Cranfield University

Cranfield University

Coat of arms
Former names	Cranfield Institute of Technology College of Aeronautics
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	Dame Karen Holford
Students	5,430 (2022/23)[2]
Undergraduates	180 (2022/23)[2]
Postgraduates	5,255 (2022/23)[2]
Location	Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, England 52°04′24″N 00°37′40″W / 52.07333°N 0.62778°W / 52.07333; -0.62778 (Cranfield) 51°36′10.77″N 1°38′25.50″W / 51.6029917°N 1.6404167°W / 51.6029917; -1.6404167 (Shrivenham)
Campus	Rural (both)
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Affiliations	ACU PEGASUS Midlands Innovation Universities UK
Website	www.cranfield.ac.uk

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.^[3]

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.^[4] The main campus is unique^[5] in the United Kingdom (and Europe) for having its own airport – Cranfield Airport – and its own aircraft, used for teaching and research.