Cranfield University The UK’s University for Business Who are we?
• Internationally renowned • Recruit exclusively at Postgraduate Level. • 2,860 students 12,000 cpd. • Promote strong connections between teaching and research. Where to Find Us Five Schools
School of Applied Sciences
School of Engineering
Cranfield Health
School of Management
Cranfield Defence & Security Our Graduates
• Cranfield graduates 50%of the UK’s full-time Aerospace Engineering postgraduates. • Business School Ranked No.2 in UK*. • Cranfield is one of the top UK universities for graduate employment **. Income levels (1.8.06 – 31.7.07)
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Tuition Total income Research grants & £££138.616m£138.616m contracts Other Clear leader in research with UK industry
14 Research income earned from UK industry 12 as a proportion of total income. 10 (Three largest in absolute terms: 8 Cambridge, Cranfield, Imperial, ~£15m) 6
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Registered Charity: 202918 Research
Cranfield is one of the top five research intensive UK universities*. With Oxford, Cambridge and London’s Imperial College and UCL. *research income as percentage of turnover
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2,860 Students
Part 65 % Full Time Time Full 35 % Part Time Time Global Students -Our Top 20
1. France 11. Netherlands 2. India 12. Russia 3. Spain 13. Portugal 4. Nigeria 14. Belgium 5. China (PRC) 15. Czech 6. Greece 16. Ghana 7. Germany 17. Austria 8. Italy 18. Australia 9. Poland 19. Canada 10. Irish Republic 20. Columbia Times Higher Rankings
1 1 London School of Economics UK 100 2 8 Cranfield University UK 100 3 2 School of Oriental And African Studies UK 100 4 13 Sciences Po Paris France 100 5 4 ESCP-EAP Paris France 100 6 3 Curtin University of Technology Australia 100 7 6 RMIT University Australia 99.9 8 5 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland 99.9 9 10 Imperial College London UK 99.7 10 9 University of Geneva Switzerland 99.5 Times Higher Rankings
1 26 California Institute of Technology US 100 2 61 Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon France 100 3 2 Yale University US 100 4 7 Tsinghua University China 100 5 30 Ecole Polytechnique France 100 6 55 Cranfield University UK 100 7 21 Universität Ulm Germany 100 8 4 University of Rochester US 99.9 9 5 Imperial College London UK 99.9 10 124 University of Colorado US 99.9 Why Study at Cranfield?
• Excellence in teaching at last Quality Assessment • Exclusively postgraduate community • High staff/student ratio • Industrially relevant theses projects • Excellent job prospects • International student community Building 52 A new home for Cranfield Health Building 83 Cranfield Life
Accommodation • For single occupancy - Halls (self catered) - Halls (catered) - Shared houses • For couples - Flats • For families - Two-bedroom houses - Three bedroom houses - Detached houses Cranfield Campus Developments
Stringfellow Hall Accommodation
• Accommodation can be reserved following receipt of offer letter • Advised to apply early for on-site accommodation • Prices on web site:
www.cranfield.ac.uk/prospectus/cranfield/live.cfm Expenses
• Registration Fee for 2009/10 is £3950 • Estimated cost of calendar year in UK = £8K • Essential to be funded appropriately - Pub dinner: £7 - Haircut men: £8-£10; Ladies £20-£25 (Campus Hairdresser: £9) - Taxi: (8 miles Cranfield to Milton Keynes) £15 Cranfield Life
Sport Facilities
• Sports Hall • Squash Courts • Tennis Courts • Playing Field • Fitness Centre • Aerobics Studio Cranfield Life
Other Facilities on Campus
• Kings Norton Library • Shop • Post Office • Laundrette • Barber • Mosque • Chapel Cranfield Life
Bedford
• John Bunyan Museum of Bedford • Bedford Blues rugby club • Bedford Corn Exchange – Live entertainment and more! • Regular food and flower markets • Cecil Higgins Art Gallery Cranfield Life
Milton Keynes
• Milton Keynes Bowl – a 65,000 seated venue • MK Dons – local football team • Xscape – Skiing, Snowboarding, tobogganing, rock climbing, bowling, multi-plex cinema • Shopping • Nightlife • Dining • Theatre For more information
www.cranfield.ac.uk