Cranfield School of Management has been delivering world-class MBA programmes for over 40 years and is triple accredited by AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB. The School has an international reputation for excellence and is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world.

The Cranfield Executive MBA was first offered in 1981 and is designed to help potential senior managers develop management skills to a depth and breadth that could never be obtained through work experience alone. The Cranfield Executive MBA is a complete learning experience centred on intense, interactive classroom sessions, where the combination of a diverse and experienced student cohort, and faculty closely involved with executive programmes, ensures relevance and primacy for contemporary business issues.

A key feature of the ‘Cranfield Experience’ is our focus on personal development and this is a compulsory module that runs throughout the MBA. We challenge our students to improve the quality of their team working, and build confidence, emotional intelligence and decision-making skills – the qualities that make for inspirational leaders.

During part one, students study a diverse curriculum of core modules covering the functional areas of business and the key skills associated with performing these functions.

In part two, students tailor their learning by selecting elective themed modules that take a multi-disciplinary approach to contemporary business issues and current research. Students can also choose to undertake an individual project – particularly attractive to sponsored students as they can be of real commercial value to their organisations.

A compulsory international business experience study tour module gives students an opportunity to apply their learning in an international context, and the programme closes with a student-organised capstone conference where students showcase their learning to an invited audience of sponsors, alumni and other industry leaders.

Class overview

Class size: 71

international: 27

% women: 21

Average work experience: 11 years

Programme duration

2 years

Modes of study

Part-time: 15 weekends and three, one-week residential periods each year

Modular: six, eight-day residential blocks each year

Entry requirements

- A good degree and/or professional qualification

- A minimum of three years' post-qualification work experience

- A balanced GMAT score of 600 or above - average at Cranfield: 670 (strong candidates may be able to take the Cranfield admission tests in place of GMAT)

- If English is not your first language, either:

- IELTS – result in band 7

- TOEFL – minimum scores of 100 (internet test) or 600 (paper test)

- CPE – grade A or B

- CAE – grade A

- PTE – minimum score of 68

Admissions

Start date: January

Application deadline: Rolling admissions.

Scholarships for the Executive MBA are usually awarded by the end of November. Early applications are therefore recommended.

Fees

£31,000