Full-time MBA

A one-year MBA built around live client projects, including a business analytics and consulting project, an international consultancy project and a career pathway project. The final project can be an internship, an entrepreneurial venture or an independent project, and the programme includes a year-long career development component.

Intakes

September Source: cranfield.ac.uk · verified October 5, 2026

Duration

12 months Source: cranfield.ac.uk · verified October 5, 2026

Campus

• Cranfield campus — Cranfield, United KingdomCollege Road, Cranfield MK43 0AL, Bedfordshire

Amounts are shown in the currency published by the school and are not converted. Living costs are not included.

Requirements

Academic qualification

UK first or second class honours degree or equivalentSource: cranfield.ac.uk · verified October 5, 2026

Work experience

Minimum 3 years (published requirement)At least three years' post-qualification work experienceSource: cranfield.ac.uk · verified October 5, 2026

Test waiver policy

Cranfield also offers its own Cranfield Admission Test (online, $100 USD) and paper-based admission tests as an alternative to the GMAT.Source: cranfield.ac.uk · verified October 5, 2026

Interview

Not verifiedInterviews are usually conducted by video conference or face-to-faceSource: cranfield.ac.uk · verified October 5, 2026

Application fee

Not verified

Admission tests

GMAT (classic)

One accepted test requiredClass average: 680 (scale 200–800)GMAT or GMAT Focus accepted; GRE or Cranfield's own admission tests are alternativesSource: cranfield.ac.uk · verified October 5, 2026

GMAT Focus Edition

One accepted test requiredClass average: 635 (scale 205–805)Source: cranfield.ac.uk · verified October 5, 2026

GRE General Test

One accepted test requiredMinimum 80th percentile for both verbal and quantitative reasoningSource: cranfield.ac.uk · verified October 5, 2026

English language

IELTS Academic

RequiredPublished minimum: 6.5 (scale 0-9)6.5 overall and 5.5 in all skill componentsSource: cranfield.ac.uk · verified October 5, 2026

GMAT Focus Edition (205–805) and the classic GMAT (200–800) use different scales. A published minimum and a class average are different things; both are labelled. English requirements and waivers depend on each school's policy and your own background.

No verified deadline for the current cycle. Deadlines change every year — check the official admissions page.

• Antony and Amanda Jenkins MBA Scholarship for Women Leaders

  Benefit

  Amount not published on the page

  Basis

  Other basis

  Application

  Considered with the program application

  Official scholarship pageSource: cranfield.ac.uk · verified October 5, 2026

• AACSB International — Business schoolAccreditation of the business school. It does not by itself confirm that every campus or program is covered.Source: cranfield.ac.uk · verified October 5, 2026
• AMBA (Association of MBAs) — School statementAMBA accredits individual programmes. The school states it holds AMBA accreditation; check which programmes are covered.Source: cranfield.ac.uk · verified October 5, 2026
• EQUIS (EFMD Quality Improvement System) — Business schoolAccreditation of the business school. It does not by itself confirm that every campus or program is covered.Source: cranfield.ac.uk · verified October 5, 2026

• Class of null — average post-MBA salary within three years of graduation (mean): USD 124,086 · population: typical cohort profile · measured within three years of graduation Source: cranfield.ac.uk · verified October 5, 2026