Cranfield School of Management, established in 1967, is a

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that is part of

Cranfield University , mottoeng = After clouds light , established = 1946 - College of Aeronautics 1969 - Cranfield Institute of Technology (gained university status by royal charter) 1993 - Cranfield University (adopted current name) , type = Public research uni ...

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, United Kingdom. It was ranked Top 10 in the UK and 34th in Europe in the

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European Business Schools 2021 rankings. Cranfield School of Management is triple accredited by the

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(AMBA),

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and

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. Cranfield University, the UK's only wholly postgraduate university, specialises in science, technology, engineering, and management.

Campus

The Cranfield University campus, which includes the School of Management, is located just outside the village of

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in the

countryside, near

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. The School's Management Information Resource Centre offers access to electronic resources and is equipped with a Bloomberg Suite, a series of terminals offering access to live financial services news and data on industries, markets, economic indicators, equities, bonds and derivatives. The school also has a purpose-built residential management training centre.

History

* 1937: an RAF airbase was set up near Cranfield village in Bedfordshire in 1937 in the build-up to the Second World War. * 1946: the airbase became the site of a College of Aeronautics to provide education and training for

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s. Aspects of management were a feature of Cranfield programmes from the late 1940s. * 1953: the Work Study School, which evolved to become Cranfield School of Management, opened. * 1964: the first Cranfield MBA programme was run. * 1967: Cranfield School of Management was founded. * 1969: Cranfield was awarded its

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giving it university status and the power to confer degrees under the new name of Cranfield Institute of Technology. * 1993: Cranfield Institute of Technology changed its name to Cranfield University. * 2001: Cranfield SoM gained Triple Crown accreditation, one of the first few to do so in the UK.

Programmes

MBA programme

Th
Cranfield MBA
is a full-time one-year programme beginning in September each year. The class comprises around 100 students drawn from 30 to 40 countries. The Cranfiel
Executive MBA
is a two-year part-time programme that starts in January each year. The programme is offered in a weekend format and has a focus on real-world learning and leadership development.

Master's Programmes

The School offers a portfolio of full-time one-year Master’s courses consisting of core and elective modules and a dissertation:
Finance and Management MSc

Investment Management MSc

Management MSc

Management and Corporate Sustainability MSc

Management and Entrepreneurship MSc

Management and Human Resource Management MSc

Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc

Procurement and Supply Chain Management MSc

Strategic Marketing MSc

Postgraduate Apprenticeships

Since the introduction of the

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, Cranfield School of Management has been one of the largest Level 7 Senior Leader Apprenticeship providers in the UK.
Senior Leader Apprenticeship+ Executive MBA

Senior Leader Apprenticeship+ Management and Leadership MSc

Senior Leader Apprenticeship+ Marketing and Leadership MSc

Senior Leader Apprenticeship+ Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc (Executive)

Retail and Digital Banking MSc

Doctoral programmes

The School offers a PhD programme on both a full-time and part-time basis and an International Executive Doctorate (DBA) on a part-time basis.

Open Executive programmes

Its portfolio of executive programmes is designed to develop personal leadership effectiveness and improve long-term business results, enabling managers to make the personal transitions required at key points in their careers.

Rankings

The Cranfield School of Management is highly ranked globally as well as nationally. As an exclusively postgraduate university, the University is excluded from the

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World Rankings,

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World Rankings, The

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and

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, which focus on helping prospective undergraduate students to compare universities. Full-time MBA ranking * The Financial Times 2019 ranking of full-time MBA programmes, ranked 9th in the UK, 18th in Europe and 76th in the world. * The Financial Times Full-time Top MBA programmes for entrepreneurship 2018 ranked 8th in the UK and 18th in the world. * The Bloomberg Businessweek European Best B-Schools ranking of full-time MBA programmes 2019-20, ranked 16th in Europe overall, 2nd in Europe for the learning experience, 7th in Europe for networking and 9th in Europe for entrepreneurship. * The Economist Which MBA? Rankings 2019, ranked 5th in the UK, 14th in Europe and 59th in the world. * The QS Global MBA Rankings 2021 ranked 9th in the UK, 29th in Europe and 79th in the world. Executive MBA ranking * The Financial Times ranking of Executive MBA programmes 2020, ranked 8th in the UK, 88th in the world, 3rd in the UK for Percentage of Women Students, 13th in the EU for Salary Increase Percentage and 1st in the UK for Satisfaction Rate. Management MSc ranking * The Economist Which MBA? Masters in Management (MiM) 2019 ranking, ranked 3rd in the UK and 30th in the world. * The Financial Times: Masters In Management 2020, ranked 9th in the UK and 78th in the world. * The QS World University Rankings: Masters in Management ranking 2021, ranked 6th in the UK, 26th in the world and 14th in the world for employability. Finance and Management MSc ranking * The Financial Times Masters in Finance Pre-experience ranking 2018, ranked 6th in the UK and 32nd in the world. * The QS World University Rankings: Masters in Finance Rankings 2021, ranked 9th in the UK and 40th in the world. Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc ranking * The QS World University Rankings: Masters in Supply Chain Management Rankings 2021, ranked 2nd in the UK and 11th in the world. Strategic Marketing MSc ranking * The QS World University Rankings: Masters in Marketing Rankings 2021, ranked 5th in the UK and 16th in the world. Executive Education ranking * The Executive Education 2020 FT Rankings, ranked top 10 in the UK, top 30 in Europe and top 40 in the world.

International links

Cranfield School of Management has Memoranda of Understanding with: *

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, Shanghai *

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, Bangalore, India *

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, Australia *

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, South Africa * Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo, Brazil *

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Notable alumni

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