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Ensuring your MBA application stands out from the crowd involves a combination of strategic planning, self-awareness, and effective communication. There are many important factors – essay questions, submitting your GMAT score, organising a reference – it can seem like a lot to do. Here we provide you with some clear steps to consider.

Ollie Wynne-Griffith, a graduate of the Cambridge MBA programme (MBA 2021), talks about preparation for the Pairs competition at this year’s Summer Games.

During a super-cycle year for elections across the globe, we look at how an MBA can help equip you for a role in government – and develop leadership skills transferrable to multiple sectors.

The donation pledge of £750,000 over 5 years from Dimitris Tsikopoulos (MBA 1994), CEO of Greece-based maritime technology firm Navarino, funds the Navarino CJBS Masters Studentships for outstanding candidates to attend Cambridge Judge Business School. (Main photo: Dimitris Tsikopoulos)…

Madeleine Rauch, Associate Professor of Strategy and International Business, tracks her journey from Europe to Cambridge Judge Business School – via war torn places such as the Yemen and Afghanistan- as she brings her field research into human stress and strategy in extreme conditions into the MBA classroom. This article is part of our MBA Faculty Spotlight series.…

Dhruv Sarda, an MBA graduate of Cambridge Judge Business School (MBA 2003), has been named a top 25 mergers and acquisition consultant by The Consulting Report publication.

As the new admissions cycle for entry in September 2025 opens in July, it pays to prepare ahead as much as possible and the GMAT or GRE tests are one way to start framing your MBA journey and working through the steps to reach your goal and succeed.

Oluwatoyosi (Toyosi) Oni wins the Edie Hunt Inspiration Award from partner organisation Forté Foundation for helping women advance into business leadership posts.

We caught up with some of our most recent graduates on their Graduation Day, as they reflect on how their MBA degree has helped them in their career, as well as their personal growth.

Business education publication Poets & Quants names Cambridge MBA students Hugo Mkhize and Juliet Powell to its Best and Brightest MBAs list of remarkable young people for 2024.

From Porsche Consulting and Amazon to IBM and Coca Cola, we look at the global brands supporting our students to gain experience during their MBA.

An MBA is a significant commitment of time and your resources, alongside the fees for any MBA programme, there are also expenses associated with an MBA, from general living expenses to visa costs and travel and accommodation costs. Here we share some tips and insights to support your learning journey and help make financing your studies that little bit easier.

The 18 May conference focused this year on forging global alliances for sustainable growth marks the return of the conference to Cambridge Judge Business School for the first time since 2019.

We meet alumni from the MBA and Master of Finance (MFin) programmes and ask them how choosing the very popular elective, New Venture Finance, run by Robert Wardrop, Management Practice Professor of Finance, has helped them develop and grow their career in finance and the fintech sector.

We spoke to Cambridge Judge alumna Aarohi Dalal (MBA 2022), now Regulatory and Analytics Manager at VARO Energy, to find out how the MBA helped her switch industries, sectors and countries – and we hear her top tips for those interested in a career in sustainability.

As we publish the Cambridge MBA employment report 2024, we explore the career outcomes for some of our most recent graduates.

The recently released Cambridge MBA Employment Report 2024 celebrates how our graduates can adapt to change and pivot in a challenging employment landscape, seeking new sectors and new roles, in new countries, taking their MBA skills across the globe and driving their career forward.

Business school students should quiz prospective employers on how their policies advance sustainability goals, Professor Jennifer Howard-Grenville of Cambridge Judge writes in the Financial Times.

Climate Legacy Commitment, launched by 2 Cambridge MBA candidates at Cambridge Judge, mobilises leading business school students to pledge meaningful action on the climate challenge.

We bring together two MBA alumnae to share insights on careers, their learning journey, empowerment in the workplace, diversity, being Black in Cambridge and so much more.

We speak to 3 of our MBA graduates about mentoring in business and how women, and men, can support each other in their careers and personal development.