www.cranfield.ac.uk

Cranfield’s Internationalisation Strategy

Prof Tom Stephenson FREng

Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research & Innovation

17th September 2017 www.cranfield.ac.uk

Welcome to

Cranfield

We are creating leaders

in technology and

management

We unlock the potential of people

and organisations by partnering

with business and governments to

deliver transformational research,

postgraduate education and

professional development.

We are an exclusively postgraduate

university located at the heart of the UK.

A premier learning experience for professionals

• Come from outside the UK (110+ countries)

• Study part-time while in employment

20,000 CPD

760 Doctoral

4,430 Postgraduate

+ 50%

Professional development of high-

performing leaders across the world

Aerospace, Engineering and

Technology postgraduates

Customised Executive

Education

Transformational research

Top 4 for income from industry research,

consultancy and professional development

of our research is world-leading

or internationally excellent

meeting the needs of business, government and wider

society

Themes

Cranfield is organised in multi-disciplinary, market-facing Themes addressing technology and management issues to benefit the world

• Aerospace

• Defence & Security

• Energy & Power

• Environment & Agrifood

• Leadership & Management

• Manufacturing

• Transport Systems

• Water

International Strategy

Increase reputation through Themes

Promote impact and influence of our work

Grow education and research revenues

Secure sustainability of European Partner Programme

Articulate a Cranfield international student experience

Leverage alumni commitment in key global regions

Use government networks for grants

Exploit academic-to-academic partnerships

International Strategy

Increase reputation through Themes

Promote impact and influence of our work

Grow education and research revenues

Secure sustainability of European Partner Programme

Articulate a Cranfield international student experience

Leverage alumni commitment in key global regions

Use government networks for grants

Exploit academic-to-academic partnerships

• Most reliant in UK on EU funding

• 3rd highest proportion of PG students from EU

• Uniquely, France & Spain top 2 for students outside UK

• Funding for EU students at Cranfield has been cut*

* Nothing to do with Brexit!

International Strategy

Increase reputation through Themes

Promote impact and influence of our work

Grow education and research revenues

Secure sustainability of European Partner Programme

Articulate a Cranfield international student experience

Leverage alumni commitment in key global regions

Use government networks for grants

Exploit academic-to-academic partnerships

No Cranfield overseas campus . . . . .

International Strategy

Increase reputation through Themes

Promote impact and influence of our work

Grow education and research revenues

Secure sustainability of European Partner Programme

Articulate a Cranfield international student experience

Leverage alumni commitment in key global regions

Use government networks for grants

Exploit academic-to-academic partnerships

Reinventing the toilet

• Cranfield won funding from the Bill and

Melinda Gates Foundation as part of the

‘Reinventing the Toilet’ challenge

• Sanitation options are being designed for the

2.5 billion people who lack a viable alternative

• A new generation nano-membrane, waterless

hygienic toilet has been developed.

Aerospace Integration Research Centre

£35M development

Airbus/Rolls-Royce/HEFCE

Global reach

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