MBA Full-time

Our stimulating curriculum meets you at your current level of expertise and empowers you to move to the next. We’ll support and challenge you to master the skills that make good leaders, great.

Strategic leadership – Develop your strategic knowledge and self-awareness to provide incisive leadership in any organisation.

Business and financial acumen – Improve your financial and business acuity, so you can apply your expertise confidently in any business function or sector.

Critical thinking – Become a critical thinker who questions the status quo, uses data and insights for decision-making, and strives for continual improvement.

Problem solving – Advance your analytical and creative skills, so you can solve problems using insight, innovation and imagination.

Commercial awareness – Understand the economic drivers behind businesses in all sectors, and how to leverage them for growth and success.

A global perspective – Gain cross-cultural communication awareness and prepare for a career anywhere in the world, thanks to our global student community and the perspectives they bring.

On graduation, earlier-stage professionals will be ready to fast-track their careers and pursue leadership roles. Established leaders will be equipped to advance further in their field, accepting greater responsibility and exerting higher influence

If you are an ambitious individual – ready to tackle global business challenges with clarity and confidence – the Cranfield full-time MBA is designed for you. This immersive 12-month programme is consistently ranked one of the world’s best MBAs.

We are looking for candidates who aspire to – or currently hold - senior leadership roles. We also want to work with entrepreneurs eager to grow their businesses and the economy. People with the integrity and vision to drive organisations forward.

You will have proved your potential through at least three years of professional experience, or earned your entrepreneurial stripes by starting a business. And now you are ready for more.

Whether that’s:

- accelerating your current career or confidently changing direction
- developing business acumen to help your start-up skyrocket
- challenging yourself to deliver stronger professional practise

Our intensely personalised MBA programme will develop your unique strengths, to unlock the leader you’re meant to be.

- A minimum of three years' post-qualification work experience
- A good degree and / or professional qualification
- Applicants who do not have a degree are welcomed provided
they can demonstrate high levels of achievement, exceptional
career progression or evidence of leadership potential.

We welcome candidates with Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores over 600. The average score for our Full-time MBA students is currently 680. You will need to contact GMAT directly to book an appointment to take the test.

We know you have a lot of choice about where to study your MBA and we’re delighted you are considering Cranfield.

The quality of our MBA programme is globally recognised.

- UK top 5 MBA (The Economist Which MBA? 2021)
- No. 1 the world for the breadth of its alumni network (The
Economist Which MBA? 2021)
- No. 6 in the world for teaching influence (Business School
Teaching Power Rankings 2021 compiled for the Financial
Times)
- Top 3 in Europe for entrepreneurial education (Bloomberg Best
European Business Schools 2021/22)
- Top 19% globally for alumni success and entrepreneurship (QS
2022 Global Rankings)
- No. 2 in the UK and in the top 25 in the world for quality of
faculty (The Economist Which MBA? 2021)
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