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Cranfield Executive Development

About us

Leaders in critical thinking, contemporary education and organisation improvement

Since our inception in 1946, Cranfield has been committed to unlocking the potential of people and organisations by working with business leaders and their management teams to overcome industry specific challenges. Cranfield’s business school is one of the oldest in Europe, having grown out of industrial need for management training in the 1950s and 60s. Our contribution to global innovation is world-leading; changing the way society thinks, works and learns. We have pioneered innovations, solutions and new standards in how leaders, managers and their teams overcome challenges. Our success has transformed many global organisations and had a positive impact throughout the world. We design our programmes in flexible and innovative ways, supported by state-of-the art learning technologies.

Rankings | Cranfield School of Management is consistently ranked as one of the top 10 business schools in the UK and the top 30 business schools in Europe for customised executive development in the FT Executive Education Rankings. We were awarded Gold in the EFMD Excellence in Practice Award for 2016 and Silver in the EFMD Excellence in Practice Award for 2021.