Cranfield University

MSc in Airport Planning and Management

Who is it for?

Cranfield University is the only university in the world to run an English language master's course in airport planning and management. Achieving this highly relevant and globally respected degree will enable you to stand out in a competitive employment market.

Cranfield's Centre for Air Transport Management combines a wealth of practical expertise with extensive research, consultancy and teaching experience in one centre of excellence. We have been providing postgraduate education for almost sixty years. You can be sure that your qualification will be valued and respected by employers throughout the world.

Why this course?

In addition to management, communication, teamwork, and research skills, you will attain the following learning outcomes from this course:

• A systematic understanding of relevant international and national regulations and the ability to explain their effects on airport business, planning, design, operations and safety management decisions.
• A critical awareness of the key issues that affect users of airport facilities (e.g. airlines and retailers) and the ability to explain the impact of their commercial pressures, strategic decisions and priorities on airport business, planning, design, operations, and safety management decisions.
• How to identify, analyze and design solutions in order to address a given research problem within the context of airport planning and management, having regard to regulatory constraints and commercial and environmental imperatives.
• Undertake and successfully complete a substantial program of independent research, applying robust methods of data collection and analysis, and communicating the findings coherently.

Cranfield University is very well located for visiting students from all over the world and offers a range of library and support facilities to support your studies. This MSc programme benefits students from a wide range of cultural backgrounds which significantly enhances the learning experience for both staff and students.

Your career

Working in an airport environment offers varied and exciting career possibilities. Graduates should be able to pursue a career working for an airport authority in business development, operations, design, and planning or with one of the many planning and management consultancies that advise airports across the world.

Our passion for the areas of expertise we operate in and our hands-on relationship with the industry are unparalleled. This is recognized globally by potential employers and we have a proven record of graduate employment across airports, consultancies, and associated industries.

Previous graduates have secured employment with a range of companies including:

• Arup
• Jacobs Consultancy
• Mott MacDonald
• Airbus
• Korean Airports Corporation
• Malaysian Airports
• SH&E
• Aviation Economics
• Heathrow Airport.