Cranfield School of Management

Rankings

Cranfield School of Management consistently performs well in the major school and programme specific rankings, reinforcing our position as a top global management school.

MBA
Financial Times Ranking
Full-Time MBA
Executive MBA
  • 36th in the World
  • 13th in Europe
  • 6th in the UK
  • Value for money 14th in the world
  • Career Progress- 14th
  • International mobility- 19th
  • ranked 2nd in the world in the teaching of economics
  • 47th in the World
  • 16th in Europe
  • 6th in the UK
Papers
Economist Ranking
Americaeconomia Ranking
  • 23rd in the World
  • 8th in Europe
  • 3rd in the UK
  • 1st in the UK for Education Experience
  • 36th in the World
  • 13th in Europe
  • 4th in the UK
BusinessWeek Ranking
Forbes Ranking
  • Ranked 13th in the list of top non-US MBA programmes
  • 1st in the ranking of most satisfied non-US business school graduates

SPECIALIST MASTERS PROGRAMMES
Financial Times ranking of global Masters in Finance providers

The School's Masters in Finance and Management programme has been ranked 18th in the world and 5th in the UK.

For Value for Money, Cranfield is ranked 2nd in the UK and 10th globally

For Careers, Cranfield is ranked 4th in the UK and 16th globally


EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT
Financial Times Ranking
Customised Executive Development
Open Programmes
  • In the Top 3 UK Schools and 15th in the world overall
  • 1st in Europe and 2nd in the world for international delivery
  • 2nd in the UK and 3rd in Europe for partnerships with other world class business schools
  • 2nd in the UK and 4th in the world for the international diversity of our programme participants.

Over the last three years (2010 - 2012), Cranfield is:

  • The highest ranked UK School for customised executive development
  • No. 1 in the UK and in the Top 5 Schools worldwide for the international diversity of participants and global delivery
  • One of the top 2 UK business schools for:
    • Engagement with clients in programme preparation
    • The effectiveness of follow-up
    • Teaching methods and materials
    • Value for money
    • The quality of teaching
    • Likelihood of future use

52 of our clients have been surveyed over the last three years:

  • 96% said they would continue to use Cranfield for future customised programmes
  • 94% said, if they were to embark on the same programme again, they would choose Cranfield.
  • 3rd in the UK
  • 10th in Europe
  • 24th in the World
  • 1st in the UK (3rd in Europe and the world) for the level of follow up
  • 10th in Europe for the quality of our facilities
Executive Education Combined Results
  • 3rd in the UK
  • 18 in the World

DOCTORATE PROGRAMMES

The Cranfield doctorates are rated as 'World leading' in terms of scale, resourcing and quality assurance in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) undertaken by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).

The Cranfield Executive Doctorate (DBA) is accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA).


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