Cass Business School "Financial Times" "Top MBAs for Finance 2017" ranked Cass 4th in the UK and 25th in the world. The school is divided into the three faculties of Actuarial Science and Insurance, Finance, and Management. It awards BSc (Hons), MSc, MBA and PhD degrees and is one of under 70 schools globally to be accredited by all of the AMBA in the United Kingdom, EQUIS in Europe, and the AACSB in the United States. The City Business School was founded in 1966. The school's MSc in Administrative Sciences began in 1967 and became the MBA in 1979. In 2002 the school
John Cass at the University of East London campus in Stratford. Funding has also been provided for the Sir John Cass Hall, a hall of residence for students, in Well Street, London Borough of Hackney. John Cass Sir John Cass (February 1661 – 5 July 1718) was an English merchant, politician and philanthropist. He was born in Rosemary Lane, in the City of London, son of Thomas Cass, carpenter to the Royal Ordnance. In 1665, the family moved to Grove Street, in South Hackney to escape the plague. Cass became a merchant, builder and politician who served as Alderman, for the ward