Finding the right postgraduate degree for you
Our courses and research programmes are informed and directed by industry needs and challenges. To best address these challenges, our specialisms are aligned to specific sectors. This enables us to build relationships with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within these sectors, as well as global businesses, governments and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
Courses
Our courses are listed on our website and you can use the handy course finder to find the right course for you, or find a list of our courses in the course directory section of this publication.
Learn from your cohort
With nearly half of our learners being aged over 30, we also accept students with relevant industry experience. This breadth of experience adds value to your learning. Mature students gain support from students with fresh experience of undergraduate study, and students who have not yet worked in their chosen sector benefit from real-world examples from mature students. This unique learning experience ensures our graduates are highly regarded and sought after in technology and management roles and organisations.
Courses
Our courses are listed on our website and you can use the handy course finder to find the right course for you.
Learn from your cohort
With nearly half of our learners being aged over 30, we also accept students with relevant industry experience. This breadth of experience adds value to your learning. Mature students gain support from students with fresh experience of undergraduate study, and students who have not yet worked in their chosen sector benefit from real-world examples from mature students. This unique learning experience ensures our graduates are highly regarded and sought after in technology and management roles and organisations.
“Studying at Cranfield University not only equipped me with academic knowledge but also provided me with real-world industry exposure and connections. The industrial exposure I gained at Cranfield has been instrumental in preparing me for my current role and has significantly contributed to my professional growth.”
Abhishek Makkattil,
ME Process Engineer, Airbus,
(Aerospace Manufacturing MSc 2023)
Applied research
Our academics and industry contacts can help you develop research that can be implemented by industry or governments. With our broad range of expertise, you can benefit from the opportunity to develop research and learning in one sector and apply it to another.
To give you an idea of the kind of projects you could be involved in, below are just some examples of master’s and research project titles.
Master's group and individual thesis projects
- Hydrogen-oxygen propulsion system design for a Lunar lander.
- Pipeline launch strategy from a medical affairs department perspective. What are the key enablers and organisational capabilities which facilitate product launch excellence within the UK pharmaceutical industry?
- Perception of user susceptibility/resilience to the manipulation of social media information.
- Novel cooling for concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) in green hydrogen production.
- Measuring and modelling carbon storage in agricultural and restored UK lowland peatlands.
- Powertrain optimisation through laptime simulation for a high-performance vehicle.
- Operationalising water sharing to reconcile agricultural and environmental water demands in the River Lark, Norfolk.
- Modelling stress corrosion cracking in shot peened aluminium components.
- Inclusive human-centred design for development of service infrastructure for Heathrow Airport.
Research projects
- Decentralised mission planning for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles.
- Customer insights generation at the front end of innovation: An exploration within a medical device company.
- Impedimetric haemoglobin immunosensor for detection of gastrointestinal bleeding.
- Reliability analysis of structural health monitoring in the offshore energy industry.
- Understanding ripening in mango fruit: Non-destructive prediction of physicochemical traits and the effects of cold chain.
- Battery temperature prediction using hybrid machine learning and system identification technique.
- The impacts of airport de-icers on water quality and the growth of undesirable biofilms in rivers.
- Physicochemical and nanomechanical behaviour of 3D printed PEGDA hydrogel structures for tissue engineering applications.
- An agent-based model for improving museum design to enhance visitor experience.
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Applied research
Our academics and industry contacts can help you develop research that can be implemented by industry or governments. With our broad range of expertise, you can benefit from the opportunity to develop research and learning in one sector and apply it to another.
To give you an idea of the kind of projects you could be involved in, below are just some examples of master’s and research project titles.
Master's group and individual thesis projects
- Hydrogen-oxygen propulsion system design for a Lunar lander.
- Pipeline launch strategy from a medical affairs department perspective. What are the key enablers and organisational capabilities which facilitate product launch excellence within the UK pharmaceutical industry?
- Perception of user susceptibility/resilience to the manipulation of social media information.
- Novel cooling for concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) in green hydrogen production.
- Measuring and modelling carbon storage in agricultural and restored UK lowland peatlands.
- Powertrain optimisation through laptime simulation for a high-performance vehicle.
- Operationalising water sharing to reconcile agricultural and environmental water demands in the River Lark, Norfolk.
- Modelling stress corrosion cracking in shot peened aluminium components.
- Inclusive human-centred design for development of service infrastructure for Heathrow Airport.
Research projects
- Decentralised mission planning for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles.
- Customer insights generation at the front end of innovation: An exploration within a medical device company.
- Impedimetric haemoglobin immunosensor for detection of gastrointestinal bleeding.
- Reliability analysis of structural health monitoring in the offshore energy industry.
- Understanding ripening in mango fruit: Non-destructive prediction of physicochemical traits and the effects of cold chain.
- Battery temperature prediction using hybrid machine learning and system identification technique.
- The impacts of airport de-icers on water quality and the growth of undesirable biofilms in rivers.
- Physicochemical and nanomechanical behaviour of 3D printed PEGDA hydrogel structures for tissue engineering applications.
- An agent-based model for improving museum design to enhance visitor experience.