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Former names | Cranfield Institute of Technology College of Aeronautics |
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Motto | Latin: Post Nubes Lux |
Motto in English | After clouds light[1] |
Type | Public research university |
Established | 1946 - College of Aeronautics 1969 - Cranfield Institute of Technology (gained university status by royal charter) 1993 - Cranfield University (adopted current name) |
Chancellor | Dame Deirdre Hutton |
Vice-Chancellor | Karen Holford |
Administrative staff | 1,800 |
Students | 4,825 (2019/20) (all postgraduates) |
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Campus | Rural (both) |
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Affiliations | ACU PEGASUS Midlands Innovation Universities UK |
Website | www |
Cranfield University is a British postgraduate-only public research university specialising in science, engineering, design, technology and management. Cranfield was founded as the College of Aeronautics (CoA) in 1946. Through the 1950s and 1960s, the development of aircraft research led to growth and diversification into other areas such as manufacturing and management, and in 1967, to the founding of the Cranfield School of Management. In 1969, the College of Aeronautics was renamed the Cranfield Institute of Technology, was incorporated by royal charter, gained degree awarding powers, and became a university. In 1993, it adopted its current name.[2]
Cranfield University has two campuses: the main campus is at Cranfield, Bedfordshire, and the second is at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom at Shrivenham, southwest Oxfordshire.[3] The main campus is unique[4] in the United Kingdom (and Europe) for having its own airport – Cranfield Airport – and its own aircraft, used for teaching and research.
The institution ... was granted university status in 1969 becoming the Cranfield Institute of Technology and it changed its name to Cranfield University in 1993
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