Cranfield School of Management ranks in the UK’s top five business schools in the Financial Times European Business Schools 2025 rankings released today [1 December 2025].
Cranfield School of Management is 5th in the UK and 29th in Europe in the latest prestigious rankings. These are compiled based on alumni salary increases and the combined performance in course rankings published by the Financial Times: the MBA, Executive MBA, Management MSc and Executive Education programmes.
Professor Lynette Ryals OBE, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Business and Management at Cranfield University and Dean of the School of Management, said: "I’m really proud that we continue to be in the top third of business schools in Europe; this is a reflection of the enduring impact of our programmes on our students and the brilliant learning experience that our staff deliver.”
Cranfield’s continued success in Financial Times rankings
The full-time MBA programme (The Transformation MBA) was 8th in the UK in the 2025 flagship Financial Times rankings. The programme was also placed 1st in the UK and Europe for career progression and in the European top ten for value for money.
Cranfield’s Executive MBA was placed 5th in the UK this year’s Financial Times rankings for single-campus programmes, and retained its position as first in the UK for female faculty.
Cranfield’s Management MSc was placed 5th in the UK overall. Other notable achievements include being ranked best in the UK for its international student experience and in the top 3 in the UK for the alumni network, careers service and international work mobility.
Cranfield’s customised executive education programmes were placed in the world’s top 30 and ranked third in the UK overall for single-campus programmes. The customised programmes also ranked in the top five in the UK for: programme design, teaching methods, and faculty excellence.
An elite business school
Cranfield School of Management is 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 (the European Foundation for Management Development Quality Improvement System).
