The foundations for your future
Attain the knowledge and understanding you need to enter the world of business. The Cambridge MPhil in Management is a taught masters programme that covers the full breadth of business and management learning.
Nine core courses, including a final term Management Consulting Project, and 2 electives over the academic year provide you with the general management and specialised knowledge you need to succeed.
Most MPhil in Management graduates go into business and as such, we’ve built the programme as a graduate conversion course to equip you for your new career.
Academic outline
Pre-term
Core module pre-readings
We ask you to complete a list of pre-readings before your induction in October.
Michaelmas term (Term 1: Foundation)
The programme starts with a series of lectures and activities designed to help new students hit the ground running in Cambridge and start to think creatively and work together on team projects straightaway.
9 taken per year
The MPhil in Management core courses cover an extensive breadth of business and management disciplines and topics. Core courses are taught throughout the programme. They provide a solid grounding in the key areas of management.
2 taken per year
The MPhil in Management electives cover a wide range of topics, designed to allow you to tailor the course to your own needs. You choose 2 electives during the year, either in Michaelmas or in Lent term.
A series of workshops on team building, collaborative leadership, academic writing and other relevant topics are offered throughout the programme. The purpose of these workshops is to provide you with foundation skills that are essential to the successful completion of your academic programme and development of your future career once you graduate. The exact number of these workshops may vary from year to year depending on their relevance.
Vacation
Christmas break.
Michaelmas term examinations normally take place in Cambridge at the beginning of January, ahead of the start of Lent term.
Lent term (Term 2: Consolidation)
9 taken per year
The MPhil in Management core courses cover an extensive breadth of business and management disciplines and topics. Core courses are taught throughout the programme. They provide a solid grounding in the key areas of management.
2 taken per year
The MPhil in Management electives cover a wide range of topics, designed to allow you to tailor the course to your own needs. You choose 2 electives during the year, either in Michaelmas or in Lent term.
A series of workshops on relevant topics are offered throughout the term. The purpose of these workshops is to provide you with foundation skills that are essential to the successful completion of your academic programme and development of your future career once you graduate. The exact number of these workshops may vary from year to year depending on their relevance.
Vacation
Easter Vacation.
Lent term examinations normally take place in Cambridge in April, ahead of the start of Easter term.
Easter term (Term 3: Implementation)
9 taken per year
The MPhil in Management core courses cover an extensive breadth of business and management disciplines and topics. Core courses are taught throughout the programme. They provide a solid grounding in the key areas of management.
The Management Consulting Project is one of the core courses on the programme. It provides you with a unique opportunity to apply theory to the practice of management. It involves working in teams over the Easter term to solve a business problem within a high-performing organisation, following which you will present your analysis and results in a written report, and deliver an oral presentation to your client organisation.
Core courses
Explore the full breadth of the foundation courses that underpin business and management, setting you up for career success.
Electives
Gain specialised knowledge and skills to enhance your employability, through our wide range of elective topics.
Management Consulting Project
A unique opportunity for you to apply theory to the practice of management. You will work in a team to solve a real issue for a leading company (recent companies have included AFRY, BT, Cognizant Worldwide, Danone, Henham Strategy, Kraft Heinz, Lloyds Banking Group, Mott MacDonald, Roche, Rolls Royce, and Tech Nation).
Your learning experience
Learn the Cambridge way. Academically rigorous, professionally relevant, inclusive, collaborative and inspired. You will be challenged to sharpen your skills, ranging from the mathematical to the interpersonal, and excel across theoretical and practical disciplines.
Faculty lectures, discussions, and written work are designed for you to gain a critical understanding of the practice of management, including:
- key applied techniques
- conceptual issues
- contemporary debates in academic management literature
Assessment
We use a wide range of assessment strategies, like formal written examinations, assignments, case studies, presentations and coursework. All core courses carry the same weighting towards your final mark and, except for the Management Consulting Project, are assessed primarily by an individual University examination (which may be complemented with other types of assessments among those mentioned above).
Faculty
Our faculty are diverse, energetic and international thought leaders whose passion is to share their knowledge and to inspire. Please note that faculty teaching on the programme are subject to change.
PhD (HEC Paris)
Director of the MPhil in Management Programme
PhD (University of New South Wales)
PhD (London School of Economics)
PhD (University of California Santa Barbara)
Director of the Global Executive MBA Programme
Deputy Director of the Cambridge Executive MBA Programme
PhD (University of Cambridge)
Academic Director of the Wo+Men’s Leadership Centre
PhD (Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University)
PhD (University of Cambridge)
DPhil (University of Oxford)
PhD (McGill University)
DPhil (University of Oxford)