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Cranfield School of Management

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|name= Cranfield School of Management

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|city= Cranfield

|country= United Kingdom

|type=Business School

|website={{URL|www.cranfield.ac.uk/som}}

|dean=Professor David Oglethorpe

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Cranfield School of Management, established in 1967,{{cite news |title=Cranfield School of Management |url=http://www.economist.com/whichmba/cranfield-school-management/2011?tab=8 |newspaper=The Economist|year = 2017}} is a business school that is part of Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. Cranfield School of Management is triple accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA), EQUIS and AACSB.{{cite journal|last=|first=|year=2020|title=School of Management retains prestigious triple accreditation|url=https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/press/news-2020/school-of-management-retains-prestigious-triple-accreditation|url-status=|journal=Cranfield School of Management|volume=|pages=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=18 January 2021|via=}}

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.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

The School's Management Information Resource Centre offers access to electronic resources and is equipped with a Bloomberg Suite,{{Cite web|title=Facilities|url=https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/about-us/facilities|access-date=2021-01-18|website=www.cranfield.ac.uk}} 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|date=June 2023}}

The Cranfield School of Management and the Defence College of Management and Technology at Shrivenham deliver the MBA (Defence), formerly Master of Defence Administration (MDA), at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom Shrivenham campus.{{cite web |last1=Cranfield University |title=MBA (Defence) To Launch September 2006 |url=https://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/man/Default.aspx?capp=newsrelease&month=May&year=2006&id=2198 |access-date=7 July 2024}}

History

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  • 1937: RAF Cranfield was set up near Cranfield village in Bedfordshire in 1937 in the build-up to the Second World War.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
  • 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|date=June 2023}}
  • 1953: the Work Study School, which evolved to become Cranfield School of Management, opened.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
  • 1964: Origins of course that will become the Cranfield MBA{{cite journal|last=Lock|first=Andrew R.|journal=Higher Education| volume= 31| issue= 2 |date=March 1996| pages= 165–185|jstor=3447883|title= The Future of the MBA in the UK|doi=10.1007/BF02390443 |s2cid=144903186 }}
  • 1967: Cranfield School of Management was founded.{{Cite web |title=About us |url=https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/about-us/about-us |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.cranfield.ac.uk}}
  • 1968: Cranfield MBA launched
  • 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/jan/23/postgraduate-only-universities|title=Is Cranfield's postgraduate-only university a model for the future?|last=Swain|first=Harriet|work=The Guardian|date=23 January 2012|access-date=28 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-uni-colleges/cranfield-university-458905.html|title=Cranfield University|work=The Independent|date=23 July 2014|access-date=28 December 2017}}
  • 1993: Cranfield Institute of Technology changed its name to Cranfield University.
  • 2001: Cranfield SoM gained Triple accreditation, one of the first few to do so in the UK.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Rankings

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The Cranfield School of Management is highly ranked globally as well as nationally. Many Cranfield academics have published textbooks used in other universities globally, including Paul Baines, Cliff Bowman, Annmarie Hanlon, Malcolm MacDonald, Stan Maklan and Javier Marcos-Cuevas.

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.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Full-time MBA ranking

  • The Financial Times 2019{{Cite web|title=Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com|url=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-ranking-2019|access-date=2021-01-18|website=rankings.ft.com|archive-date=12 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912040109/http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-ranking-2019|url-status=dead}} ranking of full-time MBA programmes, ranked 9th in the UK, 18th in Europe and 76th in the world.
  • The Bloomberg Businessweek{{Cite news|title=These Are Europe's Best Business Schools|language=en|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/business-schools/regions/europe|access-date=2021-01-18}} 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?{{Cite news|title=2019 MBA & Business School Rankings {{!}} Which MBA?|url=https://www.economist.com/whichmba/full-time-mba-ranking|access-date=2021-01-18|newspaper=The Economist|language=en}} Rankings 2019, ranked 5th in the UK, 14th in Europe and 59th in the world.
  • The QS Global{{Cite web|date=2020-09-18|title=World University Rankings - Full Time MBA: Global 2021|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/mba-rankings/global/2021|access-date=2021-01-18|website=Top Universities|language=en}} MBA Rankings 2021 ranked 9th in the UK, 29th in Europe and 79th in the world.

Executive MBA ranking

  • The Financial Times{{Cite web|title=Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com|url=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/executive-mba-ranking-2020|access-date=2021-01-18|website=rankings.ft.com|archive-date=28 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128165337/http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/executive-mba-ranking-2020|url-status=dead}} 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?{{Cite news|title=Masters in Management 2019 Ranking|url=https://www.economist.com/whichmba/masters-management-2019-ranking|access-date=2021-01-18|newspaper=The Economist|language=en}} Masters in Management (MiM) 2019 ranking, ranked 3rd in the UK and 30th in the world.
  • The Financial Times: Masters In Management{{Cite web|title=Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com|url=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/masters-in-management-2020|access-date=2021-01-18|website=rankings.ft.com|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012095721/http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/masters-in-management-2020|url-status=dead}} 2020, ranked 9th in the UK and 78th in the world.
  • The QS World{{Cite web|date=2020-09-18|title=World University Rankings - Masters In Management 2021|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/business-masters-rankings/management/2021|access-date=2021-01-18|website=Top Universities|language=en}} 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{{Cite web|title=Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com|url=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/masters-in-finance-pre-experience-2018|access-date=2021-01-18|website=rankings.ft.com|archive-date=11 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211185138/http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/masters-in-finance-pre-experience-2018|url-status=dead}} in Finance Pre-experience ranking 2018, ranked 6th in the UK and 32nd in the world.
  • The QS World{{Cite web|date=2020-09-18|title=World University Rankings - Masters In Finance 2021|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/business-masters-rankings/finance/2021|access-date=2021-01-18|website=Top Universities|language=en}} 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{{Cite web|date=2020-09-18|title=World University Rankings - Masters in Supply Chain Management 2021|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/business-masters-rankings/supply-chain-management/2021|access-date=2021-01-18|website=Top Universities|language=en}} 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{{Cite web|date=2020-09-18|title=World University Rankings - Masters In Marketing 2021|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/business-masters-rankings/marketing/2021|access-date=2021-01-18|website=Top Universities|language=en}} 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{{Cite web|title=Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com|url=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/executive-education-open-2020|access-date=2021-01-18|website=rankings.ft.com|archive-date=19 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019230935/https://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/executive-education-open-2020|url-status=dead}}, ranked top 10 in the UK, top 30 in Europe and top 40 in the world.

International links

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Cranfield School of Management has Memoranda of Understanding with:

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.{{Cite web|title=Notable Alumni|url=https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/about-us/our-team/notable-alumni|access-date=2021-01-18|website=www.cranfield.ac.uk}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/about/facts-and-figures|title=Cranfield facts and figures|website=cranfield.ac.uk|access-date=31 July 2018}}

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External links

  • [http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/ Cranfield School of Management]

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