Cost effective business solutions

For cost effective business solutions sponsor a student project

Businesses looking for innovative, cost-effective solutions to their organisations’ needs can benefit from working with Cranfield University by supporting a postgraduate student project. We can assist organisations in the private, public and charitable sectors.

Cranfield University has an impressive track record of working with external partners on projects to improve their performance and competitiveness. Many of these projects are undertaken by our postgraduate students with academic supervision.

Benefit from cost effective project work

Sponsoring organisations benefit from a period of company-based work from a dedicated graduate or team of graduates. Projects usually take the form of original practical developments or research projects such as new product or process development, studies on existing processes, novel application of computer models or analysis of best practice.

Benefit from our expertise

Project work is driven by your company needs and benefits from expert technical consultancy input from Cranfield academic staff. Businesses also gain the potential for enhanced technical credibility through the possibility of academic publication of results, subject to client confidentiality. Project arrangements are jointly established to ensure that the programme of work is suitable. Academic supervisors provide input to the development, direction and reporting of project work. Students also benefit from access to Cranfield’s state-of-the-art equipment and facilities.

Benefit from a proactive recruiting opportunity

Our courses develop individuals with an awareness of both technical and business management skills, alongside the ability to undertake applied industrial project work. Your organisation can benefit from the ‘extended’ interview period which sponsoring projects offers. In effect, the projects can become a low-risk method of recruiting high calibre, postgraduates with relevant applied backgrounds.