Cranfield University is a leading postgraduate university in the UK, ranked among the World's Top 200 universities and rated highly for its MBA degree programs in a number of league tables. It is one of the top five research-intensive universities in the UK.

The university has five academic schools:
- School of Applied Sciences
- School of Engineering
- Cranfield School of Management
- Cranfield Health
- Defence College of Management and Technology

Cranfield School of Management is accredited by EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System), AMBA (Association of MBAs), and AACSB (The International Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business).

Rankings and Ratings:

- In the Times Higher World University Rankings 2008, Cranfield is ranked:
- No. 2 in the UK and the World in the international student category.
- No. 1 in the UK and No. 11 globally for staff to student ratio.
- Cranfield School of Management is rated 3rd in the UK, 6th in Europe and 13th in the world for its MBA program. It is also rated 2nd in Europe for alumni effectiveness, 3rd in Europe for education experience, and 4th in Europe for student quality (Economic Intelligence Unit 2008).

-13th in Europe in the Financial Times (FT) ranking of Top 65 European MBA programs.

- 35th in the world for its full time MBA program, 3rd in the world for teaching Economics, 8th for top salaries today in Europe, 14th in the world for career progress (FT Global MBA Rankings 2009).

- 56th among the World Best 100 MBA Programs (Beyond Grey Pinstripes).

- 13th among the Top 20 European Executive MBA Programs (Source: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Buch).

- placed at 2nd tier of top non-US MBA programmes (Business Week).

- 6th in the UK, 8th in Europe and 24th in the world for its Doctoral Programmes in the 2009 Financial Times MBA survey.

- 48th in the World, 10th in Europe, and 6th in UK (Financial Times EMBA Ranking 2008). It is also rated 3rd for top salaries today in the UK.

- 2nd Most Popular Business Schools in the UK (Sunday Business).

-49th nationally in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008.

- 158th in the THES - QS World University Rankings 2007 (placed 140th internationally in 2006).

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