Cranfield School of Management
Cranfield School of Management is unique in its mission - to create world-class management knowledge and expertise, and transfer it into practical learning that contributes positively to the effectiveness of managers. Management solutions are provided by the business school through postgraduate degree programmes, management development, research, and consultancy. Established in 1967 the School of Management is part of Cranfield University – the largest centre in Europe for applied research and development, with a mix of expertise in science, technology, engineering and management.
Cranfield has gained a reputation as a world-class business school with strong industry links, by offering management development activities that are rigorous, innovative and relevant, combining cutting edge research with practical business expertise. Cranfield School of Management offers an internationally renowned Masters of Business Administration (MBA) programme which is offered in three formats: full-time, part-time and modular, providing flexibility to meet the needs of today’s highly mobile workforce. In addition to their leading MBA, Cranfield also has a portfolio of Specialist Masters, PhD and Executive Doctorate (DBA) programmes.
The school’s management development activities include executive courses, which are available in formats that are open to the public or tailored to the individual company. In fact, Cranfield offers one of the largest portfolios of open courses in the world with more than 6,000 managers participating in short management courses each year. Delegates are typically senior in profile, with 54% being at senior manager, director, partner or CEO level. Open courses range from one-day seminars, to three-week general management programmes.
Cranfield delivers customised management development programmes, tailored specifically to meet the needs of individual organisations, for companies including Aventis, Schering, Lufthansa, Orange, and Barclaycard. The school also works in partnership with other international business schools such as Babson, Columbia, and Duke. These programmes, are offered through Cranfield’s Centre for Customised Executive Development. A key strength at Cranfield is its faculty. More than 300 academics contribute to the school’s management development programmes, a third of whom are from overseas and a number of which are renowned international experts, particularly in the fields of supply chain management, business performance, marketing, strategy and human resources.
Cranfield provides a first-class learning environment and, located in the East Midlands just north of London, is easily accessible by road, rail, and air. Indeed many of the participants on Cranfield’s Modular MBA programme fly in for their modules of study and then return to work in Europe. The School of Management appears in the higher echelons of business school, MBA and Executive education rankings and is also one of few business schools to be accredited by all three MBA accrediting bodies: AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA. Cranfield’s success is best reflected through the performance of the school’s alumni who reach top levels of management around the globe.
Ranking
Financial Times: 26th in the World (Full-time MBA ranking), 33rd in the World (Executive MBA ranking); Economist: 1st in the UK, 4th in Europe and 15th in the world; America Economía: 3rd in the UK, 10th in Europe
Accreditation
AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA
