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Cranfield technician wins prestigious Papin Prize

15 Jul 2025

Hannah Charlotte-Smith was named winner of the Apprentice category at this year’s Papin Prizes.

Cranfield-led project pioneers new approach to diagnosing river health

08 Jul 2025

Cranfield University is working with the River Colne Catchment Action Network on a UK Government-funded project to develop a novel way to diagnose the causes of poor ecological health in rivers.

Cranfield partners with CirculAIRity to create a digital model for sustainable aviation fuel developments

02 Jul 2025

Cranfield has begun the first of multiple projects with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) specialists CirculAIRity, a scale-up focusing on the use of SAF in aviation.

Bringing value to the region, bringing value to the nation

26 Jun 2025

New research shows that in the Mid Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency, home to Cranfield University, international students raise living standards for domestic residents, with every resident in the constituency £592 a year better off, and every working adult seeing an estimated increase in wages of over £1,000 a year.

Cranfield's class of 2025 celebrate graduation

25 Jun 2025

Graduation season returns to Cranfield University with hundreds of students celebrating their success at a series of ceremonies.

Cranfield academic named amongst UK's Top 50 Women in Engineering

23 Jun 2025

Dr Rachael Hazael has been recognised as one of the Top 50 Women in Engineering in the prestigious 2025 WE50 Awards.

New research hub aiming to transform UK manufacturing

20 Jun 2025

Collaborative AI for Manufacturing Sustainability hub to use artificial intelligence to eliminate waste, empower workers and enhance autonomy

Cranfield receives share of £250m for green aerospace projects

19 Jun 2025

Cranfield University and its industry partners are receiving a share of £250 million in funding from the UK government to drive green aerospace projects.

Cranfield continues to place highly in key sustainability ranking

18 Jun 2025

For the third year in a row Cranfield University has increased its overall score in the Times Higher Education Impact rankings and maintained its position in the top 200 universities in the world.

Biogas, Forever Chemicals and Sand Filtration: Cranfield supports three innovative projects to address water sector challenges

16 Jun 2025

Cranfield University is involved with three projects recently awarded funding from Ofwat’s Innovation Fund Water Breakthrough Challenge. Winning a share of £42 million in funding, the projects will focus on solutions to some of the water sector’s biggest challenges.

Cranfield University's Finance MSc ranked Top 10 in the UK

16 Jun 2025

Cranfield University’s Finance MSc programme has been ranked 8 in the UK and in the top 50 worldwide in the 2025 Financial Times Masters in Finance (MiF) rankings.

Inside the world's biggest crash test: Cranfield University and Channel 4 stage a groundbreaking motorway pile-up

12 Jun 2025

8 cars, 94 cameras, a 30-ton HGV, hundreds of hours of planning and preparation, and a team of drivers with no idea what’s about to happen… Pile Up – The World’s Biggest Crash Test is the most ambitious experiment of its kind

Cranfield's graduate employability highly rated in new ranking

03 Jun 2025

Cranfield University is ranked 8th in the UK for employability and is in the overall top 5% of universities in the world, in the 2025 Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).

Cranfield School of Management rises in global rankings for Executive Education

02 Jun 2025

Cranfield University’s School of Management has been recognised amongst the best in the world in the 2025 Financial Times Executive Education rankings.

Cranfield welcomes Ukrainian delegation for knowledge sharing visit

28 May 2025

A delegation from Ukraine led by Mr Oksen Lisovyi, Ukrainian Minister of Education and Science, visited Cranfield University on Thursday 22 May.