Facilities at Shrivenham
Cranfield University at Shrivenham is unique in having a combination of high quality facilities that are not usually found in any other comparable institution in the UK.
Student services
- Barrington Library
- Learning Services (including staff and student learning support and training, e-learning development and graphic design)
- Careers advice
- Graduation and Alumni office
- Student Support Centre
Staff IS/IT
Academic IS/IT resources for CDS staff and researchers
Research facilities
- Biomechanics laboratories
- Body armour test house
- Chromotography facilities - gas, liquid and size exclusion
- Composites laboratories
- Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy
- Engine Test Cells
- Forensic Computing Laboratory
- Formulations Facility
- Gas Guns
- Glassblowing Workshop
- Hardness and Microhardness Testing
- Impact Testing on Composites
- Ion Beam Analysis Equipment
- Ion Beam Channelling
- Light Armour Systems
- MeV Ion Beam Analysis
- Materials Laboratory
- Microscopy Facilities and Services within CMSE
- Nanoindentation and Nanohardness Testing
- Neutron Irradiation
- NMR Spectroscopy
- Nuclear Reaction Analysis (NRA)
- Nuclear Reaction Analysis with a Deuteron Beam
- Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE)
- Radiation Facilities for Research and Education
- Radiographic Non - Invasive Imaging
- Rutherford Backscattering (RBS)
- Small Arms Ranges
- Small Cobalt 60 Gamma Radiation Source
- Spectroscopy
- Stab Protection
- The Applied Optical Sensors Group Facilities
- The Synthesis and Formulations Group Facilities
- Thermal Analysis
- Transparent Armour
- Vehicle and Vehicle Component Testing, Measurement and Simulation
- Wind Tunnels
Recreation and Sports
- Astro-turf pitches
- Cafe
- Chaplaincy Centre and Prayer rooms
- Cricket ground
- Golf course
- Gyms
- Heated outdoor swimming pool
- Jubilee Community Centre
- Officers' Messes
- Riding stables
- Tennis and squash courts
The above are all available on-campus and are supplemented by the ample local facilities available in Shrivenham, Swindon and the surrounding area.
