Cranfield University

Cranfield University is a wholly postgraduate science, technology and management institution, known the world over for high-quality teaching, research and exceptional facilities. We offer a wealth of master’s and research degrees in the specialist areas of aerospace, automotive, energy, environment, healthcare, manufacturing, management, and security and defence. We are closely aligned to the needs of industry and work alongside many global corporate partners such as Boeing, Rolls-Royce, Nissan and BAE Systems.

You can choose from a range of full- and part-time postgraduate degrees and qualifications designed to equip you to achieve your career aspirations. Cranfield is one of the top five research intensive UK universities and our courses consistently gain the highest accolade possible from the UK’s Quality Assurance Agency.

Our taught programmes are informed by the research we carry out on behalf of our industrial clients and partners. We offer exciting project work, often with industry, on many of our MSc programmes. These allow you to put your specialised skills and knowledge into action in a real-world setting.

Cranfield has its main campus in Cranfield, Bedfordshire and another near Swindon, where students on our security and defence programmes are based.

Facilities
You will find exceptional facilities, equipment and software at Cranfield, including a fully functional airfield – the only university with its own airfield!

Our wide range of facilities includes: cabin evacuation laboratories; crash testing equipment; multi- phase flow rig; icing tunnels; off-road testing facility; soil dynamics laboratory; flying and welding laboratories; a £1 million fight deck simulator; body armour test house; biomechanics laboratories; an experimental farm – the list goes on!

We offer excellent computer facilities with an extensive network of workstations available in open- access areas across campus. There are well equipped libraries on both campuses with subject specialist staff on hand to assist you. Our information and library services include over 14,000 ejournals and over 200 databases.

Accommodation
The Cranfield campus has several on-campus options to suit single students, couples and families. Living on-campus means no inner-city commuting, being just minutes away from lectures and facilities and free parking.

Students who live off-campus have the choice of living in nearby Cranfield, the historic town of Bedford or the UK’s fastest growing and vibrant city of Milton Keynes. We have daily transport services, enabling you to make the most of the facilities and attractions in our nearby towns and cities.

Students at our Shrivenham campus live in rented accommodation in nearby Watchfield, Farringdon or the large town of Swindon.

Location
Our location gives you the best of both worlds – a spacious, mature study environment with no inner-city commuting but the advantage of being conveniently close to many towns, cities and facilities.

We have everything you need on-campus for day-to-day life and studying, but when you want to venture off-campus, here are some example distances for our Bedfordshire campus:

• Milton Keynes – by car - approximately 15mins
• Bedford – by car - approximately 20mins
• Luton airport – by car - approximately 30mins
• Central London – by train from Bedford or Milton Keynes – approximately 40min train time
• Birmingham – by train from Milton Keynes – approximately 45min train time

Our Shrivenham campus is located just 20 minutes by car or bus from the large town of Swindon. Bath, Cheltenham, Bristol and Oxford all within an hour’s drive and London less than two hours away.

Contact details
The Enquiries Team
Cranfield University
Cranfield University
College Road
Cranfield
Bedfordshire  MK43 0AL
T: +44 (0)1234 758008
E: enquiries@cranfield.ac.uk
W: www.cranfield.ac.uk/students