Warwick Business School vs.Cranfield vs. Cass

I would personally say Warwick. They are all good business schools, in the bracket after LBS, Said and Judge. I wouldn't go for Cranfield because although it is well know by those in the know in the UK, it does not have much of a reputation in general because it is so specific to postgrad business education. Cass is a hard one, becuase although it ranks well for business and is in London, it would never sit well with me that i technically went to City university, as well as the fact that it just plays second fiddle to LBS. Then theres WBS, which is really up and coming and from what i have been told has alot of respect in the city, half becuase Warwick as a university is considered the best after Oxbridge, LSE and Imperial for most city recruiters which definately helps. Moreover, WBS is consistantly ranked above the other 2 for unergrad business education. They all hover around the same place in most world business school rankinge, ie top 30 ish so i suppose it comes down to which ever takes your fancy, cost also plays a part since WBS is £5,000 cheaper than Cass which seems alot, i guess you pay for the whole London thing.

I applied for MSc Management as well and chose to apply to WBS over Cass and didnt even consider Cranfield, and did quite alot of research on the issues, or what i can gather b-schools in the UK tend to fit into these brackets according to recruiters favourites

LBS (way ahead)

Said, Judge (and LSE for Management)

WBS, Imperial (above the others because of general uni prestigue)

Cass, Manchester (very good but bust not quite as good as the above)

Cranfield, Aston, Bath, Nottingham, Edinburgh, and other top universities business schools.

i hope that kind of helps.

I would personally say Warwick. They are all good business schools, in the bracket after LBS, Said and Judge. I wouldn't go for Cranfield because although it is well know by those in the know in the UK, it does not have much of a reputation in general because it is so specific to postgrad business education. Cass is a hard one, becuase although it ranks well for business and is in London, it would never sit well with me that i technically went to City university, as well as the fact that it just plays second fiddle to LBS. Then theres WBS, which is really up and coming and from what i have been told has alot of respect in the city, half becuase Warwick as a university is considered the best after Oxbridge, LSE and Imperial for most city recruiters which definately helps. Moreover, WBS is consistantly ranked above the other 2 for unergrad business education. They all hover around the same place in most world business school rankinge, ie top 30 ish so i suppose it comes down to which ever takes your fancy, cost also plays a part since WBS is £5,000 cheaper than Cass which seems alot, i guess you pay for the whole London thing.

I applied for MSc Management as well and chose to apply to WBS over Cass and didnt even consider Cranfield, and did quite alot of research on the issues, or what i can gather b-schools in the UK tend to fit into these brackets according to recruiters favourites

LBS (way ahead)

Said, Judge (and LSE for Management)

WBS, Imperial (above the others because of general uni prestigue)

Cass, Manchester (very good but bust not quite as good as the above)

Cranfield, Aston, Bath, Nottingham, Edinburgh, and other top universities business schools.

i hope that kind of helps.

I know that this is a site for undergrads and hence Cranfield is not very well known but it is pretty ridiculous to club Cranfield SoM along with the business schools of Nottingham or to even place WBS, Tanaka or Cass above it. I am an Indian and Cranfield is among the best known UK B Schools in India.

Cranfield has one of the best recrutiment statistics in UK, it is very much comparable to that of Said and Judge, better than that of WBS and much better than that of Cass and Tanaka. Ask any student of Said and Judge which would be their next choice and most would answer Cranfield (I have talked to several MBA students from Said and Judge and this is the answer that I got). Vault, one of the best resources for research on B Schools, features only four B-Schools from UK, they are LBS, Said, Judge and Cranfield. They also regularly do a recruiters survey, about which do they think is the best B School in UK, Cranfield comes in at 3rd position after LBS and Said.

FT also does a ranking on the best B Schools (not MBA) in Europe and Cranfield has been consistently ranked as the second best business school in UK after LBS. I am studying for my Masters at Cranfield and had admits from Cass, Manchester, Nottingham and Lancaster, I chose to come to Cranfield after talking with several people including recruiters and alumni of different B Schools. I also have classmates who have turned down offers from Tanaka, Manchester etc to come to Cranfield. Dont get me wrong I do believe that Cass, Manchester etc. are excellent B schools but it is simply not true that Cranfield is not very well known.

LBS (way ahead)

Said, Judge (and LSE for Management)

WBS, Imperial (above the others because of general uni prestigue)

Cass, Manchester (very good but bust not quite as good as the above)

Cranfield, Aston, Bath, Nottingham, Edinburgh, and other top universities business schools.

i hope that kind of helps.

I know that this is a site for undergrads and hence Cranfield is not very well known but it is pretty ridiculous to club Cranfield SoM along with the business schools of Nottingham or to even place WBS, Tanaka or Cass above it. I am an Indian and Cranfield is among the best known UK B Schools in India.

Cranfield has one of the best recrutiment statistics in UK, it is very much comparable to that of Said and Judge, better than that of WBS and much better than that of Cass and Tanaka. Ask any student of Said and Judge which would be their next choice and most would answer Cranfield (I have talked to several MBA students from Said and Judge and this is the answer that I got). Vault, one of the best resources for research on B Schools, features only four B-Schools from UK, they are LBS, Said, Judge and Cranfield. They also regularly do a recruiters survey, about which do they think is the best B School in UK, Cranfield comes in at 3rd position after LBS and Said.

FT also does a ranking on the best B Schools (not MBA) in Europe and Cranfield has been consistently ranked as the second best business school in UK after LBS. I am studying for my Masters at Cranfield and had admits from Cass, Manchester, Nottingham and Lancaster, I chose to come to Cranfield after talking with several people including recruiters and alumni of different B Schools. I also have classmates who have turned down offers from Tanaka, Manchester etc to come to Cranfield. Dont get me wrong I do believe that Cass, Manchester etc. are excellent B schools but it is simply not true that Cranfield is not very well known.

