About Cass Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet

Undergraduate programmes: Ranked 1st in London and 3rd in the UK for Business (The Guardian University Guide 2010)
Specialist masters courses: Cass is the largest provider in Europe of specialist masters courses geared towards the global financial services industry, with more than 20 programmes on offer ranging from Actuarial Science through to Shipping.
MBA: The Higher Education Funding Council of England and Wales gives our business and management teaching the highest rating of ‘excellent’. The Cass MBA is recognised and accredited by both the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the European Quality Improvement Scheme (EQUIS).
Research: Cass undertakes research of national and international significance and supports almost 100 PhD students. Our finance faculty, the largest in Europe, produces research which is ranked second in Europe. Our actuarial faculty produces the leading research into insurance and risk ranked second in the world.
Alumni: 27,000 alumni in business globally from Beijing to Birmingham and from San Francisco to Sri Lanka. Its alumni include entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Iannou founder of Easy-Jet, Liu Ming-Kang, Chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, and Jeanette Purcell, Chief Executive for the Association of MBAs.
The School offers extensive executive education programmes for senior management through Cass Executive Education.
Cass Business School (Sir John Cass Business School) is part of City University London. It was formerly known as City University Business School but changed its name in August 2002 following a substantial donation from the Sir John Cass Foundation, a leading educational charity.