Why Cranfield? A life-changing experience As a school of management, not just a business school, we believe passionately that theory is nothing without practice and ideas cannot come alive without action. We know that your success as a manager and business leader depends not just on what you know, but also on how you apply what you know, and we are committed to helping you succeed. The Cranfield MBA is founded on three pillars: With so many business schools now offering MBA programmes, it is useful to look at independent accreditations and MBA rankings – both indicators of programme quality – when starting to prepare your shortlist of schools. |  “Coming to Cranfield to do my MBA has truly been worth it. The cohort, the diversity, the practical experience of the lecturers and the personal and professional development, have all contributed in preparing me for the future and its opportunities.” Charles Ifedi, MBA 2007, Nigerian
Chief Officer Strategy and Expansion, InterSwitch Limited A focus on personal development A defining feature of the Cranfield MBA is our focus on your personal development. It is at the heart of your MBA experience because we believe understanding yourself is the first step to achieving your professional goals. Personal and Professional Development is a core module that runs throughout your programme and you will explore how you work in a team, how your colleagues perceive you, your leadership style, and how you get the best out of others. We will prepare you for business leadership by making you sensitive to cultural differences, ethical behaviour and social values. You will become skilled at team working, you will communicate more effectively and you will learn to be more persuasive, decisive and confident. It is these 'soft skills' that will give you the edge with recruiters. “The relevance and perceptiveness of the feedback from my peers, and the openness shown by the entire team are testament to the level of trust and understanding we developed of one another. This was certainly aided by the emphasis on personal development, teamwork, and hands-on application of organisational behaviour principles and theories.” Richard Caseley, MBA 2005, British
Associate Director for Education, Skanska Technology Ltd An emphasis on practical application The Cranfield MBA is about best practice and practical application. For more than 40 years we have been working with leading companies across the globe, pursuing our mission to improve the practice of management. We are one of the largest providers of executive education programmes in the world which allows our faculty to explore application of best practice and new ideas with the 7,000 managers who come to Cranfield each year. This ensures that what you learn on the MBA is directly linked to what is actually happening in the business world. “MBA students can learn technical skills such as finance and marketing at any MBA school. What really sets Cranfield apart is the quality of their teaching and the strong emphasis on the practical development of leadership capabilities.” Kieren Beltrame, EMBA 2007, Australian
Senior Partner, iProCon HCM Ltd Experienced students and faculty Our students have an average age of 33, have nine years' work experience and come from more than 40 countries. As a result they bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the classroom. They are selected to provide a rich diversity in terms of skills and expertise and have a common desire to learn from each other. Our faculty are not just leading academics in their field – they are also practitioners. They work directly with senior executives, from global corporations to business start-ups, and their practical knowledge means they are people who understand business needs. It is this mixture of mature experienced students and faculty closely involved with practical business realities that creates a rich, rigorous and relevant learning environment. “The teaching faculty are all so friendly and approachable and really know their subjects well, both as practitioners and academics. I am already using what I have learned to make improvements within my own business and that of my clients.” Christine Gatman, EMBA student, British The value of our MBA Cranfield School of Management is one of the oldest established and most prestigious schools in the UK – we have been awarding MBAs for more than 40 years. Our Executive MBA has been running since 1981 so we will shortly be celebrating 30 successful years. - Our MBA is highly practical, topical and relevant with over 80% of our faculty having an active experience of the business world. We are ranked 3rd in the world by the Financial Times for the quality of our Economics teaching group.
- We have one of the highest placement success rates of any school in the world – 97% of our most recent graduating Full-time MBA class were employed within 3 months of graduation.
- Our extensive and internationally diverse network of alumni includes some of the highest earners in Europe. This offers students excellent worldwide networking, mentoring and business opportunities.
- Our strong focus on personal development is consistently identified by students as THE most transforming part of their time at Cranfield. Alongside key skills, students at Cranfield develop the personal qualities of confidence, emotional intelligence, empathy and team working that consistently put them ahead of the competition.
- At £28,000 our programme offers exceptional quality and good value for money.
Accreditations and MBA rankings Accreditations Accreditation bodies provide independent validation that course content, facilities and teaching quality of MBA courses meet certain standards. Cranfield is proud to be one of only a handful of business schools worldwide to hold triple accreditation from EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA. MBA rankings In recent years there has been an explosion in the number of rankings and league tables of business schools and MBA programmes and they produce widely differing results. Take the time to look at the methodology behind each ranking and a school's performance in the different categories. Cranfield does extremely well in the areas that we believe will be important to you: NEW QS Global 200 Business Schools 2009: The Employers' Choice The QS World MBA Tour 18th annual MBA employer survey reveals the business schools employers prefer to recruit from: - Cranfield ranked top 3 in the UK and top 11 in Europe
Financial Times Full-time MBA - 35th in the world overall
- 3rd in the world for teaching Economics
- 8th for top salaries today in Europe
- 14th in the world for career progress
Financial Times Executive MBA - 48th in the world overall
- 3rd for top salaries today in the UK
- 9th for top salaries today in Europe
Financial Times European Business Schools Ranking - 2nd in the UK
- 13th in Europe
Economist Intelligence Unit - 3rd in the UK, 6th in Europe and 13th in the world
- 2nd in Europe for alumni effectiveness
- 3rd in Europe for education experience
- 4th in Europe for student quality
BusinessWeek - Listed in second-tier of top non-US MBA programmes
Forbes - 2nd in the UK and 5th in Europe in the top business schools ranking of one-year programmes
America Economia - 3rd in the UK
- 10th in Europe
- 28th in the world
2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) - 90% of the School's research activity has been rated as 'internationally recognised' or better
- 40% rated 'internationally excellent'
- 25% rated as 'world leading'
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