UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School is the leading graduate business school in Ireland and is ranked by the Financial Times meta survey as one of the top 20 business schools in Europe.
Part of University College Dublin (UCD), we offer the benefits of Ireland's largest and most richly diverse university with the intimacy of our own dedicated campus in Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
Our commitment to and excellence in business education is reflected in the 100-strong faculty, 1,200 student body and our powerful network of more than 15,000 alumni, many of whom are prominent business leaders in Ireland and abroad.
We are the only Business School in Ireland and one of just 25 Schools worldwide with triple international accreditation: These accreditations benchmark us against the best in the world and position UCD Smurfit School on the global map. Attaining these accreditations requires us to continually evaluate and enhance our own courses and programmes.
- AACSB: The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International is the USA-based body, which awards accreditation following a review of the quality of Degree programmes delivered by each Management School.
- EQUIS: This is the quality improvement system administered by the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development) throughout Europe. EQUIS is awarded on the basis of quality controls on the entire range of activities within an institution.
- AMBA: The Association of MBAs is a British-based organisation which concentrates specifically on MBA programmes and accredits those which reach its standards.
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School is also proud to be part of the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS). This is an alliance of business and higher education. It currently comprises 17 of Europe’s top academic institutions, four non-European academic institutions and over 50 of the world’s leading multinational companies.
Our full-time MBA programme is ranked in the Top 50 in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit (October 2007) and is consistently positioned in the Financial Times full-time MBA top 100 ranking.
The School offers a wide-range of full-time and part-time postgraduate business programmes that are suitable for business and non-business graduates alike. Our programmes offer students the opportunity to develop skill and competencies in specialist Business areas like eBusiness, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, Management, Human Resources and Information Systems.
Our range of Programmes include:
Master of Business Studies (MBS) - 11 Specialist Areas: Marketing, eBusiness, International Business, Strategic Management & Planning, Finance, Management & Organisation Studies, Information Systems, Human Resource Management, Management Consultancy, Project Management, Supply Chain Management.
Master of Accounting
MSc in eBusiness
MSc in Marketing
MSc in International Business
MSc in Management and Organisation Studies
Master in Management
MSc in Marketing Practice
MSc in Quantitative Finance
MSc in Risk Management
CEMS Master in International Management
Master of Management Science
Master of Business by Research (MPhil)
Doctoral Studies (PhD)
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - full-time
Executive MBA - part-time
Executive MBA in Health Care Management
Executive MBA in Financial Services
Executive MBA in Regulation and Compliance
The School's vibrant research community produces work of national and
international significance in areas such as e-commerce, employment
relations, finance, technology management and political economics. In
addition, the School's Business Research Programme (BRP) provides a rich research environment for over 100 PhD and research Masters Students.
For further information: www.smurfitschool.ie