I also don't believe that Manchester and Cass are superior to Cranfield. But it is true that Cranfield isn't popular. It is amongst the employers, however. I think that's what AfghanistanBananistan was trying to say.

Of course, every applicant has his own biases. Some would prefer Crnafield. Some would prefer Warwick. I prefer Warwick over Cranfield in any given day. I thought Warwick Business School has a global reputation, more so than Cranfield has. But that as to how reputable WBS is compared to Cranfield, I don't know. I just know that WBS is amongst the target schools of headhunters. But like I said previously, Warwick and Cranfield are peer schools for MBA. WBS is just more dynamic as a university and has more prestige within and outside of the UK. As WBS is progressing at a very fast rate, I would suspect that it would climb in the ranking league tables in the near future. More money is poured into WBS now and in 2-3 years from now, the result of that expansion will be realized.

Hey you guys ,
I got offers from Warwick Msc Management, Cranfield Msc Strategic Marketing and Cass MSc Management.which one is better?Don't' know which one I shall choose...Many thanks!

Here's a better ranking of UK business schools:


LBS
--very, very slight gap --
Cambridge-Judge / Oxford-Said

--gap--
Warwick, Imperial-Tanaka, Cranfield, Manchester

--slight gap--
CASS, Edinburgh, Lancaster, LSE (MSc Management)

--slight gap--
Aston, Ashridge, Nottingham, Durham

--slight gap--
Bath, Leeds, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Birmingham, Bristol (Management), King's (Management)

congrats on your offers, first of all.

these three schools all share a common thing... and that is they are all of high caliber. you need to keep in mind how you define "better". for one, it might be the rankings of a school. for another, it might be the quality of the faculty, alumni network, etc.

the best suggestion i can give you is to research the school's respective programs and make an objective decision for yourself. i myself am attending cass for the management program and i didn't let any of the bias here affect my decision.

and sorry to put the spotlight on AfghanistanBananistan. i've been roaming around the forum for a few weeks and i noticed that this user has been advocating for warwick, which is entirely cool and i'm sure he has reasons for it. however, i would take his opinions towards the other schools with a grain of salt. as a future cass student myself, there's simply no way that i could compare cass to warwick or cranfield since i have never and will never experience the post graduate studies there.

each school has its own benefits. there are no absolute "betters", especially when you're comparing schools that are all very reputable.

FYI - here are some links to rankings if you're all about it. again... take it with a grain of salt!

European Business Schools
http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/european-business-school-rankings

Masters in Management
http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/masters-in-management

joke. I think anybody who decideds to places LSE at tier 4 cannot be taken seriously. One who graduates with an MIM or Msc Finance from this school will have significant employment advantage to one with a similar degree from cranfield, manchester. c'mon man..

Agreed ! This guy from Italy has a special thing for Warwick. He just cant ge over it. You should have read him in this other thread . It felt he would slit your throat if you do not agreed with him.

Anyways I am from INDIA and would be quite clear here , if asked to a common Indian with little education about good universities abroad: He would loudly spell out : Jarvard, Oxford, Cambridge, LSE and LBS.

Except student no one knows Warwick over here. Even i cam to know about it only this Feb.

Really? Im from India too and I would say Warwick is really quite well known over here. It's quite reputed (though yes, below the oxbridge/lse bracket). If you judge by the very very large number of Indian students at Warwick - it does provide for an indication of the Uni's popularity.
I'd say its probably the most popular university for indians after the routine oxbridge/lse - especially those who have an economics/management pursuit.

As for the OP. I'd say Warwick if you want my opinion.

EDIT: Ah I realized you said specifically students. I would say most employers in the business sector here are quite aware of Warwick. Definitely more so warwick than even cass/ cranfield. Anyhow, slightly redundant as the OP probably doesn't give a rats BUM about the indian perspective on business schools though it is always good to know the international reputation of a Uni, especially if you're looking to work out of the UK at some point.

Wariwck is a great school, no doubt about that. Its perhaps better for an MBA ,But for Msc in Management , one should go only if he is too much in academics. Coz the course structure is ideal for students with no or little maths background. Its fully academic and does not have a prctical aspect to it. Even the research that one has to do as a part of the course is a desk based resarch. Its ideal for students from backgrunds of Arts and Social Sciences.

Cass on the other hand is uch more practical in its approach and its location at Bunhill Row makes it een more appealing. You even get to attend seminars at Brussels for a week during study. And location wise its just perfect.

My friend just came back from London. He got an accept at both Warwick and Cass. And from what i could get , Cass scores in terms of Location and even course structure . The MSc in Management program is highlly ranked and its over all a worthy choice.

I dont know much about Cranfield , because i never considered it to be a worthy choic.

IIM's may be a great choice in INDIA, but it does not mean that we have top students from accross the world vying for a place at it.
More than UNiversities reputation , it is the reputaion of Department and at times the Particular course that matters the most.

I am not against Warwick , but i havent come accross many people who are raving about warwick or have it as their first choice. Its Brand name that works most in India. People would stare at you in amazement if you even do a summer school at Cambridge , biut would just nod theior head if you mentioned warwick , wondering have they even heard of it somewhere.

COurse Strcture and Location play a very very important role in ones education , you being from Delhi and i being from Mumbai certainly know that. Exceptions are their, but not in mst of cases.
I think that says it

Warwick is good , but i didn't know pf it until recently . Unless there is something that majority know it not really that famous.

Shahrukh may be known in SE Asia but Tom Cruise is a global name. Something like that