Cranfield School of Management
Coordinates: 52°04′26″N 0°37′44″W / 52.074°N 0.629°W
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Type | Business School |
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Established | 1967[1] |
Dean | Professor David Oglethorpe |
Location | , United Kingdom |
Campus | Cranfield |
Website | www |
Cranfield School of Management, established in 1967,[2] is a business school that is part of Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. It was ranked Top 10 in the UK and 32nd in Europe in the Financial Times European Business Schools 2020 rankings.[3] Cranfield School of Management is triple accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA), EQUIS and AACSB.[4] 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 Cranfield in the Bedfordshire countryside, near Milton Keynes.
The School's Management Information Resource Centre offers access to electronic resources and is equipped with a Bloomberg Suite,[5] 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 aeronautical engineers. 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.[6]
- 1967: Cranfield School of Management was founded.
- 1969: Cranfield was awarded its Royal Charter 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[]
The 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.[7]
The Cranfield 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.[8]
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 Apprenticeship Levy, 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.[9]
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 Times Higher Education World Rankings, The Times World Rankings, The Complete University Guide and The Guardian, which focus on helping prospective undergraduate students to compare universities.
Full-time MBA ranking
- The Financial Times 2019[10] ranking of full-time MBA programmes, ranked 9th in the UK, 18th in Europe and 76th in the world.
- The Financial Times[11] Full-time Top MBA programmes for entrepreneurship 2018 ranked 8th in the UK and 18th in the world.
- The Bloomberg Businessweek[12] 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?[13] Rankings 2019, ranked 5th in the UK, 14th in Europe and 59th in the world.
- The QS Global[14] MBA Rankings 2021 ranked 9th in the UK, 29th in Europe and 79th in the world.
Executive MBA ranking
- The Financial Times[15] 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?[16] Masters in Management (MiM) 2019 ranking, ranked 3rd in the UK and 30th in the world.
- The Financial Times: Masters In Management[17] 2020, ranked 9th in the UK and 78th in the world.
- The QS World[18] 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[19] in Finance Pre-experience ranking 2018, ranked 6th in the UK and 32nd in the world.
- The QS World[20] 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[21] 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[22] 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[23], 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:
- Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, USA
- China Europe International Business School, Shanghai
- Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India
- Melbourne Business School, Australia
- Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo, Brazil
- University of Chile
- Kobe University, Japan
- Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- IPADE, Mexico.
The School of Management has run programmes with and hosted exchange students from a number of business schools around the world including ESADE, Spain, EM Lyon, France, University of Cape Town, South Africa and University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
Notable alumni[]
The alumni body of Cranfield School of Management is an international network of professional managers from business, the professions, the public and not-for-profit sectors. Currently, the network includes more than 18,000 professional managers in over 120 countries.[24]
Cranfield University are in the top 1% of institutions in the world for alumni who hold CEO positions at the world's top companies according to the Centre for World University Rankings, 2017.[25]
- Nick Jenkins – Founder of online greetings card retailer Moonpig, former "dragon" on the BBC Two business series Dragons' Den.[citation needed]
- Karan Bilimoria – Founder and Chairman, Cobra Beer Ltd[26]
- Crispin Blunt – Member of Parliament for Reigate.[citation needed]
- Andy Bond – Former CEO, Asda.[citation needed]
- Warren East – CEO, Rolls-Royce Holdings.[citation needed]
- Andy Palmer – Former CEO, Aston Martin.[citation needed]
- Andy Harrison – Chairman, Dunelm Group.[citation needed]
- John Hull – Professor of Derivatives and Risk Management at the University of Toronto.[citation needed]
- Antony Jenkins – former Group Chief Executive, Barclays.[citation needed]
- Ahmed Aly – CEO, Nile Air.[citation needed]
- Martin Lamb – Former Chief Executive, IMI plc.[citation needed]
- Charlie Mayfield – Former Chairman, John Lewis Partnership.[citation needed]
- John McFarlane – Former Group Chairman, Barclays[27]
- Lara Morgan – Entrepreneur and Investor, Company Shortcuts.[citation needed]
- Ted Tuppen – Founder and former CEO, Enterprise Inns Plc.[citation needed]
- Sarah Willingham – letssavesomemoney.com, former "dragon" on the BBC Two business series Dragons' Den.[citation needed]
- Akinwunmi Ambode – Former Governor Lagos State, Nigeria.[citation needed]
- Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada – Served as Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources.[citation needed]
- Nigel Doughty – Former co-chairman and co-founder, Doughty Hanson & Co.[citation needed]
- Siddhartha Lal – Chief executive officer and Managing Director, Eicher Motors, and Chairman & Managing Director of VE Commercial Vehicles.[citation needed]
- Michael Bear (Lord Mayor) – The 683rd Lord Mayor of London.[citation needed]
- Samer Majali – Former CEO, Royal Jordanian airlines and SaudiGulf Airlines.[citation needed]
- Winnie Byanyima – Executive Director, UNAIDS.[citation needed]
- Clifford Braimah – Managing Director, Ghana Water Company Limited.[citation needed]
- Elena Ambrosiadou – CEO, IKOS Asset Management.[citation needed]
- Debra Charles – Founder and CEO, Novacroft.[citation needed]
- Kito De Boer – Former Consultant, McKinsey & Co.[citation needed]
- Omobola Johnson – Senior Partner, TLcom Capital LLP.[citation needed]
- Riz Lateef – Journalist and newsreader, BBC.[citation needed]
- Dr Alice Maynard – Director, Future Inclusion.[citation needed]
- Angus Thirlwell – CEO and Co-Founder, Hotel Chocolat.[citation needed]
- Dr Andy Wood – CEO, Adnams brewery.[citation needed]
References[]
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- ^ "These Are Europe's Best Business Schools". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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- ^ "Masters in Management 2019 Ranking". The Economist. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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- ^ "World University Rankings - Masters In Management 2021". Top Universities. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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- ^ "World University Rankings - Masters In Finance 2021". Top Universities. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "World University Rankings - Masters in Supply Chain Management 2021". Top Universities. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "World University Rankings - Masters In Marketing 2021". Top Universities. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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External links[]
- Business schools in England
- Cranfield University