Master's: a different way of learning
Our specialist master’s courses are designed in close collaboration with industrial advisory panels. This ensures course content is always industry-relevant and our graduates impress employers with their business readiness.
Our teaching staff to student ratio of 1:8 is the best of any university in the UK.
Many of our teaching staff come from industry and your master’s is informed by their experience of carrying out research on behalf of the University’s 1,500 industrial clients and partners across the globe.
Check your course web page for more information about opportunities such as:
- collaboration with industry partners and students on other courses,
- networking with industry-relevant guest speakers and internationally-recognised academic staff,
- accreditation from professional bodies,
- internships and international travel.
Air traffic management laboratory
“The Cranfield group project is a really important thing that we look at, particularly through the interview process. We need graduates who are pragmatic, practical people, who have got a good strong academic background, but can solve problems and work together as a team, to deliver our missions.”
Kathryn Graham,
Systems Engineering Manager, Surrey Satellite Technology
Cranfield master’s course structure
This diagram illustrates the course structure of many of our full-time master’s courses, though it is not indicative of all courses
Please check your specific course page on our website for more detailed information including the weighting of each phase and the part-time variations.
Group projects
We value the importance of giving you an opportunity to apply your learned skills into a real-world environment before you graduate.
Many of our courses offer the opportunity to have hands-on experience with a group project related to your MSc subject. Here is an example of one, with the viewpoint of the student, the sponsor and the academic.
Project title: MOTO-S – Endurance racing motorcycles for the future
Students have responded to a brief to investigate the gap between current all-electric Moto-E and traditional FIM Endurance motorcycles.
What could the future of endurance racing look like if we don’t just go to liquid biofuels? Race bike design is a real challenge with every component having multiple functions and a new set of rules allowing rapid battery swaps, hydrogen ICE or biogases.