As a specialist postgraduate university located at the heart of the UK's Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford arc, Cranfield University's world-class programmes, unrivalled facilities, close links with business, industry and governments, and international outlook all combine to attract students and teaching staff from around the globe. The result is a long track record of creating leaders and innovators in specialist areas of science, technology, engineering and management. Cranfield graduates are in demand and their association with the university brings benefits throughout their careers.

Cranfield is of the top six research universities in the UK, home to many world-class, large-scale facilities which enhance teaching and research. It is the only university in Europe to have its own airport – the global research airport offers a unique environment for transformational research. The living laboratory is a testbed for transformative technologies and new approaches to deliver enhanced social, economic and environmental outcomes in urban, transport and infrastructure systems.