Cranfield University

Cranfield is a specialist postgraduate university that is a global leader for education and transformational research in technology and management.

We are home to many world-class, large-scale facilities which enhance our teaching and research. We are one of the few universities in the world to have its own airport – our global research airport offers a unique environment for transformational research. Our 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.

About School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing (SATM)

Our Master’s programmes attract students from around the world, drawn by the combination of academic excellence, strong industry focus and our unique facilities. We have been providing world-class postgraduate education and training for over 75 years. The School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing can trace its heritage back to the first courses to run at Cranfield, their modern-day equivalents are Aerospace Vehicle Design MSc and Thermal Power MSc. The school prides itself in graduating students that are ready to tackle the emerging needs of industry that go on to join our influential alumni network where our graduates can be found in senior positions around the world.

Our history and heritage in aircraft research and design over the last 70 years is extending into the future with new capabilities in aircraft electrification, unmanned aerial vehicle technology and urban mobility. We are one of the few universities in the world to have its own airport.

Our aerospace courses cover all aspects of aircraft design from structures, materials, avionics, gas turbine engines to aerospace dynamics. Alongside this we have courses that specialise in computational engineering from CFD, Computational Software, Data Analytics, AI and Robotics which can be applied across all engineering sectors.

We have a number of facilities unique to the university sector, ranging from our global research airport including the UK’s first Digital Air Traffic Control Centre, our own aircraft with academic flying staff that operate our National Flying Laboratory. In addition to our National Wind Tunnel and Gas Turbine test facilities, high performance computing cluster, robotics test cells and autonomous systems laboratories. We continue to make substantial investment highlighted by our Aerospace Integration Research Centre and the world-leading Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTec) spearheading the UK’s research into digital aviation technology which houses our 737-400 in the Hangar Laboratory. Many of our facilities are used by students throughout their time with us, as part of our teaching to help embed the classroom knowledge to hands-on practical sessions as part of your project work.

Cranfield has over 65 years’ experience in transport, including the aviation, automotive, motorsport, military and marine sectors. We are one of the few universities in the world to have its own airport – our global research airport offers a unique environment for transformational research.

In an increasingly interconnected world, our award-winning research and teaching is helping to define the future of global transport. We specialise in understanding the whole environment in which transport operates: the vehicles, infrastructure, businesses and logistics as well as the human aspects of operating, managing and using transport. Home to our internationally recognised Automotive/Motorsport Engineering and Air Transport Management MScs.

Our world-class facilities include high-performance wind tunnels, an off-road vehicle dynamics facility, a crash impact test centre (one of just two FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile) approved test centres in the world) and our accident investigation laboratory, which is dedicated to our work in aviation, marine and rail safety and the only accident investigation laboratory of its type outside the United States.

Our Multi-User Environment for Autonomous Vehicle Innovation is a £9 million ‘smart’ roadway test environment for the development of intelligent and autonomous vehicles, the first of its kind in the UK next to an airport and within the controlled setting of a university campus. It includes the associated systems needed to integrate emerging technologies into our day-to-day lives.

Transport Systems students go on to a broad spectrum of successful careers and our alumni operate at the highest levels of transport organisations across the world.

Cranfield has a distinctive approach to manufacturing research, education and training. We combine expertise in design, technology and management, along with research into materials sciences, all with a focus on manufacturing.

A broad range of subjects are available whether you have an interest in digital manufacturing (industry 4.0) and management to help develop the factories of the future, to developing unique materials, design and production process to shape the products of the future

We have exceptional facilities many of which are unique in the university sector. These include ‘clean rooms’, high temperature coatings and materials characterisation facilities, composite manufacturing and impact testing facilities including the FIA-approved Cranfield Impact Centre. Our welding laboratory features robotic, automated, and advanced arc welding equipment, high powered laser systems and a record-breaking hyperbaric welding chamber. We have also developed virtual and augmented reality facilities alongside the ability to simulate manufacturing systems and maintenance/repair operations.

Our impact can be seen in both industry and government worldwide; we have long standing relationships with companies such as Rolls-Royce, Boeing, BAE Systems, BD Pharmaceuticals, Meditech Gloves and the European Space Agency, where our research and teaching is helping to define a smart, green and clean future for Manufacturing. Our students work on industry focused projects giving you direct experience and exposure to some of the biggest names in the sector.

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