Cranfield School of Management consistently performs well in the major school and programme specific rankings, reinforcing our position as a top global management school.
Accreditations
We are one of an elite group of schools worldwide to hold the triple accreditation of: AACSB International (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), AMBA (the Association of MBAs) and EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System of the European Foundation for Management Development).
In recognition of our outstanding student entrepreneurship provision and dedicated work with small or medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to support growth in the local community, we have also achieved Small Business Charter accreditation.
The Cranfield PhD has an international reputation for quality and academic excellence.In December 2014 the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)rated84%of Cranfield's Business and Management research output as 'internationally recognised' or better for impact -60% of this was 'world leading' (4*)and24% 'internationally excellent' (3*).
Our Executive DBA is one of only a handful of DBA programmes worldwide to have been accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA).
CEO Magazine
Cranfield School of Management has been included in CEO Magazine's 2022 GLOBAL DBA LISTING of premier DBA providers. The listing is based upon accreditation, quality of faculty, geography, and international standing.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Cranfield University is number one in the UK and sixth in the world for its activities supporting the critical UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17 – Partnerships for the Goals, which focuses on cross-sector and cross-country partnerships in pursuit of the SDGs. Cranfield has risen 25 places in this category from the 2023 rankings, demonstrating its deep strength and expertise in partnership working across sectors and borders.
For its overall work towards the SDGs, the 2024 Times Higher Education Impact ranking placed Cranfield in the global top 200 universities out of 1963 institutions, moving it up from the top 300 in 2023. This means that Cranfield is in the top 10% of all universities across the world for its sustainability work.
As an exclusively postgraduate university, Cranfield University is excluded from Times Higher Education World Rankings, The Times World Rankings, The Complete University Guide and The Guardian, which focus on helping prospective undergraduate students to compare universities.
