Cranfield University

Why choose us?

As the UK’s only exclusively postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships is creating leaders in technology and management globally. 

Creating leaders in technology and management

Cranfield's distinctive expertise is in our deep understanding of technology and management and how these work together to benefit the world.

Our education portfolio is renowned for its relevance to business and industry. We are the largest UK provider of master's-level graduates in engineering and offer a flagship MBA, extensive world-class customised executive education and professional development programmes. Our work informs government policy and leads the way in producing cutting edge new technologies and products in partnership with industry.

The research and consultancy we carry out for industry, government and business provides our students with a real-world learning environment, allowing them to develop as professionals and then transfer their knowledge to the global economy. This has always been the 'Cranfield way' but it has never been more important than in today's world.

Research excellence
81% of Cranfield’s research is ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’

Research Excellence Framework (REF), 2014.
To see the impact we have on industry, government and businesses around the world, view our research case studies.

Research and facilities

We have many world-class, large scale and national facilities that enhance and enrich the quality and value of our research and teaching, and can also help you with your research or business improvement plan.

These facilities allow us to conduct exciting, leading science that is transformative both for the academic knowledge base and for the non-academic beneficiaries of our research. 

In addition to the option of hiring our facilities and equipment for on-site use, we can also offer processing, experimental and analysis services, upskilling for researchers through the receipt of training on our state-of-the-art facilities, and through collaborative research projects, the opportunity for researchers to work alongside each other in conducting experiments.

We also have a range of onsite business support services and facilities including our Cranfield Airport, design and print, IT, conferencing and business incubation.

Location

Cranfield, United Kingdom