Our specialisms
Our courses and research programmes are informed and directed by the needs of business and industry and in response to the challenges they face.
To best address these challenges our specialisms are aligned to specific sectors across management, engineering and applied sciences.
Our specialisms
Our courses and research programmes are informed and directed by the needs of business and industry and in response to the challenges they face.
To best address these challenges our specialisms are aligned to specific sectors across management, engineering and applied sciences.
Advanced manufacturing
We integrate design, technology and management to develop cutting-edge processes for digitisation and automation in manufacturing.
Aerospace
With over 75 years' experience, Aerospace at Cranfield delivers the aircraft and airspace management of the future.
Agrifood
We have over 50 years of experience tackling societal challenges in food production, processing, distribution and consumption.
AI and robotics
Equipping leaders and engineers with AI, robotics, and autonomous systems expertise to drive innovation.
Automotive
We are developing advanced technologies to help make vehicles more capable, green and efficient.
Aviation
Our expertise in air transportation spans airport planning, digital technology management, safety and aircraft management.
Banking and finance
Excelling in banking and finance through our highly-ranked programmes, applied research and consulting.
Business
With strong corporate links we deliver practical, industry-focused business research and flexible education.
Clean energy
Leading industrial-scale research, education and innovation in renewable energy, hydrogen, carbon‑reduction systems, modelling and net zero.
Computer science
Our world-leading expertise in large-scale parallel computing, modelling and simulation addresses complex problems across sectors.
Defence
With unrivalled defence expertise, we're trusted globally by governments, military, industry and security services.
Design engineering
Our expertise focuses on design policy, ideation and sustainable design, translating ideas into market-ready solutions.
Entrepreneurship
Empowering entrepreneurs to thrive among like-minded peers in a vibrant hub of entrepreneurial activity.
Environment
We are enabling a more sustainable future by tackling environmental challenges across the world.
Forensics
Cranfield has extensive expertise and exceptional facilities in a wide range of forensic science specialities.
Hydrogen
Leading innovation, from sustainable production and advanced storage to safety, to aviation and global ecosystem development.
Leadership and skills
Our world-renowned expertise provides real-world solutions which can be applied directly in the workplace.
Marketing and sales
Improving marketing and sales practices and creating roadmaps for transforming businesses into customer-centric high sales-performing organisations.
Materials engineering
Our expertise in developing advanced materials considers sustainability of resources, reliability, performance efficiency and commercial necessity.
Safety
We work with organisations and government bodies all over the world to manage safety and risk.
Security
Shaping global security solutions with cutting-edge research, expert training and trusted consultancy.
Space
Our work on space technologies, engineering, spacecraft, and satellite and missile design is internationally renowned.
Supply chain
Our Supply Chain Management specialism has a world-wide reputation, providing highly regarded advanced teaching and research.
Water
Combining world-class research and innovation to address global challenges in water science, engineering and management.
“The highlight of the course was the opportunity to work with industry partners during my thesis, allowing me to apply the knowledge I learnt in the year. I feel the environment at Cranfield really allowed me to develop my potential and prepare myself for industry.”
Muhammad Yousuf Shaikh,
Flight Physics Software Graduate, Airbus UK, (Applied Artificial Intelligence MSc 2022)
“I studied Aerospace Vehicle Design MSc at Cranfield University, as I wanted to move into the aerospace side of engineering and design. I envisioned myself graduating and working for an aerospace company. However, my career trajectory changed in ways I couldn’t have imagined. Today, I work for McLaren, which was beyond my wildest dreams. I had a very tunnelled vision of what I thought my career could be, and then Cranfield opened the world of opportunities up for me.”
Carlos Castro Olivares,
Senior Project Engineer, McLaren, (Aerospace Vehicle Design MSc 2022)
