Cranfield School of Management

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Cranfield School of Management

Established 1967
Type Business School
Director Michael Osbaldeston
Alumni 10,000
Location Cranfield, United Kingdom
Address Cranfield School of Management,
Cranfield,
Bedford,
MK43 0AL
England
Campus Rural
Website http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk
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Cranfield School of Management, part of Cranfield University has provided management training since the late 1940s. The first MBA programme was run in 1964, but the School of Management was founded later in 1967.

The School is located midway between the towns of Bedford and Milton Keynes, in the village of Cranfield in Bedfordshire.

Cranfield School of Management offers full time as well as executive MBA courses.

One of only 18[citation needed] schools worldwide to have the triple accredition of Association of MBAs (AMBA), EQUIS and AACSB. It's research training and degree programmes are recognised by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

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[edit] Notable Alumni

John McFarlane, CEO, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
Nigel Doughty, CEO, Doughty Hanson & Co
Ted Tuppen, CEO, Enterprise Inns Plc
Ian Odgers, Partner Odgers, Ray & Berndtson
Andy Bond, CEO, Asda
Andy Harrison, CEO, easyJet
Elena Ambrosiadou - CEO & Founder, Ikos Partners
Michael Wemms, chairman, House of Fraser plc
Kate Avery, group director, Legal and General
Michael Smith, CEO, Ladbrokes
Patrick Dunne, director, 3i
Christopher Littmoden, CEO, Marks & Spencer (N America)
Hilary Williams, chief executive, Girl Guide Association
Andrew Rickman, founder, Bookham Technology
Crispin Blunt, Member of Parliament for Reigate

[edit] Rankings

Cranfield has been consistently ranked among the best global business schools.

Cranfield was ranked 19th by the Economist Intelligence Unit in its Which MBA global rankings 2006.

Cranfield was ranked 8th in Europe by Financial Times in its European Business School rankings 2006.

Cranfield was ranked 46th by the Financial Times in its Global full time MBA programmes rankings 2006.

Cranfield was ranked 40th by the Financial Times in its Global EMBA rankings 2006.


Cranfield University currently has five academic schools:

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