MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

1. A candidate for the M.B.A. Examination must be approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Business and Management, who shall assign to each candidate a date of commencement of candidature.

2. The Degree Committee may approve as a candidate for the M.B.A. Examination any student who has satisfied the Committee that by reason of previous study he or she is qualified to engage in postgraduate work in Management Studies.

3. Applications for approval under Regulation 2 shall be sent to the Secretary of the Degree Committee so as to arrive not later than 31 March next preceding the date on which the applicant wishes his or her candidature to begin, provided that the Committee shall have power to consider applications submitted after that date.

4. The course of study leading to the M.B.A. Examination shall cover the following aspects of business administration: basic skills and functional knowledge, organizational integration, the organization in its environment. The course of study shall consist, at the choice of the candidate, of one of the following:

1. (a)One-year course
2. A course extending over one academical year, including three terms’ residence in the University.
3. (b)Two-year integrated course
4. A course extending over two academical years, including three terms’ residence in the University, and not less than one year of supervised study and employment in one or more participating organizations approved for this purpose by the Faculty Board of Business and Management.
5. (c)Executive M.B.A. course
6. A course extending over a period of two years comprising a number of course units and project work, which shall include not less than 300 hours of formal instruction in the University and not less than 120 hours of open study prescribed by the Faculty Board.

No student's name shall appear on the list of successful candidates for the M.B.A. Examination unless the Director of the Judge Institute of Management is satisfied that the student has diligently attended the course.

5. No student shall be a candidate for the M.B.A. Examination or for any part thereof on more than one occasion.

6. The M.B.A. Examination shall consist of compulsory modules, elective modules, and project work. Examination of the modules may be by written paper, essay, coursework, or another mode of assessment announced by the Faculty Board. Each candidate will have to complete a minimum of three written papers, the duration of which will be announced by the Faculty Board.

1. (a)Compulsory modules
2.  The Faculty Board shall give notice of the topics and form of assessment for each compulsory module by the end of the term immediately preceding the start of the course (provided that the Board shall have the power of subsequently issuing amendments if they have due reason for doing so and they are satisfied that no student’s preparation for the examination is adversely affected.)
3. (b)Elective modules
4.  The Faculty Board shall give notice of the topics and form of assessment for each elective module by the end of the term immediately preceding the term in which the work is to be completed.
5. (c)Project work
6.  (i) One-year course (Regulation 4(a)):
7.  The Faculty Board shall give notice of the list of summer activities and the format for submission by the end of the Lent Term, provided that the Board shall have the power of subsequently issuing amendments if they have due reason for doing so and they are satisfied that no student’s preparation for the examination is adversely affected.
8.  (ii) Two-year integrated course (Regulation 4(b)):1
9.  One or more reports on project work, which shall be submitted in such form and assessed in such manner as the Faculty Board may determine, provided that the Board shall have the power of subsequently issuing amendments if they have due reason for doing so and they are satisfied that no student’s preparation for the examination is adversely affected.
10.  (iii) Executive M.B.A. course (Regulation 4(c)):
11.  The Faculty Board shall give notice of the format and length for submission of project work by the end of the Lent Term provided that the Board shall have the power of subsequently issuing amendments if they have due reason for doing so and they are satisfied that no student’s preparation for the examination is adversely affected.

The Examiners shall have power to examine a candidate viva voce on any or all of the three sections of the examination (a)–(c).

7. The Faculty Board of Business and Management shall have power to issue supplementary regulations determining the scope and manner of assessment of the examination, and shall be empowered to amend such supplementary regulations from time to time as they may think fit, due care being taken that sufficient notice is given of any change.

8. The Faculty Board shall nominate such number of Examiners and Assessors as they may deem sufficient, including a resident member of the Senate as Chair of Examiners.

9. The names of the candidates who satisfy the Examiners shall appear in separate class-lists headed ‘One-year candidates’ or ‘Two-year integrated candidates’ or ‘Executive M.B.A. candidates', according to the course of study that they have followed. The names of the candidates in each class-list shall be arranged in alphabetical order in a single class. The Chair of Examiners shall communicate the marks of all candidates to the Registrary.

10. While following the course of study leading to the M.B.A. Examination a student shall pay the appropriate University Composition Fee for each year of the course (including periods spent away from Cambridge).

11. On completing the requisite number of terms,2 or hours of study, as set out in Regulation 4 a student who has satisfied the Examiners in the M.B.A. Examination shall be entitled to proceed to the degree of M.B.A.

12. A student who has taken the M.B.A. Examination shall not be entitled to count the period or any part of the period during which he or she has been a candidate for that examination towards a course of research for the degree of Ph.D., M.Sc., or M.Litt.