Cranfield University

Cranfield University is a research university specialising in postgraduate professional education. It trains top-level engineers and managers in science and technology. This prestigious institution offers an excellent learning environment:

- Ratio of teachers to students 5 to 1

- The university has elite infrastructure, a technology park and its own Airport

- More than half of the university's students are in their 30s

The university is represented by 4 departments:

- School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing

- School of Water, Energy, Environment and Agrifood

- School of Management

- Cranfield Defence and Security

Cranfield University has been in existence for sixty years. The Royal Military Base opened the College of Aeronautics in 1946 and the School of Management was founded in 1967. The University received a Royal Charter two years later and merged with the College of Business Engineering in 1975.

Reputation:

- The university is ranked among the 1% best universities in the world, largely due to the successful careers of its graduates. Most of the university students work in international companies in management positions

- The University's MBA programme was ranked as the seventh best programme in the world and first in the UK by Times Higher Education | Wall Street Journal in 2018

- The School of Management has been ranked among the top 70 best schools in the world

The institution works closely with government, business and industry. Cranfield University has close links with more than 1,500 organisations around the world - among them:

- Airbus

- Boeing

- Jacobs

- PepsiCo

- Jaguar Land Rover

- Royal Dutch Shell

- Unilever

Famous alumni of the university:

- Andy Palmer is chief executive of Aston Martin.

- Warren East is chief executive of Rolls-Royce Holdings

- Andy Bond is an ex-director of Asda

- Anthony Jenkins is an executive director at Barclays

- James Vowles is chief strategist for the Mercedes Formula 1 team

Campus Facilities:

The University has two campuses. The main one is located in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, 80 kilometres from London and 40 kilometres from Cambridge. The town of Bedford is not far from the university.
The university has a second campus in Paris.

Higher Education Facility:

- Cranfield University is the only university in Britain with its own airport. The university's aircraft, like the airfield, are used by students as part of the aerospace technology programme
- It is worth noting separately the technology park, which includes both large international companies and small start-ups. For example, there is a technical centre of Nissan, in which about 46 million has been invested

The university has a well-developed sports infrastructure:

- Gym

- Playgrounds

- Centre for Medicine and SPA, etc.