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 2025 placed us in the top 20 in the world for our work supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goal 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production, and top 50 in the world for Goal 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth.
- 88% of Cranfield’s research is world-leading or internationally excellent (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
- Cranfield is ranked in the global top 35 for ‘Engineering – Mechanical and Aeronautical’. The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 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 Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), 2025 as 8th 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 School Rankings 2025, the School of Management is named as of the UK’s top five business schools, and 29th 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.
The 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, don't list Cranfield University as we are postgraduate only.
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 ranked 6th in the UK in the 2026 flagship Financial Times rankings. The programme is 2nd in Europe for career progression, in the European top 3 for value for money and placed 1st in the UK and 2nd in Europe for 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 2026, Cranfield's MBA is ranked in the top 20% worldwide and top 10% globally for payback speed and alumni outcomes.
- Cranfield’s Executive MBA is ranked 3rd in the UK for career progress 2025 Financial Times ranking. 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 5th in the UK, 1st in the UK for international student experience and 2nd in the UK for value for money, in the 2025 Financial Times rankings. In the 2026 QS Business Master’s rankings, it placed 41st in the world overall and was ranked top 10 in the UK for alumni outcomes.
- Cranfield’s customised executive education programmes were ranked 3rd in the UK overall and top 20 in the world in the latest Financial Times rankings.
- In the Financial Times Masters in Finance pre-experience 2025 Rankings, Cranfield School of Management's Finance MSc was ranked 8th in the UK and in the global top 50.
- The QS Business Master’s Rankings 2026 placed Cranfield’s Strategic Marketing and Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the top 25 in the world and the Management MSc 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.
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