Executive Education
Secure the knowledge and skills to lead, manage and innovate for the future.
Overview
Experience an interdisciplinary, interactive learning environment that celebrates and creates real-world impact. At Cambridge Judge Business School, our Executive Education Open and Custom programmes will test, challenge, encourage and inspire you.
What’s more, you’ll find us relevant and rigorous. We’ll help you embrace the knowledge and skills you need – to grow in confidence, and to evolve and adapt. Get ready to lead purposefully, to manage effectively, and to innovate in an increasingly complex future.
Cambridge has a long-standing history of academic rigour. Here at Cambridge Judge Business School, our executive education programmes are delivered by our own world-class faculty, by faculty across the wider Cambridge University ecosystem, and by leading industry experts. Many are leaders in their field, directing cutting-edge research, consulting for top businesses, and advising governments. This interdisciplinary approach brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the classroom.
Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do at Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education. We are incredibly proud to be a certified B Corporation. This significant milestone reflects our ongoing commitment to integrating sustainability and social responsibility into our educational programmes and operations. This certification aligns with our mission to empower individuals and organisations to create positive change in the world and ties into the market demands for a more thoughtful and sustainable view of the role of organisations.
Our programmes have lasting impacts on our clients, participants, their organisations and the wider world. In today’s fast-paced environment, we help individuals and organisations build their knowledge, skills, and expertise, informed by cutting-edge scientific research, to be better prepared for the challenges they face.
We have a collaborative approach to learning, working closely with our clients to create transformational, bespoke learning solutions that cater to their specific organisational goals and strategies and help them build a competitive advantage in a complex business environment.
Our customised psychometric tools enable faculty to examine and engage with what really lies beneath the surface of an organisation. This also means we can provide our clients with insightful data and reports on the impact our programmes are having at the individual team and company level.
Our open enrolment programmes are designed for managers and leaders looking to learn and grow. That might be through Face-to-face programmes here in Cambridge, in a Live Online classroom, or on one of our self-paced Online programmes. Here, you will benefit from small class sizes and high levels of interaction with faculty and peers from around the globe.
We help to empower leaders and organisations to make positive change in the world. Unlock your personal and professional potential with us.
Explore our open programmes
Leadership
Designed for senior leaders and ambitious executives who wish to build their management skills, and fine-tune and refresh their leadership approach.
Cambridge Advanced Leadership Programme
Cambridge Senior Management Programme
Cambridge General Management Programme
Cambridge Rising Women Leaders Programme
Chief Technology Officer Programme
Chief Human Resources Officer Programme
The Cambridge Family Business Leadership Programme
Managing People
Building a career means learning to manage people. This suite of programmes is for leaders who wish to develop a high-performance culture, maximise organisational effectiveness and lead change.
Managing Organisations
Grow in your role, tackling different challenges and problems. Build a comprehensive toolkit in everything from leading negotiations to understanding finance.
The Cambridge Negotiations Lab
Strategic Decision-Making for Leaders
Leading Strategic Projects Successfully
People Analytics: Transforming HR Strategy with Data Science
Steering Complex Projects
Business Analytics and AI: Decision-Making Using Data
Leading Change in the Workplace: The Future of Work
Mastering Change Management: Building Resilient and Adaptable Teams
Environmental, Social and Governance
Act on complex environments, social and governance issues. Incorporate ESG into your business processes.
Strategy
Develop and deploy new strategies. Build competitive advantage, re-think your strategy and be confident to create change.
Innovation and Technology
Build innovation across your organisation. Blend corporate and entrepreneurial innovation, understand and implement new business models, and explore service design and innovation.
Finance
Empowering individuals and organisations to make sound choices regarding investments and expenditures.
Professional Service Firms
Explore the challenging aspects of leading and managing professional practices.
Certificate of Achievement
Grow in your role, tackling different challenges and problems. Build a comprehensive toolkit in everything from leading negotiations to understanding finance.
Download the open programmes brochure
We will test you, challenge you, encourage you and inspire you.
Why choose Cambridge Judge?
Our programmes are world-leading. We leverage the power of academia, then combine it with the very best in sustainable, equitable and diverse business practices.
Leading-edge research
Benefit from cutting-edge research conducted by world-class faculty and led by 20 research centres. We are proud to be part of the University of Cambridge, an institution at the forefront of academic brilliance for more than 800 years.
Centred in a major tech ecosystem
Science parks. Incubators. Innovation centres. The Cambridge Cluster or ‘Silicon Fen’ is one of the most successful technology centres in the world – and many of these businesses have direct connections with the university.
Smaller class sizes
Experience the power of small. We keep class sizes small, meaning you enjoy maximum levels of interaction and knowledge-sharing, with faculty and with a talented peer group.
Networking
Enjoy unrivalled networking opportunities, both in and outside the classroom. Engage with our rich local business community and share ideas with your carefully-selected and highly-diverse cohort. You’ll build connections to last a lifetime.
Delivery formats
High quality programmes, flexible formats. Our 3 delivery styles allow you to choose whichever format best suits your needs.
Face-to-face
Immerse yourself in an inspirational learning environment in the historic and beautiful city of Cambridge. In an intense classroom-based experience, you will engage with faculty and peers in person. Join ‘Cambridge Union’-style debates, hear from guest speakers and faculty, and enjoy group exercises, role-play and informal conversations both in and outside class.
Live Online
Experience the best of Cambridge face-to-face learning right inside your home or office. Using current technologies, our seamless Live Online delivery offers you richly immersive interaction with faculty and peers. You’ll experience virtual debates, hear from guest speakers and faculty, and engage in breakout groups, simulations and role-play.
Online
Study whenever and wherever you want. Our highly flexible fully online programmes run over multiple weeks. Enjoying carefully structured learning, you’ll benefit from curated videos, live Faculty webinars, Q&A chat sessions and a dedicated Programme Support Team.
Executive Education news and insights
Discover the latest news from our leading-edge faculty and research centres.
Governance, economics and policy
How megatrends shape our evolving future
Michael Kitson of Cambridge Judge Business School explores how long-term megatrends such as climate change, AI and global politics interact with immediate crises, impacting businesses and society. The insights provided will help policymakers and leaders navigate the complexities of today's interconnected world and prepare for future challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
As the world faces ever increasing environmental and climate related challenges, the need for professionals equipped with the knowledge and skills to lead sustainable change is more pressing than ever. Cambridge Judge Business School, in collaboration with Banco Santander, is proud to offer Cohort 3 the Santander Course | Skills for the Green Transition 2024.
A CEO's personal experience of attending an open programme at Cambridge Judge Business School.
