full-time during May
- Proposal deadline: 2025 dates to be confirmed
- Students work in small teams of between 3 and 4 to address a real management problem for their client
- Project scopes need to be well-defined and your organisation should be within a commutable distance from Cambridge
- Recent projects have included strategic planning, market analyses, cost-benefit analyses, feasibility studies, competitor reviews and service assessments for local private and public organisations
- Organisations who have worked with our students include Cambridge City Council, OC&C Strategy Consultants, Visit London, BT, Cambridge Design Partnership, Carrillon, Mott McDonald, Procter and Gamble, Marshalls, Capco, Sick Children’s Trust, and Shortfuze.
For further details on the MST project, please contact:
Juliet Wilson
Principal Projects Leader
MPhil & MST Projects Office
Cambridge Judge Business School
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1AG
+44 (0)1223 760521
[email protected]
Key dates
| Project name | Proposal deadline | Project dates |
|---|---|---|
| MBA Individual Project/Work Placement | 24 May 2024 | Jul-Sep 2024 |
| MBA Cambridge Venture Project | 5 Sep 2024 | Oct-Dec 2024 |
| MBA Global Consulting Project | 10 Jan 2025 | Mid Mar-mid Apr 2025 |
| MFin Group Consulting Project | 2025 dates to be confirmed | 2025 dates to be confirmed |
| MPhil in Management Consulting Project | 2025 dates to be confirmed | 2025 dates to be confirmed |
| MPhil in Technology Policy Final Group Project | 2025 dates to be confirmed | 2025 dates to be confirmed |
| Management Studies Tripos (MST) Project | 2025 dates to be confirmed | 2025 dates to be confirmed |
Project terms
To maximise the value of the project to our hosts and our students, we ask them all to abide by our project terms. Please read these carefully before committing to a project. All students subscribe to an ethical code of conduct and sign a confidentiality agreement before starting project work. Please note that this is the only agreement we may enter.