The School's Management Information Resource Centre offers access to electronic resources and is equipped with a Bloomberg Suite,[4] 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.[citation needed]
1937: an RAF airbase was set up near Cranfield village in Bedfordshire in 1937 in the build-up to the Second World War.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
1953: the Work Study School, which evolved to become Cranfield School of Management, opened.[citation needed]
1964: the first Cranfield MBA programme was run.[5]
1967: Cranfield School of Management was founded.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
The Financial Times 2019[6] ranking of full-time MBA programmes, ranked 9th in the UK, 18th in Europe and 76th in the world.
The Bloomberg Businessweek[7] 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?[8] Rankings 2019, ranked 5th in the UK, 14th in Europe and 59th in the world.
The QS Global[9] MBA Rankings 2021 ranked 9th in the UK, 29th in Europe and 79th in the world.
Executive MBA ranking
The Financial Times[10] 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?[11] Masters in Management (MiM) 2019 ranking, ranked 3rd in the UK and 30th in the world.
The Financial Times: Masters In Management[12] 2020, ranked 9th in the UK and 78th in the world.
The QS World[13] 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[14] in Finance Pre-experience ranking 2018, ranked 6th in the UK and 32nd in the world.
The QS World[15] 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[16] 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[17] 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[18], ranked top 10 in the UK, top 30 in Europe and top 40 in the world.
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.[19]
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.[20]
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