Cambridge Judge Business School
business school of the University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS) is the business school within the School of Technology at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom. The school was established in 1990 and carries out education and research in management and business-related disciplines.
History
Founding and Early Years
The business school was established in 1990 as the Judge Institute for Management Studies, named after Paul Judge, a founding benefactor of the school. In 1991, donations from Sir Paul and Lady Judge, together with the Monument Trust, provided the funds for the construction of a building for the newly formed Business School.
Architect John Outram was appointed to the project, which was completed in August 1995 and officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. Before the business school's founding, management studies had been taught at the university since 1954.
Name changes
In September 2005, the Judge Institute of Management Studies was renamed as the Judge Business School. In 2010, the Business School adopted the name Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, reflecting its institutional association with the University of Cambridge, as a department of the University's School of Technology.
Benefactor Paul Judge died in 2017.
Architecture / Campus & Facilities
Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, is located on the Old Addenbrooke’s Hospital site on Trumpington Street in central Cambridge, near the Fitzwilliam Museum.
The business school sits within the Silicon Fen area of Cambridge, hosting an entrepreneurship accelerator, Accelerate Cambridge, and has links with Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation and innovation arm of the University of Cambridge.
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