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Cranfield University is a postgraduate-only public research university in the United Kingdom that specialises in science, engineering, design, technology and management. Cranfield was founded as the College of Aeronautics (CoA) in 1946. Through the 1950s and 1960s, the development of aircraft research led to growth and diversification into other areas such as manufacturing and management, and in 1967, to the founding of the Cranfield School of Management. In 1969, the College of Aeronautics was renamed the Cranfield Institute of Technology, was incorporated by royal charter, gained degree awarding powers, and became a university. In 1993, it adopted its current name.<ref name="Cranfield2006">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Cranfield University has two campuses: the main campus is at Cranfield, Bedfordshire, and the second is at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom at Shrivenham, southwest Oxfordshire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The main campus is unique<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in the United Kingdom (and Europe) for having its own airportTemplate:SndCranfield AirportTemplate:Snd and its own aircraft, used for teaching and research.

HistoryEdit

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Cranfield University from the air
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Cranfield University AIRC

College of Aeronautics (1946–1969)Edit

Cranfield University was formed in 1946 as the College of Aeronautics, on the then Royal Air Force base of RAF Cranfield. A major role was played in the development of the college by Roxbee Cox, later Lord Kings Norton, who was appointed to be the first governor of the college in 1945 and then served as vice-chair and (from 1962) chair of the board. He led the drive for the college to diversify, with the Cranfield University School of Management being established in 1967, and petitioned successfully for a royal charter and degree awarding powers. When these were granted in 1969, he became the first chancellor of the Cranfield Institute of Technology, serving until 1997.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Cranfield Institute of Technology (1969–1993)Edit

The Cranfield Institute of Technology was incorporated by royal charter in 1969, giving the institution its own degree-awarding powers and making it a full university in its own right.<ref name="Guardian12Jan2012">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Independent23July2014">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Cranfield2006"/>

In 1975 the National College of Agricultural Engineering, founded in 1963 at Silsoe, Bedfordshire, was merged with Cranfield and run as Silsoe College.<ref name=Silsoe>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref>

An academic partnership with the Royal Military College of Science (RMCS) at Shrivenham was formed in 1984. RMCS, whose roots can be traced back to 1772, is now a part of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom and from 2009 has been known as "Cranfield Defence and Security". RMCS became wholly postgraduate in c.2007 with undergraduate courses moved elsewhere.

Cranfield University (1993–present)Edit

In 1993 the institution's royal charter was amended changing its name to Cranfield University.<ref name="Guardian12Jan2012"/><ref name="Independent23July2014"/><ref name="Cranfield2006"/> A decade later in 2003, Cranfield became wholly postgraduate and the Shrivenham site admitted its last undergraduates.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2007, the university's first international campus was opened by the Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, located in the Torrens Building in Adelaide, alongside the Carnegie Mellon University. It offered short-term postgraduate degrees in defence management and technology, in partnership with local institutions and using some distance learning courses. However South Australia's "defence boom" did not materialise and its failure to attract enough students caused the closure of the campus in 2010.<ref name=Adelaidia>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2009, Silsoe College was closed and its activities were relocated to the main campus at Cranfield.<ref name=Silsoe/>

Location and campusEdit

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Cranfield University Library

Cranfield campus is approximately Template:Convert north of central London and adjacent to the village of Cranfield,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Bedfordshire. The nearest large towns are Milton Keynes and Bedford, the centres of which are both about Template:Convert away. Cambridge is about Template:Convert east.

Shrivenham is about Template:Convert west of London, adjacent to Shrivenham village, Template:Convert from the centre of the nearest town, Swindon, and around Template:Convert from Oxford.

The Cranfield campus sits within the Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford corridor where there are plans to link these cities and stimulate economic growth.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> There is also a proposal for a rapid transit system between (an expanding) Milton Keynes and the campus, although this is still at an early concept stage.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Technology ParkEdit

There are a number of companies located on the Cranfield University Technology Park ranging from large international companies to small start-ups. Major companies on the park include:

  • The Nissan Technical Centre<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Innovation Centre: The Technology Park is also the location for a large number of smaller companies.

Prior to 2016:

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Milton KeynesEdit

Cranfield University is the academic partner in project with Milton Keynes City Council to establish a new university, code-named MK:U, in nearby Milton Keynes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=Santander>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The plan anticipates opening by 2023, with a campus in Central Milton Keynes.<ref name=Santander /> In January 2019, the partners announced an international competition to design a new campus near the Central railway station.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In May 2019, Santander Bank announced a 'seed funding' grant of £30 million to help with building and initial running costs.<ref name=Santander /> On 4 July 2019, the shortlisted proposals for the campus were announced.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 30 July 2019, the evaluation panel announced that Hopkins Architects had produced the winning design.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Template:As of, the project is stalled following a government decision to deny funding.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Coat of armsEdit

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The university's motto, post nubes lux, means 'after clouds light'.<ref name=arms /> It is depicted on the university coat of arms which was introduced when the university was awarded its royal charter.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Organisation and governanceEdit

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Cranfield University Vincent Building
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Cranfield University Whittle Building

ChancellorsEdit

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Vice-chancellorsEdit

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  • 2013: Clifford Michael Friend – interim vice-chancellor
  • 2013–2021: Sir Peter Gregson<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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SchoolsEdit

The academic schools are:

