Cranfield School of Management

Cranfield School of Management
Established 1967
Type Business School
Director Frank Horwitz BA(SocSci) HDPM MPM PhD
Location Cranfield, United Kingdom
Campus Rural
Website http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk

Cranfield School of Management is part of Cranfield University and a leading business school in the world. 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 about 50 miles from London, midway between the towns of Bedford and Milton Keynes, in the village of Cranfield in Bedfordshire.

It has the triple accreditation of Association of MBAs (AMBA), EQUIS and AACSB. Its research training and degree programmes are recognised by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

Contents

Programmes

Cranfield MBA

The average age or the student body is 33 years with on average 9 years of business experience, and from more than 40 different nationalities[1].

Full-time MBA

A one-year programme with four terms of teaching starts in September each year and has an intake of up to 150 students[2].

Executive MBA

The programme starts in January each year and has a combined intake (Part-time and Modular) of up to 100 students[3].

Cranfield MSc

Cranfield School of Management offers three full time MSc programmes:

MSc in Finance and Management

The MSc in Finance and Management is a one year programme started in 2004. Its current director is Sunil S. Poshakwale.

Doctoral Programmes

The school provides a PhD and executive doctorate (DBA).

Open Executive Education

Cranfield School of Management run a varied portfolio of Open Executive Education Programmes. The topic areas covered by the school are:

Rankings

Centre for Customised Executive Development (CCED)

The Centre offers a complete development process that includes: strategic consultancy, organisational and individual diagnostics, assessment and development centres and programme design and delivery. Interventions are highly customised to client needs and often integrate on-line and networked learning, business simulations and real-life project work. Working with more than 60 corporate and public sector clients each year, CCED has strong relationships with many UK and international organisations.[5]

In the Financial Times Executive Education Custom Rankings 2009, Cranfield was ranked No.1 in the UK, and in the top 5 European Schools, for programme preparation and follow-up; teaching methods and materials; the quality of faculty and the relevance of new skills and learning.

Strategic Partnerships

Cranfield has formal strategic alliances with[6]:

Alumni

The Cranfield Management Association (CMA) is the alumni body of Cranfield School of Management. Established in 1976, the CMA is an international network of professional managers from all aspects of business, the professions, the public and not-for-profit sectors. In 2009 the alumni network includes more than 12,000 professional managers in over 120 countries worldwide[7].

Notable alumni

Advisory board

On 23 February 2010 the school established an advisory board that meets twice a year to give counsel in respect to the school's strategic direction, including positioning of the school internationally and enhancing its networks.

References

  1. ^ http://breeze.cranfieldonline.com:8080/p69571177/
  2. ^ http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/p13691/Programmes-and-Executive-Development/MBA/Your-MBA-programme/Full-time-MBA
  3. ^ http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/p13692/Programmes-and-Executive-Development/MBA/Your-MBA-programme/Executive-MBA
  4. ^ "QS Global 200 Business Schools Report 2009 North America". http://www.topmba.com/mba-rankings/global-200-business-schools-report/top-business-schools-2009/north-america. 
  5. ^ http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/p13197/Programmes-and-Executive-Development/CCED-Home/Who-do-we-work-with
  6. ^ http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/p604/About-Cranfield/Strategic-Alliances
  7. ^ Alumni stats http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/p14171/About-Cranfield/Alumni

External links

See also

Academic Schools
School of Engineering (SoE) • School of Applied Sciences (SAS) • Cranfield School of Management (SoM) • Cranfield Defence and Security (CDS) • Cranfield Health
Locations
Cranfield, Bedfordshire • Silsoe, Bedfordshire • Shrivenham, Oxfordshire
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