We are a world-leading specialist university, and our global impact is recognised in prestigious awards and rankings:
- Cranfield was recognised by the UK Office for Students in 2022 as a world-leading specialist provider in recognition of our global reputation for high quality teaching and the ongoing impact of our graduates on their professions and industries.
- Cranfield is in the top 10% of all universities across the world for our sustainability work. The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024 placed us number one in the UK and sixth in the world for our work supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goal 17 – Partnerships for the Goals.
- 88% of Cranfield’s research is world-leading or internationally excellent (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
- For the past three years, Cranfield has been ranked in the global top 30 for ‘Engineering – Mechanical and Aeronautical’. The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 also placed us in the global top 150 for ‘Business and Management Studies’, and in the top 200 in the world for ‘Environmental Sciences’ and ‘Materials Science’.
- We are a six-time winner of the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education.
- Cranfield was recognised by The , 2024 as 8 in the UK for Employability.
- We’re in the top 15% in the world for overall sustainability in the 2025 QS World University Rankings: Sustainability; and placed in the global top 10% for overall environmental impact.
- In the Financial Times European Business Schools 2024 ranking, our School of Management is named as one of the UK’s top five business schools, and 25th in Europe.
Cranfield School of Management consistently ranks highly in prestigious subject and school rankings; including the Financial Times, Bloomberg and The Economist. Find out more about the School of Management’s rankings and accolades.
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Facts and figures
Cranfield School of Management rankings
Cranfield School of Management consistently ranks highly for its MBAs, management qualifications and executive education:
- The full-time MBA programme (The Transformation MBA) was 9th in the UK and 27th in Europe in the 2024 flagship . The programme was also placed 3rd in the UK for sector diversity. It came in the European top 20 for its alumni network. The full-time MBA is also ranked the 12th best overall programme in Europe, 4th best in the UK and the European number one programme for Learning and second for Entrepreneurship in the Bloomberg ‘Best B-Schools’ 2024-25 rankings. In the QS Global MBA rankings 2025, Cranfield's MBA rose 14 places to be ranked 68th in the world – in the top 20% - and 24th in Europe. It was placed 26th in the world for its excellent alumni outcomes, and in the top 100 globally for diversity, employability and thought leadership.
- Cranfield’s Executive MBA climbed to 72nd in the world in the . It is 5th in the UK for single-campus programmes and number 1 in the UK for female faculty (single-campus programmes).
- Cranfield School of Management’s Management MSc was ranked 4th in the UK, best in the UK for international student experience and in the UK top five for salary growth, career progression and overall satisfaction, in the 2024 Financial Times rankings. In the 2025 QS Business Master’s rankings, it placed 34th in the world overall and was ranked 35th globally for employability.
- Cranfield’s customised executive education programmes were ranked third in the UK overall and 23rd in the world in the latest Financial Times rankings.
- In the Financial Times Masters in Finance Pre-experience ranking 2024, Cranfield School of Management's Finance MSc was ranked 7th in the UK and in the global top 50.
- The QS Business Master’s ranking 2025 placed Cranfield’s Management, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, and Strategic Marketing master’s in the global top 50, with all scoring highly for employability.
More information on our School of Management rankings.
HR Excellence in Research
The University was awarded the prestigious European award for HR Excellence in Research in June 2015.