Academic disciplinesEdit

Disciplines studied in the university include:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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  • Aeronautical engineering
  • Automotive engineering
  • Agriculture and agrifood
  • Applied Artificial Intelligence
  • Automation and control systems
  • Business and management
  • Chemical engineering
  • Civil engineering
  • Clean energy
  • Computer sciences
  • Cyber Security
  • Design and innovation
  • Ecology and sustainability
  • Economics and finance
  • Electrical and electronic engineering
  • Energy and power
  • Engineering
  • Environmental sciences
  • Forensic Science
  • Geography
  • Geosciences
  • Instruments and instrumentation
  • Design and innovation
  • Design Thinking
  • Engineering photonics
  • International relations
  • Life sciences
  • Manufacturing engineering
  • Materials sciences and engineering
  • Mathematics and statistics
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Mechanics
  • Meteorology and atmospheric sciences
  • Military sciences
  • Physics
  • Plant and soil science
  • Psychology
  • Renewable energy
  • Robotics
  • Safety and Accident Investigation
  • Social sciences
  • Systems sciences
  • Transportation science and technology
  • Water sciences

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Academic profileEdit

Reputation and rankingsEdit

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As an exclusively postgraduate university, Cranfield University is excluded from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, The Times World Rankings, The Complete University Guide and The Guardian, which focuses on helping prospective undergraduate students to compare universities. Consequently, direct comparison with undergraduate institutions is difficult. Some key facts and figures are:

  • Eighty-eight per cent of Cranfield's research was rated world-leading or internationally excellent in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Cranfield School of Management's full-time one-year MBA programme was ranked 9th in the UK, 27th in Europe and 80th in the world in the flagship 2024 Financial Times Rankings.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Cranfield School of Management ranked 8th in the UK and 37th in Europe in the Financial Times European Business School Rankings 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Cranfield University ranked in the world top 30 for Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering in the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject. In ‘Business and Management’ Cranfield maintains a top 150 position, and it also keeps a top 200 position in ‘Environmental Sciences’. Cranfield’s ‘Materials Science’ subject area has moved up into the global top 200.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Cranfield is in the top 15% of universities globally in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023 placed Cranfield in the global top 40 for our actions supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goal 17.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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  • Students on Cranfield's Global Security programme were awarded the Imbert Prize in 2006,<ref name="imbert2006">Template:Cite news</ref> 2008<ref name="imbert2008">Template:Cite news</ref> and 2009<ref name="imbert2009">Template:Cite news</ref> for the development of ideas for the advancement of risk and security management in the UK.

AdmissionsEdit

Cranfield welcomes around 5,000 postgraduate students from more than 100 countries each year.

Cranfield University's student to academic staff ratio is 5:1, one of the best ratios in all UK universities.<ref name="Cranfield University Fact and Figures">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

41% of Cranfield University's students are over 30 years of age.<ref name="Cranfield University Fact and Figures" />

PartnershipsEdit

Cranfield University has links with business, industry and governments. Cranfield University has mutually beneficial relationships with nearly 1,500 organisations around the world including small owner-managed SMEs to large multinational conglomerates; British and international universities, non-government organisations and governments. Some of Cranfield's close partnerships include Airbus, Rolls-Royce Group, Grant Thornton, BAE Systems, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Ford, BP, British Airways, PWC, Jacobs, Metro Bank, L'Oréal, Royal Dutch Shell, Jaguar Land Rover, Oracle Corporation, PepsiCo, Unilever, to name just a few.<ref name="Cranfield University International Partnerships (Who we work with)">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Cranfield University has links with more than 130 universities in the Americas, Asia and Oceania, Europe, Middle East and Africa.<ref name="Cranfield University International Partnerships">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The university collaborates with the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) on SUSS's BEng Aerospace Systems.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The IMRC – Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre at Cranfield University is a project funded by the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) undertaking research that addresses issues identified in the UK government's High Value Manufacturing strategy.<ref>Government Opportunities Template:Webarchive retrieved 11 April 2013</ref>


Student lifeEdit

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Cranfield University Student Accommodation

Facilities at the Cranfield University campus include a sports centre, which incorporates a fitness centre and aerobics studio, playing fields, sports pitches and several tennis courts. On campus there are two small shops, one run by the CSA and one by Budgens. There are a limited range of eateries open during mealtimes, two Costa Coffee outlets, and one bar, also run by the CSA, which is open intermittently Monday to Friday.

Students' unionEdit

Cranfield Students Association (CSA) is the students' union and runs the main student bar, cafe and shop on the Cranfield campus. It is based in building 114 close to the centre of the campus.

The CSA is run by a team of elected students and supported by a small team of staff. The aim of the CSA is to support and represent Cranfield University students, promote student welfare and organise social, cultural and sporting activities.

Student accommodationEdit

At the Cranfield University campus there are a wide range of accommodation options for full-time students, from halls of residence to shared houses, apartments for couples and houses for families.

For part-time students, there are two options available – the 186-room Cranfield Management Development Centre and the 114-room Mitchell Hall, both of which are situated on campus.

Notable current and former staffEdit

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Notable alumniEdit

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Cranfield University has a number of notable academic staff and alumni, including politicians, business people, entrepreneurs, engineers, scientists, authors, and TV personalities.

Cranfield University is 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.<ref name="Cranfield University Fact and Figures"/>

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GalleryEdit

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    Cranfield University Birdseye view

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    Cranfield University CMRI

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    Cranfield University IMEC

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    Cranfield University Sports Hall

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    C4D Building, the Centre for Creative Competitive Design, opened 2010

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    Army helicopter display team, graduation 2004

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    RAF Red Arrows display team, Shrivenham graduation, July 2003

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    The new Vincent Building's interior, June 2008

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    Lanchester Hall

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    Kent House

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    Cranfield Library

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    Boeing 737 G-DOCB arrives at Cranfield University

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    Cranfield University C4D Centre for Design

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    Cranfield University

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    Cranfield University Library

  • Cranfield University Flying Classroom.jpg

    Cranfield's Flying Classroom

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    Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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Further readingEdit

External linksEdit

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